PROJECT TITLE:

New School Hall and ICT Area. Ref: 7189-Education

PROJECT DETAILS:

Location: North Petherton Primary School
North Petherton, Somerset.

Client: Somerset County Council.

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

Commencement Date: January 2006

Completion Date: October 2006

Contract Value: £392,949.00

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT:

The project was split into two sections. The works to Section 1 comprised the construction of a single storey rectangular shaped hall. The building has a total internal floor area of 202m² and accommodates the sports/assembly hall together with ancillary storage rooms and kitchen. The construction is of a traditional nature with the use of trench fill foundations, solid ground bearing ground floors, brick and rendered faced masonry cavity walls with aluminum windows and external doors, timber vaulted pitched roof clad in interlocking tiles. The building included under floor heating, electrical installation with supplies taken from the existing adjoining building and an education fit out. Ancillary works include external services, drainage and site works.

The works to Section 2 comprised the alteration works within the existing building to convert the old hall into an IT suite and library.

CONSULTANT SERVICES PROVIDED:

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

The Post-Contract Services carried out on this project involved the continual cost monitoring and reporting on the project, the agreeing and certifying of monthly valuations, dealing with Contractual matters and the preparation and agreeing of the final account.