urbana elementary feasibility study board presentation
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Urbana Elementary Feasibility Study Board Presentation
November 19, 2014November 19, 2014November 19, 2014November 19, 2014
Feasibility Study Milestones
• Steering Committee Meetings
• Faculty / Student / Community “Charrettes”
• Educational specification/Program Comparison
• Physical site and Building Assessment
• Option Development/Refinement
• Cost Analysis
• What is Next?
� Community Input Meeting
� Faculty/Staff Input Meeting
� Committee Review of Draft Report
� Present Final Report and Recommendations to BOE
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Feasibility Study Steering Committee� Brad Ahalt FCPS Construction - Senior Project Manager
� Ray Barnes FCPS Executive Director of Facilities Services
� Roger Fritz FCPS Director of Construction
� Jan Hollenbeck Urbana Elementary School Principal
� Robert Johnson FCPS Supervisor Cluster Maintenance Program
� Gloria Mikolajczyk MSDE Schools Facilities Architect Supervisor
� Beth Pasierb FCPS Facilities Planner
� Kathy Prichard FCPS Elementary Instructor Director
� Emily Reedy FCPS Communications
� Brett Stark FCPS Director of Curriculum
� Karen Wills Urbana Elementary School Teacher
Consultant Team
Feasibility Study Team
Overview of Key Objectives of the Study
• Existing Facility and Site Study
• Built in 1960 with Additions in 1965 &1975 (1/3 renovated in
1975) = 64,133 SF
• Adhere to Maryland Public School Construction Program
(PSCP) Guidelines
• Educational Program Review
• Develop options w/constructability justification:
1. Renovate existing school
2. Modernization - Partial demo, additions & renovations
3. Complete demo & replacement of the school on site
• Complete estimated costs & schedules for each option
Feasibility Study Process
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• Definition and Goals of Charrette
• Staff & Community Engagement
• Questions/Results
Community Engagement
Community Engagement
• Student Participation
• Staff and Community Update Events
– Online Survey Results
If nothing else this project must….
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Urbana Elementary Student Input
Student Artwork Comments:
� Indoor/Outdoor School
� Windows
� Safety and Emergency Concerns
� STEM
� Nice Teachers
� Green House
� Two Stories
� Café
� Collaboration Space
� Magnet Programs
Existing Building Assessment
� Built: 1960
� Size: 64,133 SF
� Site: 19.87 Acres
� Enrollment: 985 (Equated)
� State Rated Capacity: 511�Years of Major Construction
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Existing Building Assessment
�EXISTING SITE:
� Site is rectangular with limited street frontage on Urbana Pike.
� Dedicated Bus Loop in front of school with Parent drop on adjacent Urbana Volunteer Fire Department Property on the western border
� Great Heron Wetland borders the eastern side of the site.
� Interstate 270 borders the south side of the site .
� Existing Site Plan
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Existing Building Assessment
� Great Heron Wetlands
• Originally constructed through a grant in 2000.
• 1of 11 sites monitored by the Watershed Management Division of Frederick County and directly affects Chesapeake Bay.
• Hands on outdoor learning environment includes two ponds and native plants.
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Existing Building Assessment
�Existing Urbana Elementary School Floor Plan with Portable Classrooms
14 Portable
Classrooms
Existing Building Assessment
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Existing Building Assessment
Feasibility Study Options
Overview of Proposed Options
�Option 1 – Phased Additions/Renovations
While Occupying Existing Building
�Option 2 – Replacement School While
Occupying Existing Building
�Option 3A – Replacement School While
Relocated to Sugarloaf Elementary School
�Option 3B – Replacement School While
Relocated to Portables
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Feasibility Study Options
Option 1 – Phased Additions and Renovations while Occupying the Existing Building
Summary of Option 1TOTAL PROJECT COST $54,165,520
Construction Duration – 44 Months
� Longest construction duration of all options;
phased over 44 months.
�Most disruption of all options to the educational
program, during construction.
�Most expensive option.
Feasibility Study Options
OPTION 2 – REPLACEMENT SCHOOL WHILE OCCUPYING THE EXISTING BUILDING
Summary of Option 2TOTAL PROJECT COST $41,433,200
Construction Duration – 28 Months
�Less disruption to educational program than
Option 1.
�Reduced construction time frame from Option 1.
�The new facility is located in central portion of the
site, further from Urbana Pike.
�Option requires negotiations with adjacent Fire
Department for construction access.
�Play areas and rear playfields will not be
accessible during construction.
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Feasibility Study Options
OPTION 3A – REPLACEMENT SCHOOL WHILE RELOCATED TO SUGARLOAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Summary of Option 3ATOTAL PROJECT COST $40,128,436
Construction Duration – 24 Months
�Least disruption to educational program of all the
options.
�Shortest construction time frame of all the
options.
�Lowest cost of all options.
�Dependant on funding as requested by the Board
of Education.
�Potential to delay the opening of Sugarloaf
Elementary School by one to two (1-2) years.
Feasibility Study Options
OPTION 3B – REPLACEMENT SCHOOL WHILE RELOCATED TO PORTABLES
Summary of Option 3BTOTAL PROJECT COST $45,875,476
Construction Duration – 28 Months
�More disruption to the educational program
during construction than Option 3A.
�Slightly longer construction time frame than
Option 3A.
�Difficult site access during construction for
parent drop-off access.
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Recommendation
OPTION 3A – REPLACEMENT SCHOOL WHILE RELOCATED TO SUGARLOAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
It is the recommendation of this steering committee
and supported by the majority of the Urbana
community comments received by on-line survey,
that Option 3A is preferred method to modernize
Urbana Elementary School. The committee makes
this recommendation with the following
assumptions:
1. Sugarloaf Elementary School will be used as
temporary swing space during construction. This will
affect the timing of planned redistricting in the
Urbana community.
2. Construction funding for the Urbana Elementary
School modernization will be awarded as requested
by the Board of Education in their current Educational
Facilities Master Plan.
Urbana Elementary School Feasibility Study
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