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Fareham College

Value

£16 million

Client

Fareham College

Duration

2 years

About the project

The redevelopment of Fareham College’s Bishopsfield Road campus, completed in 2015, transformed the site into a modern educational facility. The project included the complete refurbishment of the 5,400m² 1960s teaching blocks and the construction of a new 2,000m² building to house a variety of studios.

Since the completion of the original project, RHB has also been involved in several additional redevelopment projects related to the new T-level curriculum. These include:

  • The repurposing of an existing sports hall into a new ‘Energy Centre’ for teaching and training in the installation of new low carbon technologies.
  • The refurbishment of the Catering and Childcare Development Training Centres
  • The development of the new Civil Engineering Training Centre and the extension of their Centre of Excellence in Engineering, Manufacturing and Advanced Skills Training on their Solent Airport campus.

Understanding the challenges

As part of the main redevelopment works, the client sold approximately half of the site for housing redevelopment. Consequently, we had to relocate the utility services and the site’s district heating system energy centre within the redefined campus boundary.

The work took place in an active and established education centre, where faculties were temporarily decamped and relocated as the project progressed. This process had to be considered as part of the design and construction programme.

Solutions provided by RHB

We have experience in working on many aspects of a project. Here’s what we did for this project:

Above Ground Drainage
Access Control Systems
Assist with Building Control Submission
Assist with Planning Conditions
CCTV Systems
Comfort Cooling
Data Systems
Dealing with Contractors Technical Queries
Design Team Meetings
Electric Loads
Emergency Lighting
External Services Layouts
Fire Alarm Strategy
Full Design Specifications
Gas Loads
Hot and Cold Domestic Water
Internal Drainage
Intruder/Panic Alarm Systems
Lightening
Lighting Control
Lighting Layouts
Lightning Protection Design
MEV Systems
MVHR Systems
Mechanical Ventilation
PV Layouts
Performance Specifications
Power for Mech Services
Review Sub Contractors Working Drawings
Site Inspections
Small Power Layouts
Telephone Systems
Utilities Enquiries
Water Loads

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