Skanska renovates and expands three Norwalk schools.Skanska USA Building Inc. announced that it completed two improvement projects at Tracey Elementary School elementary school: see school. and Columbus Elementary Magnet School magnet school n. A public school offering a specialized curriculum, often with high academic standards, to a student body representing a cross section of the community. for the City of Norwalk. Simultaneously, the company said it started managing the renovation and expansion of Roton Middle School, also in Norwalk. The total value of the three projects is $15 million. Tracey Elementary School is a 54,000 s/f facility that serves more than 480 students in pre-kindergarten to grade 5. The project scope included new windows, exterior masonry masonry: see brick; concrete; stonework; tile. masonry Craft of building in stone, brick, or block. By 4000 BC, Egypt had developed an elaborate cut-stone technique. repairs, improved heating and ventilation ventilation, process of supplying fresh air to an enclosed space and removing from it air contaminated by odors, gases, or smoke. Proper ventilation requires also that there be a movement or circulation of the air within the space and that the temperature and and reconfiguration of the administrative area. Skanska worked with local architectural firm An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture. History Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c. URS URS Yours URS Ultimate Roulette System URS Uniform Reporting System URS User Requirement(s) Specification URS Undergraduate Research Symposium URS Unified Registration Statement URS Undergraduate Research Scholars , Inc. on this $4.3 million project between January and September, 2006. Columbus Elementary Magnet School serves approximately 353 pupils in kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be to grade 5. The $3.8 million improvement and alterations of the 63,000 s/f facility included exterior masonry repairs, accessibility upgrades, improved heating and ventilation and new lighting and reconfiguration of the administration and media center areas. URS also served as the architect for this project, started in January, 2006 and delivered in September of that year. Roton Middle School is a 98,000 s/f facility that currently serves 520 students in grades 6-8. The project scope includes exterior masonry repairs, new windows, connecting bridges at the second floor and renovated and reconfigured science rooms. Skanska is working with Hamden-based architectural firm Silver Petruccelli on this project. Construction started in April, 2007 and is expected to conclude in September, 2007. "We are excited to be involved in these three projects," said Robert Daddona, Skanska senior director of business development. "Our team of professionals is committed to delivering top-notch facilities for the students and faculty of these Norwalk schools." Skanska USA Building Inc. is a leading national and local provider of construction, pre-construction consulting, general contracting and design-build services to a broad range of U.S. industries. |
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