Balfour Beatty Construction breaks ground on new $27.6 million elementary school in San Diego
Balfour Beatty Construction and the Solana Beach School District broke ground on the new Solana Ranch Elementary School in San Diego. A ceremony held on 15 November celebrated the official start of construction on the $27.6 million project, which is the seventh elementary school in the District.
The project totals more than 68,000 square feet of building space on 11.65 acres. It includes the construction of a two-story, 60,143 square foot classroom building, a one-story 5,233 square foot multi-purpose building, and a one story 2,935 square foot child development center preschool. Site work will also include construction of parking lots, a solar canopy, a covered lunch shelter, playgrounds, ball fields, an amphitheater and a garden area.
"Our team is honoured and excited to break ground on yet another high performance school for this valued client and partner," said Brian Cahill, Division President for Balfour Beatty Construction.
When completed, Solana Ranch Elementary School will be the second elementary school Balfour Beatty Construction will have constructed for the District. The contractor completed Solana Pacific Elementary school in 2004, and has also completed modernisation projects at Solana Vista and Skyline Elementary and a classroom addition at Solana Highlands Elementary.
The estimated date of completion for the new school is March 2014, with classes beginning in the new facility in the fall of 2014.
Several sustainable features are being incorporated into the project and include energy efficient lighting, mechanical and passive ventilation systems, solar panels, day lighting and more.
Balfour Beatty Construction's project team includes Grace Chan, project manager; Bryan Rasmussen, superintendent; Molly Engelbert, project engineer and Melissa Frazar, project accountant. The architect for the project is Harley Ellis Devereaux.
Connie Oliver
Balfour Beatty Construction
coliver@balfourbeattyus.com
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