This compilation of school construction projects details three of the newest schools set to be completed in 2021.
Gateway High School
The School District of Lee County,聽Fort Myers, Florida
The new high school will accommodate up to 2009 students who will have access to advanced academic programs, including AVID, dual enrollment, AP courses and AICE diplomas.
Size:聽275,865 square feet,聽55-acre campus, three stories
Anticipated cost:聽 $98.2 million
Expected completion: May 2021
Main features: 95 classrooms,聽650-seat black box theater, four career academies:聽carpentry, cybersecurity, medical assisting and veterinary assisting
Project team: Project manager: Suffolk Construction; architect:聽BSSW Architects; engineer:聽Johnson Engineering
Rock Creek School
Frederick County Public Schools, Frederick, Maryland
Serving academic, medical and behavioral needs of students aged 3 to 21, the new school will be a larger, modernized version of the original聽55,214-square-foot building, which hadn’t received any major renovations since it was built in 1972. The new facility will be located closer to Walkersville elementary, middle and high schools, so these students can interact with their typical peers.
Size: 84,360 square feet; single story
Anticipated cost: $40,057,000
Expected completion: March 2021
Main features: 90-student capacity,聽separate classroom wings, an administrative suite, gymnasium, dining area, serving kitchen, therapy pool, specials classrooms, support spaces, movement and sensory rooms, OT/PT spaces, 聽central outdoor learning area.
Project team:聽Construction Manager: Dustin Construction, Inc.; project architect: Proffitt & Associates Architects;聽design architect: Becker Morgan Group; civil engineer: ADTEK Engineers, Inc.; structural engineer: Morabito Consultants;聽MEP engineering: Alban Engineering;聽food service: Nyikos Associates;聽LEED: Sustainable Design Consulting;聽communications/data: Educational Systems Planning;聽special needs consultant: Purple Cherry Architects, PC;聽acoustical: Acentech;聽aquatics: Atlantic Aquatic Engineering.
Innovation Academy
Fulton County Schools, Atlanta, Georgia
The STEM school was architecturally structured to provide an open, physical environment that encourages collaboration and learning in action. The academy will offer pathways in technology, healthcare and engineering.
Size:聽245,000-square-feet and three stories聽on a 40-acre site
Anticipated cost:听$50,960,000
Expected completion:聽Summer 2020;聽opening to students in Fall 2021
Main features:聽45 general classrooms with pod-style classroom clusters for collaborative teaching, dispersed student huddle rooms; labs and shops: 4聽engineering labs,聽5 information technology labs,聽12 science labs, 6 health labs,聽health simulation labs, visual arts and media arts labs, metal and wood fabrication shops with flexible ceiling utilities; learning spaces: two large active learning lecture spaces,聽extended learning spaces,聽physical education space, project display spaces, inside makerspaces and聽secure outdoor maker courtyard; other spaces:聽robotics practice arena, central career and guidance center,聽500-seat auditorium, central food court; tech and furniture: device charging stations, corridor writing surfaces, central bleacher stairs with 鈥淭ed Talk鈥 technology,聽moveable seating, roll-down projection screen for impromptu video lectures.
Project team: Architect:聽Cooper Carry; general contractor:聽Barton Malow Construction; civil engineer:聽Breedlove Land Planning
