St Luke's Primary School, Bury

 

Client and designer: Bury MDC

Getting a room ready for childrenThe objective of the project is to extend the existing buildings to enable part of the school to be brought on to one site. The school being evacuated is to be demolished and the site landscaped as a facility for the school.

The scheme comprises two new CLASP extensions to the existing traditionally built 70’s school together with internal alterations. The planning of the project has been constrained by a tight site, known to have bad ground.

St Luke's Primary SchoolOne extension is single storey and contains a centre for foundation and early years children. The plan is open with separate accommodation for offices, toilets and the like. The second extension is two storey providing four classrooms with stair and a lift.

The ground was stabilised in readiness for the foundation. The Buildings were constructed using standard CLASP details. The roofs were curved with aluminium standing seam roofs on purlins. The external walls were constructed in brickwork and an insulated composite panel. Windows utilised the Kawneer aluminium profiles.

St Luke's Primary SchoolA lightweight CLASP frame was used on both extensions. It was the first scheme fabricated and erected for the Consortium by Traditional Structures Ltd.

Internally partitions meet the acoustic performance requirements of BB93.

The project was constructed under the CLASP/ Skanska Strategic partnering agreement, architectural design support was provide to the Bury in-house team by Aedas Architects.
 
 
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