BSSP

PROJECT QUICK LINKS

Phase One
Each project below contains a detailed
description plus a gallery of images

Ashfield Girls High School
Boys Model School
Girls Model School
Grosvenor Grammar School
Orangefield Primary & Nursery School
Glendhu Nursery
Ravenscroft Nursery

Phase Two
Below are the listings for the schools projects proposed for phase two of the partnership programme.

Edenderry Nursery School
Glenwood Primary School
Springhill Primary School
Strandtown Primary School
Taughmonagh Primary School
Victoria Park Primary School

PROJECTS

Orangefield Primary School
The new Orangefield Primary in East Belfast provides a 14 class-base unit with the full range of support facilities: Assembly Hall; School Meals Accommodation; Library; Staff and Management Offices.

The separate Orangefield Nursery School has two class bases with en-suite toilets and kitchen areas, outdoor activity spaces and staff accommodation.

Both building are single story with concrete tiled and profiled metal roofs with significant overhangs to provide outdoor teaching space, masonry external walls finished in painted render and aluminium windows and doors.

The primary school has four classroom clusters with each classroom accessed through the cluster resource base; each classroom also has external access through a cloakroom or resource base to the external teaching space. The Assembly Hall and School Meals Accommodation are joined tall spaces separated by an acoustic demountable partition allowing the space to be opened up for both school and community activities.

Key innovative and low-impact design features of the building
The design was optimised in terms of acoustic performance and daylighting in accordance with the Building Bulletins BB93 and BB90. All classrooms are orientated to optimize natural daylight with windows having aspects in at least two directions from south, east or west, bringing controlled warmth and changing sunlight into every room.

Great care and attention was placed in the design of the landscaping to ensure that these spaces worked in both educational and aesthetic terms. The goal of the design team was to create linked spaces which served as much as outdoor classrooms as they do play areas.

Simple innovative methods were used to advance this aspiration: different species are planted next to each other to emphasise and contrast heights and shapes; plants are spaced at different intervals, one metre; five meters etc. to encourage spatial learning and different landscape themes were introduced such as woodland, aquatic, pasture and orchard to further develop the pupils sense of space.

Design Process	100%
Construction Process	100%
BREEAM Rating and score	Target = Very Good, Score = TBC
Basic Building Cost - £/m2	- £/m2
Services Costs - £/m2	- £/m2
External Works - £/m2	- £/m2
Gross floor area - m2	Primary 2,455m2 and Nursery 287m2
Total area of site - hectares	2.2 hectare
Function areas and their size (m2)	Teaching 1,736m2 Administration 302 m2
Area of circulation (m2)	203m2
Area of storage (m2)	165 m2
% area of grounds to be used by community (where relevant)	50%
% area of buildings to be used by community (where relevant)	80%
Predicted electricity consumption - kWh/m2	25 kWh/m2
Predicted fossil fuel consumption - kWh/m2	125 kWh/m2
Predicted renewable energy generation - kWh/m2	0.06 kWh/m2
Predicted water use - m3/person/year	4 m3/person/year
% predicted water use to be provided by rainwater or greywater	25%
The steps taken during the construction process to reduce environmental impacts	Patton Construction are accredited to Environmental Standard ISO14001. Site Waste Management Plans are used on all projects and we use Smart Waste as our main tool for monitoring and managing all waste management activities. An Environmental Risk Assessment was completed and an eco-map was prepared prior to site set up. The eco map was used to identify the environmental sensitive zones on site such as drainage and water courses, trees, wetland areas, wildlife etc. The eco map was used during site set up to ensure no plant, tanks or generators were located in areas where there could be a risk of pollution.
Innovative construction management techniques	This PFI project allowed us to form an Integrated Design Team at a very early stage of the design process. Bringing all of the key stakeholders together at the beginning of the project resulted in designs which were optimised to meet aspirations as well as provide value for money. As the first phase of the Belfast Strategic Partnership, a commitment to collaborative working techniques was central to the project management approach. The whole team worked collectively to mitigate project risks and bring the project in ahead of schedule with zero defects at completion.
A list of any social or economically sustainable measures achieved/piloted.	The site was registered with the Considerate Constructors scheme and scored 36. As part of our commitment to social sustainability we worked closely with local residents committees to ensure that disruption due to construction activities was kept to a minimum. The Patton Inform newsletter provided the community with regular updates on the progress of construction. In partnership with the Facilities Management team we looked at every element of the building specification in terms of life cycle and maintenance.