St. Christopher’s Special School, Longford
Work has commenced on the extension and renovation of St Christopher’s Special School, Longford. The scheme involves the part demolition of a section of the existing school to accommodate a new entrance and offices; upgrade of existing buildings; new single storey extensions totalling 1,960m²; two temporary accommodation buildings totalling 555m² and all associated site works and connections to existing services on an existing school site.
The project professional team are McCarthy O’Hora Architects, Civil & Structural Engineer, Hayes Higgins Partnership, Building Services Engineer, Delap & Waller.
Key features:
- New main entrance and offices
- Primary and post-primary classrooms
- Quiet rooms, teaching & therapy rooms
- laundry room, dining room & kitchenette
- Conference/library
- Nurses room and recovery room
- Secretarial & principals offices
- Visitors room, staff room and washrooms
- Two internal courtyards
- X-Y whole room hoist systems
- Sluice/laundry room, accessible washroom facilities
- 2 new classrooms with self-contained quiet rooms
- A dining room & kitchenette
- Multi-sensory rooms and gross motor activities area
- A classroom/soft-play-area, storage rooms and stage/toy store
- Boiler room and gym store room
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Key Project Information
Architect | McCarthy O'Hora Architects |
Value | €5.6m |
Duration | 14 months |
Extra Information
Location | Longford |
Sectors | Education |
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