Standard classroom Block upgrades

Access and download the packages for your upgrade project.

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Inform

  • Boards
  • Proprietors
  • Project managers
  • Architects and designers
  • Principals and tumuaki
  • Building contractors

The standard classroom block upgrades make it faster, easier and cheaper to upgrade standard classrooms to flexible learning spaces. 

About the standard classroom block upgrades

Use the upgrade designs when planning to upgrade a standard classroom block.

The upgrade designs have been prepared by architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, and educationalists.

The upgrade designs show:

  • designs specific to each block type
  • most of the information needed to complete the preliminary design stage.

Each upgrade designs package contains:

  • briefing document (high level overview, and how to identify the block type)
  • appendices: architectural scope, structural scope and cost estimates (technical information required by property professionals working on your project).

The upgrade designs packages will help you adapt existing teaching spaces in ways that are well designed, structurally sound, and that will maintain the value of these assets for many years to come.

You can use them to begin discussions about your longer term property aspirations, and adapt them or stage them to suit available funding.

Avalon block

The plan below shows the existing layout of an Avalon block.

Reference design.

Appendix 1: Architectural Scope and Design Plans

1.1 Architectural Scope (Avalon block) [PDF, 184 KB]

1.2 Design Plans (Avalon block) [PDF, 268 KB]

Appendix 2: Structural Scope including:

2.1 Design Features Report (Avalon block) [PDF, 157 KB]

2.2 Structural Calculations Auckland (Avalon block) [PDF, 1.8 MB]

2.3 Structural Calculations Wellington (Avalon block) [PDF, 2 MB]

2.4 Structural Calculations Christchurch (Avalon block) [PDF, 1.8 MB]

2.5 Structural Drawings (Avalon block) [PDF, 2 MB]

2.6 Structural Specification (Avalon block) [PDF, 284 KB]

2.7 Fire Report (Avalon block) [PDF, 919 KB]

2.8 Accessibility Report (Avalon block) [PDF, 163 KB]

Appendix 3: Cost Estimate

Cost Estimate (Avalon block) [PDF, 69 KB]

Canterbury block

The plan below shows the existing layout of a Canterbury block.

Reference design.

Briefing Document (Canterbury block) [PDF, 492 KB]

Appendix 1: Architectural Scope and Design Plans

1.1 Architectural Scope (Canterbury block) [PDF, 118 KB]

1.2 Design Plans (Canterbury block) [PDF, 849 KB]

Appendix 2: Structural Scope including

2.1 Design Features Report (Canterbury block) [PDF, 184 KB]

2.2 Structural Calculations Christchurch (Canterbury block) [PDF, 2.5 MB]

2.3 Structural Drawings (Canterbury block) [PDF, 421 KB]

2.4 Structural Specification (Canterbury block) [PDF, 278 KB]

2.5 Fire Report (Canterbury block) [PDF, 4 MB]

2.6 Accessibility Report (Canterbury block) [PDF, 286 KB]

Appendix 3: Cost Estimate

Cost Estimate (Canterbury block) [PDF, 73 KB]

Formula block

The plan below shows the existing layout of a Formula block.

Reference design.

Briefing Document (Formula block) [PDF, 477 KB]

Appendix 1: Architectural Scope and Design Plans

1.1 Architectural Scope (Formula block) [PDF, 115 KB]

1.2 Design Plans (Formula block) [PDF, 437 KB]

Appendix 2: Structural Scope including:

2.1 Design Features Report (Formula block) [PDF, 174 KB]

2.2 Structural Calculations Auckland (Formula block) [PDF, 1.6 MB]

2.3 Structural Calculations Wellington (Formula block) [PDF, 2.2 MB]

2.4 Structural Calculations Christchurch (Formula block) [PDF, 2 MB]

2.5 Structural Drawings (Formula block) [PDF, 654 KB]

2.6 Structural Specification (Formula block) [PDF, 276 KB]

2.7 Fire Report (Formula block) [PDF, 1.3 MB]

2.8 Accessibility Report (Formula block) [PDF, 358 KB]

Appendix 3: Cost Estimate

Cost Estimate (Formula block) [PDF, 72 KB]

Nelson 2 storey block

The plan below shows the existing layout of a Nelson 2 storey block.

 Reference design.

Reference design.

Briefing Document (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 1.2 MB]

Appendix 1: Architectural Scope and Design Plans

1.1 Architectural Scope (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 302 KB]

1.2 Design Plans option 1 (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 271 KB]

1.3 Design Plans option 2 (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 286 KB]

Appendix 2: Structural Scope including:

2.1 Design Features Report (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 494 KB]

2.2 Structural Calculations Auckland (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 5.4 MB]

2.3 Structural Calculations Wellington (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 6.7 MB]

2.4 Structural Calculations Christchurch (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 8.2 MB]

2.5 Structural Drawings Auckland option 1 (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 1.9 MB]

2.6 Structural Drawings Auckland option 2 (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 2.2 MB]

2.7 Structural Drawings Christchurch & Wellington option 1(Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 1.5 MB]

2.8 Structural Drawings Christchurch & Wellington option 2 (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 2.3 MB]

2.9 Structural Specification (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 1.8 MB]

2.10 Fire Report (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 2.5 MB]

2.11 Accessibility Report (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 525 KB]

Appendix 3: Cost Estimate

Cost Estimate (Nelson two storey block) [PDF, 529 KB]

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