Funded under the Building Education Revolution during 2009, this project breathed new life into Waimea Heights Primary School and provided the foundation for a number of projects that followed.
Builder: Bennett Constructions Pty Ltd
Structure, Civil, Hydraulics: Omnitek Pty Ltd
Services: ESD Pty Ltd
QS: Davis Langdon (now Exsto Management Pty Ltd)
Building Surveyor: Pitt & Sherry
Photography: Richard Eastwood - Working with Light
The project committee chose to use the funding to focus on building a new Library. The siting was crucial and provided location for the pivotal hub that the Library has now become. Located in a steep and unusable section of the site between two of the main building blocks, the Library provides a crucial physical linkage and has become the learning hub for the school campus.
Good planning and a good tender result resulted in surplus funds which were put to use creating two prep rooms with a shared art space redeveloped from three small classrooms plus staff and administration facilities were extended and redeveloped internally. External circulation was enhanced through the provision of a decorative weather screen protecting student gathering spaces and linking classrooms more efficiently.
Sally Gill, Waimea Heights Primary School and David Menzies discuss this project in a short video on this link.
Funded under the Building Education Revolution during 2009, this project breathed new life into Waimea Heights Primary School and provided the foundation for a number of projects that followed.
Builder: Bennett Constructions Pty Ltd
Structure, Civil, Hydraulics: Omnitek Pty Ltd
Services: ESD Pty Ltd
QS: Davis Langdon (now Exsto Management Pty Ltd)
Building Surveyor: Pitt & Sherry
Photography: Richard Eastwood - Working with Light
The project committee chose to use the funding to focus on building a new Library. The siting was crucial and provided location for the pivotal hub that the Library has now become. Located in a steep and unusable section of the site between two of the main building blocks, the Library provides a crucial physical linkage and has become the learning hub for the school campus.
Good planning and a good tender result resulted in surplus funds which were put to use creating two prep rooms with a shared art space redeveloped from three small classrooms plus staff and administration facilities were extended and redeveloped internally. External circulation was enhanced through the provision of a decorative weather screen protecting student gathering spaces and linking classrooms more efficiently.
Sally Gill, Waimea Heights Primary School and David Menzies discuss this project in a short video on this link.
