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Building Statistics
General Building Data:
Building Name: South Jefferson High School
Location and Site: Huyett Road Charles Town, WV 25414
Building Occupant Name: Jefferson County Schools
Occupancy or function types: High School/ Educational facility – 1200 students
Size: Total Square Footage – 199,717 ft^2
Number of Stories: 2 stories
Project Team:
Owner - Jefferson County Schools - http://boe.jeff.k12.wv.us/
Architect - Alpha Associates, Incorporated - http://www.alphaaec.com/
MEP - H.F. Lenz Company - http://www.hflenz.com/
CM – Turner Construction - http://www.turnerconstruction.com/
Dates of Construction: Currently Under Construction (February 2006 – August 2007)
Actual Cost Information:
Total Building Cost - $34 Million
Project Delivery Method: Design-Bid-Build
Architecture:
South Jefferson High School has academic wings, administration area, and common facilities for use by all students. Common facilities such as the Learning Resource Center, dining, physical education, and creative arts are accessible from the main corridors. The school’s administrative offices and Student Services are located near the main entrance.
A unique aspect of this new school is the Science and Technology Center. Partially funded by a separate grant, this portion of the building includes the School's Science Department along with various technology oriented subject areas such as technology training labs, technology education, engineering, agricultural technology, and video conferencing. During regular school hours, the center supports the academic curriculum. In the evenings, the facilities will be available for continuing education classes open to the community at large.
The South Jefferson School District also plans to make the Learning Resource Center and computer facilities available to the community after normal school hours as well. Thus the community at large will have access to up-to-date facilities for instruction, research, and application that are not currently available in the School District.
In addition to the school building, the new site accommodates athletic facilities, that feature vehicular circulation, along with daily and event parking for students, staff, and visitors plus service and delivery to the building. Athletic facilities include a field house with team locker rooms and equipment storage, concession and public restroom buildings, track and field facilities for competition, a football/soccer stadium with bleacher seating, a press box and lighting for night games, baseball and softball fields. Practice fields for use by athletic teams and marching bands will be constructed where possible. Hard courts for basketball and tennis will also be provided.
Major national model codes:
- International Building Code 2000
- International Mechanical Code 2003
- NFPA 101 Life Safety Code
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- West Virginia State Fire Code
Zoning:
R-1 Residential
Historical requirements:
The site has no particular historic or archeological features. There are no special considerations, requirements, or restrictions for building on the site.
Building envelope:
Roofing system:
The roof surface is single-ply membrane roofing over rigid R-19 insulation with walk surfaces, stainless steel and membrane flashing, and crushed stone supported by structural steel framing.
Exterior wall systems:
Exterior walls are brick veneer applied to heavy duty metal stud framing or brick veneer applied to pre-cast concrete panels.
Primary Engineering Systems:
Electrical:
The electrical service provided to the building is 480 volt three-phase electric service with distribution switchboards. Transformers shall be installed throughout the building to step the voltage down to 120/208 volts.
Panelboards installed throughout the building have integral surge protection fed from an isolation transformer to be used for computer grade power. These panels serve dedicated computer receptacles.
A diesel fueled emergency generator was implemented for emergency power distribution throughout the building. The generator serves emergency lighting, exit signs, fire alarm panel, public address system, automatic temperature control system, security system, hot water system pumps, and kitchen refrigeration equipment. The fuel tank will be base-mounted and provide a minimum of four hours of operating capacity.
Lighting:
Lighting in classrooms and corridors utilize recessed fluorescent lighting fixtures with acrylic lenses. Fixtures are switched so that the inner and outer lamps may be energized independently. Fluorescent lighting fixtures are used in the storage rooms. High output fluorescent lighting fixtures are used in the Gymnasium and Cafeteria. Multiple rows of colored border lights and spot lights are used for the Auditorium stage. All stage lighting is controlled by a theatrical dimmer system. Pole mounted metal halide lighting fixtures are used for all paved areas.
Emergency lighting is installed in the corridors, the boiler room, Multi-purpose room, and at exterior of exits to meet all applicable codes. All emergency lighting is connected to the emergency power panels. L.E.D. type exit signs connected to the emergency power system aid in egress.
Mechanical:
The HVAC system primarily consists of variable air volume air handling units serving series-style fan powered boxes at classrooms. The classroom wings have rooftop units with ductwork chased down through rated shafts for outside air to a fan powered box at each classroom. The fan powered box then serve ceiling mounted diffusers.
The Gymnasium, Auditorium and Cafeteria are served with single-zone air handling units located on the roof. These units incorporate demand-based ventilation controls.
All heating-only equipment such as cabinet unit heaters and horizontal unit heaters are installed in mechanical spaces, entry vestibules, and similar areas.
Structural:
The foundation is reinforced concrete designed to meet subsoil conditions with reinforced concrete retaining walls as needed.
The main substructure is steel framing with Cast-in-place concrete floor slabs.
The roof is supported by metal joists.
Additional Engineering and Engineering Support Systems
Fire Protection:
The building is fully protected with an automatic sprinkler system with all necessary exterior connections for fire department connections. Sprinkler locations are done according to NFPA requirements.
Hot and cold water distribution piping is Type "L" copper and is insulated with fiberglass pipe covering.
Soil and Waste Piping and Rainwater Piping are Schedule 40 PVC piping above ground and PVC SDR-35 pipe in any areas below ground.
Transportation:
South Jefferson High School is directly accessible by the use of West Virginia Route 340 near Charles Town. Two bus drop-off circles are located in front of the school while all parking is located in the rear of the building.
Telecommunications:
South Jefferson uses a combination wireless/wired data network system. The data wiring consists of augmented category 6 data conductors installed from each data outlet in the building to a patch panel located in designated rooms. The augmented category 6 structured cabling system enables 10-gigabit-per-second Ethernet transmission over a full 100 meters. Fiber optic cabling was run between hub rooms to provide a building wide network.