Monkton Combe School
Contract Name: Monkton Combe School, Bath
Contract Sum: £2 million
Contract Period: 36 weeks
Architect: Nick Shipp Architects
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Rydon is building a new music centre for Monkton Combe School, along with the refurbishment of a number of existing buildings to create rehearsal rooms.
This scheme has significant challenges, including the need to work in the middle of the operational school and amongst a variety of listed structures in an area of outstanding natural beauty, all of which contribute to a great need for a sensitive approach by the Contractor which led to Rydon being selected on the scheme.
The project not only has the difficulty of being constructed in a live environment, it is also being developed in a most confined area of the school campus with difficult access and space being at a premium.
The access issues are further exacerbated by being down a narrow single track country lane.
The building itself is on piled foundations and is constructed in bath stone and structural glazing. The finishes to the scheme are of the highest quality and of the necessary acoustic integrity to establish independent practice rooms, a professional quality recording studio and a large rehearsal area.
The works are located around adjacent spaces used for examinations at different times in the academic year, requiring us to implement mitigating measures and use careful coordination with the school to avoid pollution of the education environment by the construction activities.
