Fulham Cross Academy

Fulham Cross Academy caters for 800 students and is a STEM specialist school. It occupies a site area of 14,409m2, of which approximately 3,300m2 is occupied by built estate. Of the remaining space, only 45m2 is given over to soft landscaping of any type.
The existing sports and dining provision will remain operational while the new building is completed, before demolition begins.

The proposed plan is as follows:

• Construction of a new sports and dining block;
• Connection of new foul and surface water drainage to existing public system within the site, with the potential use of soakaways for some of the surface water.
• Construction of external works including 2 no. hard outdoor PE areas and associated aisles and pavements.
• Refurbishment of Block I & J together with light refurbishment to ICT Server Room in Block B and refurbishment of existing façade to NW corner of Block A.

Specialist Piling installed 136 No. CFA bearing piles comprising 300mm and 350mm diameters. Piles were designed to accommodate compression loads up to 415kN, horizontal loads up to 45kN, and localised tension loads up to 120kN, with reinforcement tailored to suit combined axial and lateral demand.

In addition to CFA works, SPS also installed 13 No. 89mm diameter steel screw piles, achieving a design torque of 20kNm and supporting compression loads of 200kN.