RENOVATION Project Budget:
$500-$1 Million
Company:
Marcus Construction
Award:
PYRAMID
Project:
YMCA Early Learning Center
A child care survey of Kandiyohi County discovered that over 700 families in the county had an urgent need for child care, and of those, 250 children were listed in the New London – Spicer communities. The Kandiyohi YMCA saw and heard firsthand the extreme need for additional daycares, and they stepped up to help make a dent in that shortage. The YMCA Early Learning Center is located in a strip mall space that had at one time housed a pharmacy and medical clinic. The space was replaced with the daycare center that accommodates 90 children from six weeks of age through pre-kindergarten. Marcus also added both an indoor and outdoor playground. As a design build project, the challenge was putting the combination of child care code requirements, a goal of re-using as many existing features as possible, and the limited amount of square feet together in the usable mall space. Child care code requirements were the leading factor in many of the design decisions. Some of the requirements included; a fire suppression system, the number of square feet per child in each classroom, the number of restrooms and where they need to be located, a kitchenette in the infant room with space for both a dirty and clean sink, and the need for laundry onsite. The daycare does cater in lunches, but because they prepare breakfast and snacks for the children, a commercial kitchen was required. In an effort to help maintain budget for the YMCA, our design team salvaged and repurposed as much space as possible from the previous tenants. To see a four-month renovation of mall space move from vacant to vibrant with the sounds of children filling it was pretty magical. Marcus Construction worked punctually and professionally to complete an exceptional daycare for the YMCA Early Learning Center – successfully having it ready to open by their goal date and within their budget.
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2020 ABC MN/ND CONSTRUCTION AWARDS
