Malta Flying School

The 25.6m X 21.7m land area available was spanned over by a 21m span steel portal frame of 8m height. The steel portals are spaced at 6.4m centres, with one set of central bracing installed. A 3m high lean to building was constructed in concrete blockwork and a reinforced concrete slab laid to falls. As this hangar houses private aircraft of maximum height of 2.8m, possibility exists of inserting a mezzanine floor.

This construction faces onto a taxilane of Malta Internaltional Airport, with other ancillary private facilities located in the vicinity.

Office Archive Block

This is an infill development of an original internal dancehall/cinema, apparently constructed in an old garden.

This 2-storey office archive building is a reinforced flat slab construction. The founding material for this concrete structure was partly on rock with the remaining backfilled material for a depth of 6m. This site probably served as an old quarry for the building of Floriana. Due to limited access to the internal site, 300mm diameter micro piles were adopted, socketed in rock at the bearing depth. An old arched reservoir was reutilized for the harvesting of rainwater for this large roof area.

Malta Aviation Museum

Phase 1

In 1997, the firm took the responsibility of overseeing of works on the Malta Aviation Museum. The project involved the utilization of ex-RAF buildings, where the 1^st exhibits were housed in a 10m span Romney Hut. The two adjacent 10m span Romney huts dating back to the 1950s were restored and nowadays serve as the welcoming reception and exhibition area of the Malta Aviation Museum. Offices and public toilets are housed in ex-RAF buildings, located a few metres away from the aforementioned Romney huts. In 2005, the firm prepared the planning application for the excavation of the 7,000 sqm site and the Air Battle of Malta Hangar 25m * 30m constructed out of insulated panels on steel trussed portals.