{"id":3168,"date":"2017-01-06T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T19:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vtbs.com\/dev\/?p=3168"},"modified":"2017-02-06T08:01:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T15:01:46","slug":"rifle-middle-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vtbs.com\/dev\/rifle-middle-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Rifle Middle School"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rifle Middle School<\/h1>\n
Rifle, CO<\/address>\n

Owner:<\/h3>\n

Garfield School District Re-2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project Type:<\/h3>\n

Middle School, Grade 5-8<\/strong><\/p>\n

Area:<\/h3>\n

46,600 sf<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was a $10M (total project cost) consolidation project of the Esma Lewis Elementary School with the Rifle Middle School into a single 5-8 middle school complex.\u00a0 At project start, the site consisted of three buildings, with the two main buildings containing additions that were completed in a bond program five years earlier.\u00a0 The program called for main portions of the existing elementary school to be razed, and replaced with a new 46,600 sf core facility and classroom wing attached to the middle school.\u00a0 This allowed for centralization of administration, cafeteria, library\/media and other core services.\u00a0 The design was unique in that there is an 8\u2019-6\u201d vertical difference between floors of the two existing buildings.\u00a0 There was also the challenge of creating a facility that will enhance the learning process by a marriage of eight different construction types that date from 1949 through 1996.<\/p>\n

The existing buildings that were re-used required new mechanical, plumbing and electrical systems, as well as new roofs and various site improvements.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n