New Builds + Renovations
Bamber Valley Elementary School Rochester, MN
Eastern Carver County Elementary School Chaska, MN With student enrollment surpassing projections, a new elementary school was built in Eastern Carver County with flexible, open, and enhanced learning spaces. The new school needed to properly support the growing student body and adequately mitigate student traffic throughout the school. In addition, new modernized classrooms were needed to support tactile, coaching, individual, peer, and direct instruction styles. The District passed a bond referendum in 2015, which included a new two-story building with 30 traditional classrooms designed around collaborative learning spaces, a multi-use gymnasium, auditorium, and cafeteria space. A focal point of the building is the shared “Learning Commons” at the core of each neighborhood of classrooms. These spaces are designed to be flexible and allow for classrooms to open, expand, and collaborate easily. • Learning Commons for collaboration • Innovation center for breakout learning sessions • Configurable gymnasium and auditorium • Mixed-use space for multiple school and civic functions
Rochester Public Schools enlisted ISG’s architectural and engineering expertise to update indoor air quality and kitchen facilities at Bamber Valley Elementary School. Bamber Valley Elementary School serves approximately 850 students enrolled in kindergarten through fifth grade and has a special Deaf and Hard of Hearing program. To better accommodate all students, the facility needed HVAC, accessibility, and code compliance upgrades. With a wide range of student ages and abilities, ISG focused on accessibility, code compliance measures, as well as upgrades for the cafeteria and kitchen area. ISG worked closely with the City throughout the project to ensure permitting, submittal, and approval processes went smoothly. • Deferred maintenance • Parking lot reconstruction
• Secured entrance improvements • HVAC and plumbing improvements • Accessibility improvements
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