Project
Cabra National School
Location
Cabra, Co. Dublin
Description
Design, co-ordination, management and construction of a new 2 storey, 16 class-room rapid build secondary school and all associated site works. The schedule of accommodation includes 16 standard secondary school classrooms, two stories general purpose hall with associated storage and servery areas, this general purpose hall can be used by the whole community for indoor sports, recreation, meeting etc.
The building also includes numerous toilets, 2 stairwells, hydraulic lift, staff room, library, resource rooms and ancillary accommodation.
The internal finishes include the complete fit out of the building i.e. ceilings joinery, painting, flooring and all fixed furniture and fitting.
Externally, included the transformation from a 2 acre green field site into a fully serviced building with all the necessary underground drainage and services installed, the building has a fully functional rain water harvesting system in place and has extensive hard and soft landscaping including ball courts, play areas, car parking, access roads and laydown areas.
Client: Department of Education & Skills
Completion date: January 2012
Project
Gaelscoil Ui Fhiaich
Location
Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Description
Sammon Contracting started in October 2010 with the construction of
Gaelscoil Uí Fhiaich in Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Gaelscoil Uí Fhiaich is
an All-Irish Primary School for boys and girls serving Maynooth and the
surrounding areas. The site for the new classroom school was where the current
temporary accommodation is located. The project involved the construction of a 16 classroom, 2 storey generic repeat design primary school which caters for children with special needs, a general purpose hall, additional resource rooms and an external play area.
The project also included removal
of existing classrooms, construction of play areas, car parking and
associated site works and installation of all utilities including works
to a public road.
Completion date: November 2011
Project
Ballygarvan National School
Location
Ballygarvan, Co. Cork
Description
The project included the design, construction, co-ordination and management of a new 2 storey, 16 classroom Rapid Build Primary School, general purpose hall and all associated site works. The building also includes bathrooms, 2 stairwells, hydraulic lift, staff room, library, resource rooms and ancillary accommodation.
Client: Department of Education & Skills
Consultant: KSN Project Management
Completion date: October 2011
Project
Star of the Sea National School
Location
Passage West, Co. Cork, Ireland
Description
This project, in the middle of a busy urban thoroughfare involves a 16 classroom school using the Generic Repeat Design Methodology rolled out by the Department of Education & Skills. Despite the difficulties encountered through tight access and a large footfall in the area, the project is running well ahead of schedule.
The project includes the building of a 2,450 sq. m school including 16 classrooms, library, teachers’ rooms, and ancillary accommodation along with substantial site works which embrace all recent green technologies in order to provide the end-users with an easily maintained structure.
Client: Department of Education and Skills
Completion date: September 2011
Project
Abu Dhabi Future School Program - Mubarak Bin Mohammed
Location
Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi West
Description
Developed under ADEC’s 10 Year Strategic Plan. The Mubarak Bin Mohammed school, designed by
Broadway Malyan, is 18,133 m2 and will have the capacity to cater for between 1225 and
1500 students.
The mixed-gender school, a Cycle 1 school (KG to Grade 4), incorporates the Estidama pearl rating system
and includes sustainability features, such as energy efficient air
conditioning systems, water saving devises. The required electricity
daily consumption in classrooms will be generated on the school site.
The school design includes 45 classrooms, state-of-the-art technology features, sport
facilities, 500 seater auditoriums, labs and ICT rooms, dedicated
classrooms for music and art, libraries and other spaces which can be
used by the community after school hours. The school is very
eco-friendly with PV panels for solar energy, solar panels for hot
water, eco-tree and vertical gardens.
Client: Abu Dhabi Education Council / Musanada
Architect /Consultant: Broadway Malyan / Planar
Project status: Completed
Project
Abu Dhabi Future School Programme - Maryam Bint Sultan School
Location
Al Towayya, Al Ain
Description
Developed under ADEC’s 10 Year Strategic Plan. The Maryam Bint Sultan school, designed by DEWAN Architects, is 17,040 m2 and will have the capacity to cater for between 1225 and 1500 students.
