CASE STUDY: Betty H. Fairfax High School, Phoenix, Arizona, DLR Group
With school enrollment projected to increase at record levels through 2013, spending on school construction, renovation and maintenance was expected to total nearly $30 billion annually. Yet, economic times are much tougher now, and making good design decisions has never been more difficult or more important. To find out how to do more with less, architects, school board members and administrators must attend the Schools of the 21st Century Symposium. It will be held April 3, the day before the NSBA Conference at the Marriott San Diego Hotel and Marina. The event is free of charge and will be presented by Architectural Record with the support of McGraw-Hill Education and the American Architectural Foundation.
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Credits
Completion Date
August 2007
Gross square footage
345,000 sf (gross area) or 298,000 sf (net area) / 51 acres
Total construction cost
$63 million gross (including offsite roadway, bridge, box culvert, utilities, etc)
$58 million net
Cost/SF: $182.60 (gross, entire project)
Owner
Phoenix Union High School District #210
Architect
DLR Group
6225 N. 24th Street, Suite 250
Phoenix, AZ 85016
602-381-8580 phone
602--956-8358 fax
www.dlrgroup.com
Architecture Project Team:
Principal in Charge - Tom O'Neil, AIA
Design Principal - Karl Derrah, AIA
Arch. Designer - Ted Wright
Construction Administration - Jim Copeland, AIA
Architect of Record
DLR Group
Interior designer:
DLR Group
Engineer(s):
DLR Group - Mechanical/Plumb./Electrical
Atherton Engineering - Civil Engineering
Consultant(s)
Landscape:
DLR Group
Lighting:
DLR Group
Acoustical:
DLR Group
Other:
Food Service - Design Tech
General Contractor:
Adolfson & Peterson Construction - CM@R
Photographer(s):
Mark Boisclair Photography – (602) 957-6997
Renderer(s):
DLR Group
Software used:
AutoCad, 3D Studio Max, Photoshop
Product Specification
Structural system
Steel Joists: Quincy Joist
Bearing Masonry Units: Master Bloc
Mortar: Spec Mix
Exterior Cladding
Masonry:
CMU Painted
Metal/glass curtain wall:
Window wall & aluminum glazed curtain wall: Vista Wall
EIFS, ACM, or other:
Metal Panels on Exterior: Kovach Metals / AEP Span
Roofing
Metal:
Kovach Metals
Windows
Steel:
H.M. Frames: Curries
Aluminum:
Aluminum storefront combo with doors: Vista Wall
Glazing/ Glass:
PPG, Low E.
Doors & Entrances
Metal doors:
Interior & exterior HM: Curries
Reinforced aluminum storefront: Vistawall Performax Doors
Wood doors:
Solid core with veneer: Eggers Industries
Upswinging doors, other:
Sound Doors
Hardware
Locksets:
Sargent
Hinges:
McKinney
Closers:
Sargent
Exit devices:
Sargent
Pulls:
Aluminum Store Front
Security devices:
Intrusion detection on all exterior doors: Honeywell
Cabinet hardware:
Standard ISEC: Timberline Hardware
Interior Finishes
Acoustical ceilings:
Wood Clad Clouds at Library and P.A. building-Armstrong
Suspension grid:
2X4 standard lay in-Armstrong
Cabinetwork and custom woodwork:
Lab millwork at Chemistry and Art - Campbell Rhea
Paints and stains:
ICI
Paneling:
Wood clouds in Auditorium: Rotary Cut Birch Veneer
Plastic laminate:
Wilsonart at standard millwork
Campbell Rhea at labs - chemical resistant
Special surfacing:
Kitchen - Marazzi
Wall - Interceramic
Floor - American Olean
Floor and wall tile:
Ceramic tile in Kitchen Floor
Toilet walls and floor, shower walls
Resilient flooring:
Armstrong
Wall Base: Burkemercer
Carpet:
Shaw
Raised flooring:
MDF & IDF Rooms: Tate Access Flooring
Furnishings
Auditorium seating:
Quattro - Hussey
Lockers:
Artmetal Products
Operable Walls - Modernfold
Telescopic Bleachers - Hussey
Grandstands - Sturdisteel
Press Box - Sturdisteel
Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
Direct and indirect cable hung fixtures.
Downlights:
Majority of lighting by Lithonia
Exterior:
Metal Halide
Controls:
EMS System - Honeywell
Auditorium Lighting Control - ETC (Electrical Theatre Control)
Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators:
Thyssen-Krupp
Plumbing:
Elkay Manufacturing
American Standard
Bradley
Other
Smart Boards - Smart Technologies
Grass is: Tiff 419 Hybrid Sod; Low Water Use, Heat Tolerant