Educational
Project Profile
St. Mary's Convent School, Mallow, Co. Cork

| Client: |
| St Mary's School Board of Management, St Mary's Convent of Mercy Secondary School, Mallow, Cork. |
| Main Contractor: |
| Brian McCarthy Contractors Ltd. |
| Architect: |
| RKD McCarthy Lynch, Exham House, The Fingerpost, Douglas, Co Cork. |
| Civil & Structural Engineer: |
| Arup Consulting Engineers, 15 Oliver Plunkett St, Cork. |
| Quantity Surveyor: |
| Henley & Kavanagh, 32 Washington Street West, Cork. |
This project involved the construction of new 2-storey post-primary school with P.E. Hall with a total floor area of 4,800m². The structure is comprised of strip footings, fairfaced loadbearing blockwork, precast floors and a combined steel truss/timber truss roof. External finishes included white sand/cement render, forticrete block work to upper level. These also included extensive aluminium windows, screens and rooflights. Internal finishes included vinyl flooring and carpets, plasterboard ceilings, and painted joinery and blockwork. The works also included a full fit-out package to Science Rooms, Home Economics Rooms etc. The external works included hard landscaping and soft landscaping works and also included the final demolition of the old school. This included the safe disposal of asbestos roof slates and asbestos floor tiles. |
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