The Al Towayya girls school (Cylce 3 - Grades 10 - 12) incorporates the Estidama pearl rating system and includes sustainability features, such as energy efficient air conditioning systems, water saving devises.
The school design includes 40 classrooms, state-of-the-art technology features, sport facilities, swimming pools, 400 seater auditoriums, labs and ICT rooms, dedicated classrooms for music and art, libraries and other spaces which can be used by the community after school hours.
Each educational unit is comprised of four or five classrooms with a laboratory, multi-purpose learning area, teachers’ office and restrooms. An External shaded classroom which is part of each learning community, gives additional opportunities for untraditional communication.
Client: Abu Dhabi Education Council / Musanada
Architect /Consultant: DEWAN Architects
Project status: Completed
Project
Donabate Community College
Location
Donabate, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Description
This design & build school caters for 1000 pupils and the design includes modern state-of-the art facilities. The school has 2 stories and is triangular in form, and includes 5 large science rooms (100sq m each), 4 computer rooms, 27 general class rooms, 2 lecture rooms, woodwork and technical drawing rooms, rooms for music and dance, learning support, guidance, maths, 2 home economics rooms, a religion room, word processing and technology rooms, engineering rooms, and 14 teacher offices.
There is also 200 sqm of changing rooms and showers, 6 ball courts and 72 car parking spaces. The new school has a special needs unit which is a “flagship for Dublin”, in addition, there is a state-of-the-art all-weather
hockey pitch that complies with international Hockey Federation
standards, a sensory garden and a cabbage garden.
Client: County Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Consultants: McCarthy O'Hora Architects supported by Malone O'Regan Consulting
Civil/ Structural Engineers, and Clarke & Associates, Consulting
M&E Engineers
Completion date: August 2011
Project
Gorey Post Primary School
Location
Gorey, Co. Wexford
Description
The unique characteristic about the design is that the school has a permanent and temporary element which posed some challenges in the design stage. The temporary part of the school can be relocated when the need arises.
The school included 16 classrooms, offices, administration space, pastoral offices, multi-purpose room (all wheelchair accessible) and break out spaces. Fully fitted science labs, home economics, arts & crafts and woodwork rooms.
Externally the project has extensive hard and soft landscaping including car parking for 34 cars, ballcourts and play areas. The project was constructed using finished precast concrete wall panels structural steel roof which
supports a composite roof panel and acrylic render on external insulation. Internally, the finishes include a combination of timber, carpet and vinyl flooring, finished joinery with acoustic seals and suspended ceilings with acoustic properties.
Client: Department of Education
Architect/ Consultant: McCarthy O’Hara & Associates
Completion date: August 2011
Project
Abu Dhabi Future School Program - Al Khatem School
Location
Al Khatem, Abu Dhabi
Description
Developed under ADEC’s 10 Year Strategic Plan. The Al Khatem school, designed by Broadway Malyan, is 11,842m2 and will have the capacity to cater for around 600 students.
Al Khatem Girls School (KG, Cycle 1, Cycle 2 and Cycle 3 school), incorporates the Estidama pearl rating system and includes sustainability features, such as energy efficient air conditioning systems, water saving devises. The required electricity daily consumption in classrooms will be generated on the school site. The school features 28 classrooms, state-of-the-art technology features, sport facilities, swimming pools, 400 seater auditoriums, labs and ICT rooms, dedicated classrooms for music and art, libraries and other spaces which can be used by the community after school hours. The school is very eco-friendly with PV panels for solar energy, solar panels for hot water, ecological and vertical gardens.
Client: Abu Dhabi Education Council / Musanada
Architect /Consultant: Broadway Malyan / Planar
Project status:Completed
Project
Abu Dhabi Future School Program - Al Jahili Girls School
Location
Al Jahili, Al Ain
Description
Developed under ADEC’s 10 Year Strategic Plan. The Al Jahili Girls School, designed by DEWAN Architects, is 20,302 m2 and will have the capacity to cater for 1500 students.
