DARD - CAFRE Hill Farm Centre - New Sheep House (B2)

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The Contract is for the provision of a new sheep house at the CAFRE Hill Farm Centre located at Glenwherry, 46 Glenhead Road, Ballymena, BT42 4RF. The design of the building will include measures to promote animal welfare and the successful contractor will be expected to be familiar with the requirements and standards for buildings in the agricultural industry. The proposed building is a single storey agricultural portal framed structure with single skin cladding. The building is 80m x 27m on plan with an eaves height of 4m. The roof pitch is 18 degrees. The internal layout consists of a total of 19 slatted sheep pens floored using a suspended proprietary system to allow slurry to be collected in four below ground tanks. The tanks are 1.8m deep and formed using reinforced concrete, approximate total area of tanks is 100sq.m. There is a central feed passage through the building, accessed from either end via a roller shutter in the gable. There are also 66 individual lambing pens and a sheep handling unit. The sheep handling unit includes a footbath and sheep race. All areas are separated using permanent of removal agricultural gate systems. Construction to commence November 2015 with an estimated 30 week programme to complete.