Carine Senior High School Redevelopment
PS Structures commenced construction of the new building works at Carine Senior High School Redevelopment in November 2021. The project consisted of a four storey new school building on the Southern end of the existing school, which encompassed a new sports hall, four science laboratories, a prep room, two food technology classrooms, eighteen general learning classrooms, two IT laboratories, two staff rooms with kitchenettes, associated changerooms and toilets for staff and students, storerooms and service rooms.
The main school sewer line had to be diverted from the new building footprint along with the relocation of the stormwater pipes and tanks of the existing buildings to the North and West.
The structure was constructed using bored auger piles to the North to retain the significant sloping site conditions and create an in-situ retaining wall. This created space for the new sports hall and changeroom facilities. The sports hall was constructed using four very large 20 tonne steel trusses creating a double volume space over the hall which encapsulated the lower ground and mezzanine levels. These were supported by precast columns on the southern side and in-situ columns on top of the piles and capping beam on the northern side. The trusses were used as supports for precast hollow core delta planks with topping slabs at both ground and first floor level. The remainder of the structure was constructed using in-situ reinforced concrete walls and slabs with a structural steel roof structure.
The building envelope was clad in Equitone fibre cement cladding interspersed with glass curtain walling. Protruding from the building on the North and South were fins created in structural steel and clad in Equitone. Internally the building was finished with perforated timber walls, ceilings and corridors in the sports hall, Equitone cladding in the lower sections of the walls and plasterboard wall linings with mineral fibre ceiling tiles generally throughout the remainder of the building.
The external works was created using a combination between concrete hardscape, including concrete stairs, unit block paving, concrete cast in-situ seats, garden beds with associated planting and turf.
CLIENT:
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE – BMW
ARCHITECT:
T&Z ARCHITECTS