The school (Cylce 3 - Grade 10-12) incorporates the Estidama pearl rating system and includes sustainability features, such as energy efficient air conditioning systems, water saving devises. The required electricity daily consumption in classrooms will be generated on the school site.
The school design includes 50 classrooms, state-of-the-art technology features, sport facilities, swimming pool, 400 seater auditorium, labs and ICT rooms, dedicated classrooms for music and art, libraries and other spaces which can be used by the community after school hours.
Each educational unit is comprised of four or five classrooms with a laboratory, multi-purpose learning area, teachers’ office and restrooms. An External shaded classroom which is part of each learning community, gives additional opportunities for untraditional communication.
Client: Abu Dhabi Education Council / Musanada
Architect /Consultant: DEWAN Architects
Project status: Completed
Project
Abu Dhabi Future School Program - Al Mabade School
Location
Al Khazna, Al Ain
Description
Developed under ADEC’s 10 Year Strategic Plan. The Al Mabade School, designed by Broadway Malyan, is 12,877 m2 and will have the capacity to cater for between 600 and 800 students. The school incorporates the Estidama pearl rating system and includes sustainability features, such as energy efficient air conditioning systems, water saving devises. The required electricity daily consumption in classrooms will be generated on the school site. The school design includes state-of-the-art technology features, sport facilities, swimming pools, 400 seater auditoriums, labs and ICT rooms, dedicated classrooms for music and art, libraries and other spaces which can be used by the community after school hours. The school is very eco-friendly with PV panels for solar energy and solar panels for hot water.
Client: Abu Dhabi Education Council / Musanada
Architect /Consultant: Broadway Malyan / Planar
Project status: Completed
Project
Scoil An Duinninigh
Location
Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Description
Sammon Contracting completed the construction of the new 16 classroom school in Swords, County Dublin ahead of schedule. The new school will have a general purposes hall and is a Generic Repeat Design (GRD) school, where everything is taught through the medium of Irish language.
Works included demolition and the re-build of this 16 classroom and all the associated civil and site works.
Completion date: May 2011
Project
Trinity College - Hub Building
Location
Dublin, Ireland
Description
Sammon Woodcraft completed the cladding of the Trinity Long Room Hub in Trinity College in Dublin in June 2010.
The works included seminar spaces, offices and lecture theatres. Sammon’s team worked on walnut timber cladding for the entire interior of the building from basements through to the 3rd floor. Works also included shelving units, acoustic doors and fitted furniture.
This is the second fit-out project that Sammon Group completed in Trinity College Dublin; in 2006 Sammon Contracting was main contractor for fitting out a number of the lecture theatres.
Project
Oatlands College
Location
Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Description
Extensive rebuild, refurbishment and reroofing programme. The project included a complete refurbishment of the ground floor level of the existing school which comprised of 5 classrooms, computer room, technology room and 2 science labs. The works also included all joinery, flooring, doors, windows, plastering, M&E, whiteboards, fictures and fittings.
Completion date: August 2010
Project
Scoil Etchen Naofa
Location
Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath, Ireland
Description
This school, comprising 8 classrooms, teachers’ room, resource rooms, associated ancillary accommodation and significant site works is part of the Departments initiative to deliver schools in Rapidly Developing Areas. It is only one of a number of schools delivered under their 2008 program, and is uniquely designed to expand effortlessly in 8-classroom modules. It was pre-engineered and delivered in an amazing twenty weeks within budget and is exemplar in several sustainable features: record air tight testing, robust structure and finish, rainwater harvesting, optimum orientation and more.
Completion date: September 2008
Project
Ratoath Junior National School
Location
Ratoath, Co. Meath, Ireland
Description
This project included a new extension to the Junior National School. The work comprised of 10 extra classrooms and 3 special education tuition rooms along with an extension to the original general purpose room. In addition, some of the existing classrooms were upgraded and the car park was redeveloped.
