With work already under way for the new Greystones Community College, BAM will deliver the new school with a floor area of approximately 11,000 m2 located on a 4.6 hectare site.

The school is being delivered under the Department of Education’s design and build programme and will cater for the school’s ever expanding student population, accommodating 1,000 pupils with over 50 classrooms including a number to support students with additional educational needs.

The project also includes new car parking and drop-off area within the site and all associated site works, boundary fence, ballcourts, hard and soft play areas, sensory garden and landscaping including SUDS surface water attenuation.

As part of BAM’s sustainability strategy, like all its projects, BAM is approaching the build with sustainability as a central driver, resulting in a lower carbon footprint and a school which is more economical to run. For example, BAM proposed the use of soil stabilisation below raft slab foundations as an efficient and sustainable solution, eliminating the need to excavate large volumes of soil, exporting off site and importing fill material. This means BAM is able to reuse the existing soil from the cut excavations, a much greener solution.