Project: David Douglas Aquatics Center Swimming Pool

School District: David Douglas School District

Location: SE Portland, OR

Home of the Scots

David Douglas Aquatic Center replaces the 1960’s era school and community facility on the campus of the David Douglas High School. This 15,800 sq ft facility features a 25-meter, 8 lane natatorium that serves the award winning David Douglas High School Swim Team and Water Polo Team.  Support areas include family changing facilities, locker rooms, lobby, support offices and lifeguard first aid support. David Douglas provides swim lessons to all students in the 5th grade who are bussed to the site for weekly sessions.

Building structure is a reinforced CMU building with steel truss roof structure.  Energy savings features include:

• Window walls and skylight over the pool provides natural daylighting
• Thermal Solar Array – pre-heating pool water
• R-50 Roof insulation
• High efficiency boilers

Project Team:

• Architect/Interior Design: SERA Architects, Lisa Petterson, Craig Rice
• Mech/Plumb/Elec Engineers: Interface Engineering, Jim McLelland
• Pool Consultant: Water Technology, Inc, Mike Kaul
• CMGC Contractor: LCG Pence Construction, Lee Zumwalt, Roland Mack

Upon completion of the project, we received the following letter from the David Douglas School District Superintendent: Letter of Recommendation submitted by Don Grotting, Superintendent

Project: Scappoose High School New Theatre & Addition

School District: Scappoose School District

Location: Scappoose, Oregon

Scappoose High School

Scappoose High School project included the remodel of the existing 108,000 sq ft building, construction of a new 16,000 sq ft, 500-seat performing arts theatre, new classroom wing, and upgraded fire sprinkler system throughout the building. Remodeled areas included the administrative offices, weight room and cafeteria. Recruitment of local subcontractors and suppliers was a realized community goal and a factor in the successful completion of the project.

Project Team

• Architect/Interior Design: DLR Group
• CMGC Contractor: P&C Construction
• Owners Representative: Cornerstone Management Group
• Photographs: Gary Wilson

Project: Quatama Elementary School

School District: Hillsboro School School District

Location: Hillsboro, Oregon

Home of the Coyotes

Quatama Elementary School is a 73,000 sq ft, 26 classroom new school in the growing Hillsboro School District. This new school provides classroom space for 600 students in grades K-6. The site includes three soccer fields used for school and community play, full size gymnasium, visitor and staff parking on former light industrial zoned land. The project was completed with two other new elementary schools ready for students the fall of 2008. Hillsboro’s 2006 Capital Improvement Bond provided the community this building plus three additional elementary schools, a new middle school, additional classroom and two existing middle schools and various other improvements at other existing buildings.

This project has been selected as a finalist for the Oregon DJC 2008 Top Projects

Project Team

• Architect/Interior Design: Mahlum Architects, Greg Stewart
• MEP Engineers: HDR Inc., Ray Herndon
• CMGC Contractor: Skanska USA, Todd Predmore, John Lawrence

Project: Summer Projects

School District: Salem Keizer Public Schools

Location: Salem, OR

Various summer projects for the Salem Keizer Public Schools. Projects included school bleacher replacement, reseal of exterior buildings, reseal parking school parking lot, and playground updates.

Project Team

• Architect/Interior Design: Arbuckle Costic Architects; Carlson Veit Architects, Anderson Shirley Architects, and Paul Bentley Architects
• Contractors: Various Subcontractors

Upon completion of the project, we received the following letter from the Salem-Keizer Public Schools Manager, Maintenance & Construction: Letter of Recommendation submitted by Bruce J. Lathers, Manager, Maintenance & Construction Services