New Building for art, design and technology teaching, at King's College School, Wimbledon
Designed during 1998-99. Project cost £1.42M
Architect: The Miller Bourne Partnership
Structural Engineer: Chris Kendall Associates
Services Engineer & Contractor: A G Manly
Quantity Surveyor: Mercer & Miller
Main Contractor: Benson
Completed Summer 2000
Initial site clearance and preparation of what was originally a playground
Excavation of foundations
The subsoil was sand and gravel at 1m depth overlain by made ground. The water table was at 1.6m below ground level.
Unforeseen ground conditions: an old soakaway at the foundation position
Construction of reinforced concrete base pads for columns
Constructing ground-floor columns and stairwells. The stairwells and lift-shaft provide lateral
stability to the building
Installing formwork for insitu-concrete first floor
Installing reinforcement for first floor
Placing concrete in 1st floor slab. Some 60m3 were delivered from a nearby ready-mix depot to be placed
in a single continuous pour.
1st-floor columns completed. Placing formwork for 2nd floor. First steelwork installed as roof supports.
Preparing for completion of 2nd floor and uppermost part of lift-shaft
Starting installation of roof steelwork. The second floor is entirely within the roof-space.
Roof steelwork nearing completion
Roof timberwork being installed on steel frame
Nearing completion
Successfully completed and opened
