Exmouth Extra Care

The development consists of a mixture of one and two bed independent apartments served by dining and communal facilities and multi-purpose activity rooms. The grounds surrounding the building is landscaped with formal gardens and seating terraces, screened by trees on the boundaries. The site is accessed via a driveway leading from Drakes Avenue.

The building is of load-bearing masonry construction up to four storeys high, with the footprint of each floor varying to suit the topography of the site. The lower ground floor forms a semi-basement, overlooking the formal gardens and with a full height retaining wall to the rear supporting the walls of the building above. Precast concrete floor planks span between load-bearing masonry walls at each level with a steel sub-frame used at lower ground floor where the communal areas require large open spaces and clear spans. On the upper floor, a number of apartments are located within the roof zone and therefore the precast planks are used as a transfer deck to support a timber frame which can accommodate the room layouts and roof profiles.

Due to the varying levels across the site, both the foul and storm water sewage systems require a small pumping station to raise the flows up to the level of the pipes in the public highway.