When students and parents enter the new 230,000-sq-ft building, they’re met by spaces for computer-controlled machinery, robotics, metalworking, mechatronics and engineering—all of which highlight the school’s advanced manufacturing curriculum based on science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) concepts. Other features of the 1,000-student facility include athletic facilities, classrooms, art space and theatre that required an intricate plastic laminate paneling system installed at specific and differing angles.

Preparing the site for construction required blasting and removal of approximately 20,000 cu yd of rock, and relocation of a key water line. Record rain events forced multiple delays in the placement of concrete and steel, requiring the project team to scramble to limit the delay in the building’s final delivery to just two weeks. Because athletic field grass required a year-long head-start prior to turnover, special measures were taken to protect the area after its initial seeding, and utilize alternative access and laydown locations.