Indian River State College: Brown Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
H. J. High served as construction manager on the 65,000 sf Brown Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Indian River State College’s Ft. Pierce Campus.
This state-of-the-art facility is built to national Silver LEED specifications for environmental design and offers a business incubator and market analysis lab, as well as an entrepreneurial development suite and strategic planning suite with support services for new and existing , high-tech firms. Home of IRSC’s Regional Center for Nuclear Education and Training as well as the IRSC Energy Institute, the Brown Center also features alternative and nuclear energies laboratories and a sustainable building design lab for the College’s highly successful solar energy program.
Brevard Community College: Carver Administration Building Renovations
H. J. High served as construction manager for the renovations to Brevard Community College’s Cocoa Campus Carver Administration Building #2. The main building received a total interior renovation including all new HVAC systems and ductwork, new lighting, ceilings, flooring, wall finishes, doors and hardware. The project was completed in December of 2011.
Indian River State College: Treasure Coast Public Safety Training Complex
The eleven building facility situated on a 55-acre site provides the Treasure Coast with the most sophisticated and well-equipped public safety training facility in Florida. Combining criminal justice, fire science, and forensics in one place, this facility enables IRSC to train 1,200 law enforcement and corrections officers, firefighters, EMTs, paralegals, and social services workers. The project includes a three-story classroom/administrative building, a six-story smoke tower, the St. Lucie County Medical Examiner and Crime Lab facility, a 12-lane gun range, four-story burn building, indoor tactical training building, high liability training building, and fire technology training building along with a central cooling plant.
Volusia Schools: DeLand High School Phases I-IV
In 1998, Volusia County Schools selected H. J. High as the Construction Manager at Risk for the Renovations and Additions of DeLand High School Masterplan. This was the first large scale project in which the school district utilized the CM-at-Risk delivery method. Work commenced in May 1999 and continued uninterrupted until its completion in December 2009 – a duration of over 10 ½ years.
The scope of work – divided among four primary phases and numerous sub-phases – included:
• Two new 20,000 sf classroom buildings
• One new 20,000 sf laboratory building
• A new 40,000 sf gymnasium, including playcourt mezzanine
• A new 25,000 sf EHPA cafeteria
• A new 8,000 sf teen parent day care facility
• A new 32,000 sf performing arts auditorium
• A new 18,000 sf vocational technology building
• Complete renovation of 240,000 sf of existing buildings
• Complete replacement of existing infrastructure, bus loop and utilities
All of the work was completed on a fully occupied and operational existing campus. The student population when the project started was 2,800 and quickly grew to 3,300. Work had to be carefully coordinated around school activities, traffic, and class schedules. In spite of these difficult conditions, no incidents of conflict or injury to students or staff were reported in the ten years of the project’s duration.
Cafeteria, Gymnasium, Auditorium and Student Plaza photographs © Everett & Soulé
Brevard Community College: Bernard Simpkins Fine Arts Center Renovations
Work included fully demolishing the interior, replacing all finishes, windows, doors, exterior stucco, and roof. The renovated facility houses an auditorium that seats 475 people, numerous musical rooms, and theatrical practice areas.
Volusia Schools: T. D. Taylor Middle/High School Phases I-III
Construction consisted of a new 185,000 sf replacement school campus that includes 14 new buildings and new supporting infrastructure, ballfields, play courts and parking areas. Some of the new buildings include a Library, Cafeteria, Gymnasium, Auditorium, Labs and Classroom spaces.
Due to the project being a “same-site” campus replacement with both “sides” of the school remaining in operation throughout the project’s duration, it was determined that the construction would have to be accomplished in three distinct phases.
1) New softball, baseball, and practice fields and support buildings.
2) Main campus including nine of the 12 buildings.
3) Middle school playfield and Exceptional Student Education building.
During the progress of the re-arrangement and replacement, there could be no impact of the construction activity upon programs and education of the students. To ensure this, an inordinate amount of temporary fencing and roadways were installed and then constantly moved, reinstalled and modified to adjust to the ongoing ebb and flow of progress. H. J. High is proud to report no incidents of conflict or injury to the students or staff of T. D. Taylor.