Category: Education

Client: London Borough of Hillingdon

New build naturally ventilated primary school constructed over two phases. The building services design utilised Breathing Buildings solution to provide natural ventilation within the school.

The structural solution incorporates cross laminate timber frame (CLT) which required high levels of coordination and liaison with all design disciplines. To assist in this, the design team adopted 3D drawing systems (Revit) and embraced BIM level II.

Duties: Full detail design, including thermal modelling and natural ventilation modelling.

Client: Hazeley Academy

New build eight classroom sixth form block with commercial training kitchen and restaurant area. Planned to be constructed on the existing academy site in Milton Keynes. The focus was to provide a naturally ventilated energy efficient new school building.

The project was not built due to lack of funding.

Duties: Full detail design, including thermal modelling and natural ventilation modelling.

Client: Grantham College

New build arts and IT block with commercial classrooms, exhibition hall and café / restaurant area, constructed on the extended college site. The focus was to provide a naturally ventilated energy efficient new school building.

Duties: Full detail design, including thermal modelling and natural ventilation modelling.

Architect: Lungfish

Main Contractor: Wates Construction

BIM Level II, new build 14 classroom school with hall and canteen. Constructed adjacent to the existing Beechdale Academy in Bilborough, Nottingham. The school was designed to be a low energy school with natural ventilation strategy, full LED lighting scheme and solar PV.

Duties: Full detail design, including thermal modelling and natural ventilation modelling.

Client: Warwickshire County Council

Contractor: Ashe Construction

New one classroom and one group room school extension, constructed on the existing Boughton Leigh Junior School site. The focus was to provide a naturally ventilated space in line with the existing school building.

Duties: Full building services detail design, including thermal modelling and natural ventilation modelling.

Client: Leicestershire County Council

The project included the arrangement of new incoming services, a new gas boiler, underfloor heating, lighting, fire alarm and power.

Duties: Full detail design, including natural ventilation modelling, site supervision and commissioning witnessing.

Client: Ratcliffe College

New build 20 classroom junior school with performance hall and music suite. Constructed on existing public secondary school site at Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire. The junior school was designed to be low energy with natural ventilation and heat pump heating.

Duties: Full detail design, including thermal modelling and natural ventilation modelling.