Completion date: August 2010
Project
GEMS Millennium School
Location
Sharjah, UAE
Description
This G+1 school accommodates some 1,700 students after completion of phase 1. The first phase comprises 45 classrooms, science laboratories, computer labs, multi-purpose sports hall, 25m swimming pool, full size synthetic soccer pitch, basket ball courts, together with all associated infrastructure works. The design incorporates a full grey water sustainable water conservation system.
Completion date: May 2010
Project
Scoil na Naomh Uilig
Location
Rickardstown, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Description
This 16 classroom, 2,500 square metre school with a significant Special Needs integrated component was built in less than 20 weeks. This school was fully designed, value engineered and delivered its systems as required and provided full co-ordination of services within very tight timeframes. The environmental attributes as well as the robustness and value for money featured in industry publications and have been the subject of much praise by the Department and the end users.
Completion date: May 2010
Project
Flemington National School
Location
Flemington, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Description
This 16 classroom, 2,800 square metre school with a significant Special Needs integrated component was built in less than 20 weeks. This school was fully designed, value engineered and delivered its systems as required and provided full co-ordination of services within very tight timeframes. The environmental attributes as well as the robustness and value for money featured in industry publications and have been the subject of much praise by the Department and the end users.
Completion date: May 2010
Project
Saint Brigid's Girls National School
Location
Midleton, Co. Cork, Ireland
Description
This school, comprising 16 classrooms, large staff room, library, many resource rooms and associated ancillary accommodation is part of the Departments initiative to deliver schools in Rapidly Developing Areas. It is only one of a number of schools delivered under their 2009 program. It was pre-engineered and delivered in an amazing twenty weeks within budget and is exemplar in several sustainable features: record air tight testing, robust structure and finish, rainwater harvesting, optimum orientation and more.
The works also included significant site-works, including parking zones, road and path networks, playspaces, ballcourts, and full site service installations.
Completion date: September 2009
Project
Le Cheile Educate Together National School
Location
Mornington, Co. Louth, Ireland
Description
This school, some 2600m2 in area, accommodates 16 classrooms, multi-purpose hall, staff room, library, resource rooms, and associated ancilliary accommodation, is part of the Department of Education & Science’s to deliver schools in Rapidly Developing Areas. It is only one of a number of schools delivered under their 2009 Programme.
It was pre-engineered and delivered in an amazing 20 weeks within budget, and is exemplar in several sustainable features – record air-tight testing, robust structure and finish, rainwater harvesting, optimum orientation, and more.
The works also included significant site-works, including parking zones, road and path networks, playspaces, ballcourts, and full site service installations.
Completion date: September 2009
Project
Dubai Modern High School
Location
Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, UAE
Description
The 1st Phase accommodates 2,400 pupils comprising a 250,000 ft² main school building with 64 Classrooms, Science & Technology Laboratories, Junior & Senior Libraries, Music & Performing Art Rooms, Staff Offices & Accommodation together with over 500,000 ft² of state-of-the-art Sports Facilities – 25m Swimming Pool, Multipurpose Sports Hall, 400m Athletic Track, 2 No. full size flood lit artificial football pitches together with all associated Campus infrastructure works.
Completion date: April 2009
Project
Tullamore Educate Together NS
Location
Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland
Description
This school, comprising 8 classrooms, teacher’s room. Resource rooms and associated ancillary accommodation is part of the Departments initiative to deliver schools in Rapidly Developing Areas. It is only one of a number of schools delivered under their 2008 program, and is uniquely designed to expand effortlessly in 8-classroom modules. It was pre-engineered and delivered in an amazing twenty weeks within budget and is exemplar in several sustainable features: record air tight testing, robust structure and finish, rainwater harvesting, optimum orientation and more.
Completion date: October 2008
