Cotaplan completed a 2-story modular school welfare block in King’s Lynn earlier this summer.
The project presented numerous problems from the outset due to its locality. Being situated on a floodplain and made up ground – the foundations were designed to distribute the building weight safely and bring it above the flood level. Our engineers devised a series of simple reinforced concrete piers to solve the problem – reducing time and costs to the client. Likewise, the drainage had to be designed to reduce the chances of flooding following the building works.
Furthermore, the wedge-shaped site required a design that made best use of the space – constructed of various module sizes but also allowed access around the building for maintenance.
Site setup to handover took 10 weeks in total and included: removal of the old welfare buildings, replacement with temporary staff portable cabins on the estate and then redevelopment of the old site.
All the works formed part of a turnkey package offered by Cotaplan and included:
- Ground investigations,
- Foundation & drainage designs,
- Full building design package,
- Building Control submission,
- All civil works,
- Double storey steel clad building,
- Suspended ceilings,
- Internal timber staircase,
- Air-conditioning,
- Fire alarm,
- Integrated IT system,
- Full M&E design and installation,
- Hard wearing floor and wall finishes.
Call Cotaplan Modular Building Systems today with your building requirement.
