Dowd Junction Pre-Kindergarten - 8th Grade
"Homestake Peak School"
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the construction of the New Battle Mountain High School the existing
structure (in the distance) was made vacant. The District chose to close Meadow Mountain Elementary (structure on right) and Minturn Middle and combine them into a new Pre-Kindergarten through 8th Grade school housed in the Old Battle Mountain. TAB Associates, Inc. provided programing for the new school type in the District as well as complete Construction Documents. The existing 120,000 square foot building is being renovated to provide for the new grades. Renovation includes Mechanical and Electrical upgrades, upgraded insulaton values, new finishes throughout and classroom reconfiguration of about 30,000 square feet. In addition, many renovations occured to bring items which were no longer code compliant for the National Building Code and Accessibility Codes. |
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| Existing
Site - Meadow Mountain shown on the right has been demolished and the
Old Battle Mountain structure is in the distance. New exterior image is below with new playground to the left with new bus and parent drop off in the foreground. |
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The
images below show before and after photos. The left images are before
and the right image is after renovation.
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main entry stair was updated with new stainless steel railing infill,
existing wood framed seating was removed and VCT flooring was replaced with carpet. |
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| Eating
in the Cafeteria should be more exciting now. The original
cafeteria was dark and old. The new renovations added color to the floor removed the room at the north end to provide more daylight and replaced the existing ceiling and lighting. The new school colors were integrated into the existing display cases. |
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| The
original building was added on to many times and this link between the
first and upper grades needed some attention. The floor had a history of damage due to no insulation in the floor which is above and exterior space. The floor was insulated and new carpet installed. Addition insulation was also added to the ceiling as well as a new coat of paint and yes, new lighting. |
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| <> In the middle of the building and classroom wings the "crossroads" also needed a fresh new look. The space was also out of scale with the rest of the school. We divided the space in all dimensions. In plan we created a better path to and from the classroom wings and created a commons area for small group activities. The ceiling was also dropped to help create the same division of path and activities. Then we added more color! |
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The existing corridors also offered a great place to brighten up the school. New carpet and lighting softened the space and invites the students into the corridors. The old high school lockers were removed and new wood cubbies with tackboard space above has been installed. The cubbies freed up room in the classrooms for teaching. One might think the cubbies in the hallway would create a potential mess. Since school has started we have returned and surprising enough the students are keeping the hallways clean and their stuff in the cubbies. |
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| Many of the elective spaces also got a
new face lift. The existing wood shop was left abandoned after
the high school moved out. Existing equiment from the closed middle school was moved into the exitsing space. A new dust collecting system was added as well as renovations to existing stairs and guardrails to bring them up to code. Lighting was upgraded. |
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