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Bahrain girls' school building work completed

MANAMA, April 26, 2017

Bahrain's Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning said it has completed the construction of a new school for girls at an investment of BD4.7 million ($12.4 million) in the Busaiteen area of the kingdom and handed it over to the education ministry officials.  

The project was implemented as part of the Gulf Development Programme, said the ministry in a statement.

The school has been constructed on a 14,791-sq-m area. The three-storey complex has 30 classrooms with a capacity to accommodate around 1,000 students.

The school, which has an actual construction area of 14,290 sq m, also includes multi-purpose laboratories for science, computer, home sciences, and physics, in addition to a cafeteria, a library, offices for the teaching and administrative faculty, sports hall, other service facilities such as toilets and store rooms.

It also comprises of a multi-purpose hall, a guard room, electricity substation, and also 50 parking spaces, parking spaces allocated for buses and an air-conditioned waiting area for students.

Works Affairs undersecretary Ahmed Al Khayyat said the ministry has taken into account key issues sustainability and green buildings besides energy-saving measures, such as thermal insulation for roofs and walls, double-glazing windows to reduce noise, sensor taps in bathrooms, energy-saving lighting systems, acoustically-insulated vinyl flooring, and paints with low volatile and anti-carbon organic compounds for internal and external walls.

Also, a comfortable and healthy internal environment has been provided in the school, with non-slip vinyl flooring in all rooms, corridors and stairways.

The design has been done in such a way that it caters to all the needs of students and staff with special needs and even the pregnant women, explained Al Khayyat.

These include a special parking lot located close to the main school entrance, provision of slopes on all entrances in addition to four elevators close to all entrances and toilets with a size that properly accommodates the needs of those students, he added.-TradeArabia News Service




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