BEST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION PROJECT

BEST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION PROJECT

PROJECT NAME

Northeast Community Propel Academy

WINNER

Gilbane Building Company

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Northeast Community Propel Academy — a new 180,000-square-foot combined elementary and middle school — addresses Philadelphia’s sustained and extraordinary growth in its northeast neighborhoods. The building provides the School District of Philadelphia additional capacity for 1,600 students while keeping the adjacent Austin Meehan Middle School and Abraham Lincoln High School fully operational. Gilbane Building Company and Stantec’s approach created a comprehensive campus environment while ensuring the safety of students, faculty, and staff throughout construction. The Academy also features arrangements that consolidate clusters of classrooms and collaborative zones around shared media and technology commons within each grade level house.

OWNER

The School District of Philadelphia

ARCHITECT

Stantec

ENGINEERS

DCI+MacIntosh Engineers; Burns Mechanical, Inc.; Palman Electric, Inc.

GBCA MEMBER COLLABORATORS

Armour & Sons Electric, Inc.; Burns Mechanical, Inc.; Central Metals, Inc.; Chesco Coring & Cutting, Inc.; Copeland Surveying, Inc.; DCI+MacIntosh Engineers; E.C. Fence & Iron Works, Inc.; EDA Contractors, Inc.; G.O. Services, LLC; Graboyes Commercial Window and Glass Solutions; Kastle Systems; M. Schnoll & Sons, Inc.; Mega Construction Co.; Oliver Fire Protection & Security; PDM Constructors, Inc.; Roman Mosaic & Tile Company; Sunbelt Rentals; TBS Services, Inc.; WillScot

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