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Torriano Junior School
London

Client:
London Borough of Camden
Consultant:
Watts Group PLC
Service:
Contract Administration
Project Cost:
£235,000

Watts was appointed to provide design and contract administration services for re-roofing and sustainability works at Torriano Junior School in the London Borough of Camden. Torriano is an attractive, turn-of-the-century Victorian building located in Kentish Town. The building had a mixture of double-pitched clay tiled roofs with a central valley gutter, and a lead-covered crown shaped roof with flat roofs to either side. The project comprised removing the double-pitched plain clay tile roof, recycling the existing tiles and replacing them with new clay tiles.

Watts’ brief was to: re-roof the main roof and re-cover the side flat roofs; investigate and implement sustainability improvements; excavate and install a rainwater harvesting tank; adapt the rainwater downpipes to collect rainwater for flushing WCs; and install a small bank of solar panels to generate hot water. Watts also re-covered the flat roof areas and central valley gutter with a Liquid Plastic Limited 'Decothane Delta 25' cold applied waterproof coating.


The sustainability improvements aim to prolong the life of the building in an environmentally friendly manner, while at the same time educating the children and building users on the benefits of conservation and of environmentally conscious construction.