THE PROJECT

The new primary school and boarding house is located on a green site, at the heart of Mary Hare Secondary School. The primary school is a steel frame construction, single ply roof, brick, and timber facade with glazing. A courtyard sits in the middle offering a breakout area for each classroom.

The primary school comprises of six classrooms, library, food technology areas, multiroom hall with full glass panelling across one side leading to the courtyard, storerooms, toilets, and staff breakout areas.

The layout of the building and transparent views creates an feeling of openness, stretching throughout the classrooms, to the courtyard and into the hall.

STUDENT SAFETY

The safety of students was priority, which was particularly challenging as Mary Hare is a school for deaf children. Our customer's main concern was vehicle movement, as students would not be able to hear traffic noise.

Our Project Manager installed sensor triggers at certain points on the paths, which flashed lights as soon as a vehicle had entered that particular zone.

A full time banksman was also positions at key areas to manage traffic.

Spoil Movement

To prevent a large cost to the customer, we were able to move a large amount of the spoil, which needed to be removed, to another field. We created a temporary track across the fields to eliminate any interface between the school and the movement of spoil. The temporary track was also used.