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BUILDING BLOCKS: Glacier Creek Middle School
By: Dan Shaw, [email protected]//March 25, 2015//
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Project: Glacier Creek Middle School addition and remodeling
Address: 2800 Military Road, Cross Plains
Cost: $11 million
Size: 55,000 square feet
Start date: July 2013
Completion date: August 2014
Owner: Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District
Lead contractor: J.H. Findorff & Son Inc., Madison
Lead architect/engineer: Bray Associates-Architects Inc., Sheboygan
Number of workers employed: 50 to 60 at peak times
Project challenge: Building the new additions and doing interior remodeling amid school activities. Bringing up to date the existing heating-and-cooling systems and fire alarms.
Significance to the district: The project allowed the district to move fifth-graders out of the three elementary schools that feed into Glacier Creek Middle School, helping to mitigate overcrowding. It also provided additional room for the gymnasium and cafeteria.
Point of interest: The project entailed a new fifth-grade wing, a new fieldhouse, a geothermal HVAC system for the new additions and a new outdoor amphitheater.
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