Oran Pre-Cast worked closely with the main contractor to develop a viable concrete frame for this bespoke school project.

CLIENT	Department of Education and Skills
MAIN CONTRACTOR	BAM
ARCHITECT	McGarry Ní Éanaigh Architects
ENGINEER	Punch Consulting Engineers
PRECAST VALUE	€2.4m

A wide range of products were used in providing a total precast solution to this architecturally striking building. The overall building consisted of 3 wings, separated by movement joints. Approximately 150m of the perimeter wall acted as a retaining wall at lower ground level.

Large expanses of wall elevations, with irregular ope patterns, lead to multi-storey columns of up to 14m in height, and a large number of bespoke twinwall panels. The automated production facility, with its CNC plotting station, was ideally suited to the manufacture of these panels.

 

Key design features included:

Differences in the architectural layout between levels resulted in a number of significant transfer structures, and cantilevering floor slabs. Finite element analysis software was used in analysing these elements.