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BEAUMONT SCHOOL | STEM BUILDING ADDITION AND RENOVATION
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
AMHigley served as Construction Manager at Risk for Beaumont School’s STEM addition and renovation project. Phase I included new paving, additional parking, light poles, landscaping, and installation of a new sanitary sewer line from Fairmount Boulevard. Phase II involved construction of a STEM addition, featuring eight laboratories: two biology, two chemistry, one physics, one pre-engineering, one earth sciences, and one biology/chemistry laboratory. Prep rooms, with storage space, separate each pair of classrooms/labs. The STEM addition also showcases a reception area, administrative suite, career center, guidance offices, a Student Commons area, and restrooms. The project further included renovations to the main school entrance and Lennon House to improve handicapped accessibility.
• Project LEED© Silver Certified
• Self-performed some demolition work
• Project completed three months ahead of schedule
• Exceeded owner’s goal for FBE/MBE diversity participation (20%) at 34.71%, including 26.99% FBE and 7.72% MBE
• Construction completed accident free
• Project occurred adjacent to occupied space
• Returned more than $400,000 to Owner in GMP savings and unspent contingencies
Client
Beaumont School
Architect
Van Auken Akins Architects
Size
24,400 SF
Construction Value
$9 million
Project Completion
January 2015
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