Belfast West and Allenvale Schools

To support future growth, the Ministry of Education embarked on a project to divide the existing Belfast School into two sites: developing a new Belfast West School campus for Year 5 to Year 8 students, and a facility for Allenvale School to cater to students with complex needs.

Leighs Construction was awarded the design and build contract, and we were engaged by Leighs to provide structural, geotechnical and civil engineering, as well as construction monitoring services. Working with the design team, we assisted in developing the master planning, preliminary, developed and detailed design stages as required by the Ministry of Education and contributed to the Design Review Panel consultations.

At each stage of design and construction, we considered costs, engaging in discussions with both Leighs and the Ministry of Education to make informed decisions about the material to use and the construction methods.

We designed an monitored the construction of two single-story buildings and an administration/hall building at the Belfast West/Allenvale school site.
The buildings feature steel portal frames and concrete slab foundations, supported on approximately 3,200 m of steel screw piles.
Building Information Modelling (BIM) and REVIT were used for structural modelling, and structural and architectural coordination – facilitating the review of structural, architectural and service designs, identifying and resolving any potential clashes between elements.
To accelerate construction, the building consent was divided into three stages: foundations, superstructure and fit-out. This necessitated developing the structural design ahead of the final architectural plan, fostering a close working relationship with the architect and service engineers to enable alignment between disciplines and their impact on the structure.

This project demonstrates our involvement in a complex project in re-organising the current school infrastructure for enhanced future planning

Developing new school infrastructure to support a growing community.

We designed an monitored the construction of two single-story buildings and an administration/hall building at the Belfast West/Allenvale school site.
The buildings feature steel portal frames and concrete slab foundations, supported on approximately 3,200 m of steel screw piles.
Building Information Modelling (BIM) and REVIT were used for structural modelling, and structural and architectural coordination – facilitating the review of structural, architectural and service designs, identifying and resolving any potential clashes between elements.
To accelerate construction, the building consent was divided into three stages: foundations, superstructure and fit-out. This necessitated developing the structural design ahead of the final architectural plan, fostering a close working relationship with the architect and service engineers to enable alignment between disciplines and their impact on the structure.

This project demonstrates our involvement in a complex project in re-organising the current school infrastructure for enhanced future planning