Grady High School

Addition and Renovation

Scope

Mechanical design and construction phase services for the renovation of the existing 80-year-old Grady High School Campus. Approximately 120,000 sq. ft. of the five-building campus was renovated while more than 100,000 sq. ft. of new building was added. The buildings included classrooms, a 25,000 sq. ft. gym with locker rooms, a 500-seat theater, a 700-seat cafeteria with associated kitchen, a music building (band, choral and orchestra rooms) with recording capability, and a TV studio.

Owner
Atlanta Public Schools

Mechanical Contractor
Ragan Enterprises, Inc.

Prime Consultant
Perkins and Will

Construction Cost
$24,000,000 (total)
$4,000,000 (mechanical)

Special Circumstances

All classrooms are served by energy efficient water-source heat pumps.
All buildings are equipped with energy recovery ventilators to lower utility costs and HVAC loads.
High efficiency (90%+) boilers are utilized for building heating.
Acoustically designed Band, Choral, Orchestra Rooms, and Television Broadcast Studio.
New campus distribution piping systems for natural gas, domestic water, and fire protection water.
Acid resistant piping system and central acid dilution tank serving the eight science classrooms.
All buildings protected by new fire sprinkler systems.
Design included phasing requirements necessary to allow school to remain in operation during construction.