Raise the roof

Things are going really well and excellent progress has been made. We have made up the two weeks we lost at Christmas as a result of the bad weather.

We have started the roof work on the first section of the building and prepping the ground floor slabs on this section.

The drainage and structure work is continuing on site.

Decking out the site

IT has been a glorious week and we’ve made great progress on site. We have finished laying the metal decking on the first and second floors, and we’ll soon be putting the next set of staircases in place.

The bricklaying will commence next week, which is set to take approx 10 weeks to complete. The roof materials are also being brought in next week so we will be getting to work on that.

Latest on site developments

There’s plenty going on at the moment on site and our Sixth Form building is really starting to take shape.

The steel foundations of the building have now been completed and the first of the three main staircases has been put in place.

Over the next few weeks work on the under floor drainage will take place. We have started laying the metal decking on the floors – which will be concreted over when its finished.

We’re preparing for the brick-layers to arrive on site shortly, and we’ll start importing the roof materials next fortnight.

Elsewhere, we have cleared some trees near the school fields to make room for the allotments, which the horticultural students will look after. Work to the school cycle path has also started, which will run alongside of the cemetery and field.

Just look at things now!

In the past couple of weeks, there has been huge developments on site. The steel foundations have been laid and the staircase has been put in place. Have a look at the pictures and see how things are shaping up....

Taking shape

You have probably noticed the steel work is progressing very well since we started last week. Our building is already starting to take shape – it’s very exciting!

Next week we will be commencing with the pre-cast staircase. The MUGA pitch should be ready to be handed over very soon once the final layers of sand have been delivered and put in place.

Don’t forget to log onto our live web cam for the latest happenings on site.

http://88.96.131.206:2500/view/index.shtml

Steel yourselves…..big developments have happened!

James Killelea & Sons delivered the steel work this week, and our contractors have already got to work on erecting it.

Things will really start to take shape now – we’ll soon to able to see the size of our Sixth Form, which is very exciting. This is going to be the main focus on site over the coming weeks. We will be able to bring the metal steel work in for the building’s floors shortly.

As we reported last week, we had to delay laying the astra-turf on the MUGA pitch, but this has now been completed. The MUGA pitch will soon be ready, but the next stage is to sand the surface. Let’s hope the weather stays on our side!

We will be soon getting to work on the internal drainage, but we’ll bring you more on that next week.

Don’t forget to log on to our live webcam to watch the latest events on site.

Things moving along well

Whilst the school has been enjoying the Easter break, the contractors have been making good progress on site.

The foundations are almost complete, and the steel work programme is set to commence next week. Some of our students paid a visit to James Killelea and Company Ltd last week to watch the steel being made.

Elsewhere, we are still working on our new MUGA pitch. We have been set back a few days though because of the weather, which has meant we had to postpone laying the astra-turf on top of the rubber pad.