Chesterton Pavilion
The contract was for the extension to a new sports pavilion with a complete refurbishment of the existing facility, plus the construction of external changing facilities and extensive landscaping.
Cambridge City Council
Customer
Cambridge City Council
Employers agent
Project value
Mixed Used Sports Pavilion
Size & tenure
Project start
Project end
Construction
The extension was designed and installed as a large steel portal frame structure, with Metsec light gauge steel infill panels.
The building was wrapped in Hardie board cladding, with a Kingspan insulated roofing panel, covered with a tiled roof.
The viewing deck included glass stainless steel handrails overlooking the playing fields, with resin bound gravel walkways and aluminium glazing.
The new extension housed the main function room, kitchen, and storerooms.
The entire building was fully re-wired electrically, and was fitted with a new fire alarm system, along with new toilets, sinks and showers.
The running costs are supplemented via Photo Voltaic roof tiles providing a renewable source of energy.
Soakaways have been designed where possible to reduce the amount of surface water being discharged into the sewer network.
A high proportion of the loose materials was purchased from local suppliers to reduce the amount of carbon emissions from delivery vehicles.
The insulation has been enhanced to give a betterment to Building Regulations by circa 10%.
Challenges / Solutions
The main challenge was managing the works adjacent to a busy recreation ground that was fully accessible, and that always remained open.
The access road was also shared with the vehicular route to a children’s playground.
The Ermine site team explained our intent at a series of public meetings, and we managed the deliveries to avoid planned activities at the Sports ground to prevent traffic issues.
Our team maintained a high-profile presence to manage the Health & Safety issues, and to give all stakeholders confidence that we would create a safe working, and recreational area at all times.
There was little storage space, so materials were called off on a ‘just in time’ basis.
The site was located within a densely populated residential area. We have had to negotiate with neighbours and temporarily suspend parking to allow the larger delivery vehicles such as the crane and steel frame to safely access.
We met with the residents and continued to communicate our programme via regular newsletters and continual discussion.
We managed the deliveries by using an offsite ‘waiting area’ until we could call the driver to site for offloading and to avoid congestion.