Culham Court Chapel, Oxfordshire

Contract Summary

Realtime were appointed in 2013 by Craig Hamilton Architecture to undertake the site clearance, substructure installation, reinforced concrete chapel structure and external works for a newly built private chapel in Oxfordshire.

The works began in July 2013 and was completed in December 2015. This was a logistically challenging project due to the construction of a steel hanger over the entire site footprint. The hanger size was approximately 50m x 25m and 14m high and incorporated two heavy duty lifting beams with the lifting capacity of five tonne each. The Chapel has won numerous awards since its completion in 2015.

Realtime summary of work scope:

• Site clearance, demolition of existing structure and enabling works to the site.
• Forming a temporary steel frame hanger over the site area
• Formation of the new reinforcement concrete basement where the new lady chapel would be constructed.
• Reinforced concrete ground floor slab over the new basement structure.
• Basement waterproofing installed to a Grade 3 specification combining a Type B & C system to BS 8103:2020.
• New special concrete finish to the new vaulted ceiling. The new vaulted ceiling was supported on stone columns that were keyed into the new basement raft slab.
• Bespoke concrete formers designed specifically for the shape of the new vaulted ceiling. (3d modelled Cordek polystyrene concrete formers)
• Special concrete mix design developed due the complexity of the vaulted shape sofft using polymer fibre reinforced concrete.
• Construct eight primary columns to support the new domed stone roof structure with the complex cantilever reinforced concrete bell tower slab.
• Reinforced concrete perimeter walls constructed to higher that standard construction tolerances due to the post applied stone finishes.
• Numerous cast in channels in the concrete to support the stone finishes. (Realtime coordinated with all stone drawings)
• External works

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