PROJECT TITLE: New Music School Ref: 6354-Education

PROJECT DETAILS:

Location: St Marys School Shaftesbury, Dorset

Client: St Mary's School Shaftesbury Trust

Procurement Method: Selective Tenders based upon Bills of Quantities, Drawings and JCT Contract.

Commencement Date: 29 July 2002

Completion Date: 19 May 2003

Contract Value: £500K - £1M

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT:

The project involved the construction of a new two storey Music School on the site of an original Junior School. The building has a total internal floor area of 577m5 and accommodates a full height Auditorium, seven classrooms, a library/recording studio, six prefabricated music practice rooms re-positioned from an adjacent building and six new dedicated practice rooms incorporating sound-proofing features including specialist wall panels, doors and suspended ceilings. Also included are offices, storage rooms and toilet facilities.

The building is of traditional construction with trench fill foundations, load-bearing masonry walls with reconstructed stone outer skin and architectural features, precast concrete floors, cut timber roof structure and clay plain tile roof coverings. There is a steel frame to the Auditorium with ancillary steelwork members as additional supports in various positions, especially the roof space which houses most of the plant for the mechanical installations. Windows and external doors are purpose made aluminium, as is the glazed link to the existing main building. There are curved walls and associated windows to the Auditorium and the main staircase.

The building was completed and fitted out ready for use by the school including all finishes and decorations. The building incorporated electrical installations including heating and mechanical installations including intake and extract ventilation. All service supplies, fire alarm installation and computer systems were connected back to the adjacent main school building.

Ancillary works included simple landscaping, paving, ramps and drainage to the building.

CONSULTANT SERVICES PROVIDED:

The Pre-Contract Services carried out on this project involved the initial budgeting, the preparation of the Bills of Quantities, advising on the selection of tendering contractors and reporting on the tenders received.

The Post-Contract Services carried out on this project involved the continual cost monitoring and cost reporting on the project, the agreeing and certifying of monthly valuations, dealing with all Contractual matters and the preparation and agreement of the final account. Cost information was provided to the BCIS and the Department of Trade & Industry.