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| Client: Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 Address: 6 Danforth Drive, Easton, PA 18045 Project Location: 1353 Jacobsburg Road, Wind Gap, Northampton County, PA Reference: Charlene Brennan, D.Ed, Executive Director Category: Education – Specialized Public School Construction Start Date: May 2005 Completion Date: July 2006 Academy Area New: 78,400 sq. ft. Transportation Building: 6,770 sq. ft. Total Project Cost: $12,784,570.00 Cost per Square Foot: $150.10 / sq. ft. Capacity: 300 Students Design Team: Project Manager: D’Huy Engineering, Inc, Bethlehem, PA Civil Engineer: Barry Isett & Associates, Trexlertown, PA Food Service Consultant: Glen B. Bush Associates, New Tripoli, PA Mechanical, Electrical & Fire Protection Engineers: Lehigh Valley Engineering, Bethlehem, PA Structural Engineer: D’Huy Engineering, Inc, Bethlehem, PA Contractors: General Contractor: Rizzetto Construction, Schnecksville, PA Contract Amount: $8,879,000. Electrical Contractor: Albarell Electric, Bethlehem, PA Contract Amount: $1,337,570. HVAC Contractor: Integrity Mechanical, Plumsteadville, PA Contract Amount: $1,651,800. Plumbing Contractor: Vision Mechanical, West Reading, PA Contract Amount: $916,200. Project Description: The Colonial IU 20 is one of 29 intermediate units throughout Pennsylvania, which were created to provide services to school districts in ways that create economies of scale, cost savings, and better efficiencies in the delivery of important programs and services to children, especially those with special needs. It also plays an important role in providing substantial support services to the administrators and teachers in the districts that comprise IU 20. The IU-20 serves 13 school districts and 3 career and technical centers in Northampton, Monroe, and Pike Counties that contain 79,000 public school children; 9,000 non-public school children; and 7,000 professional staff in a service region of almost 1,200 square miles. This new Academy provides specialized education programs to at-risk and severely handicapped students from ages 14 – 21 in a single location. The facility was designed to stimulate these students by intentionally avoiding the ‘red brick’ schoolhouse and traditional school approach. The building contains administration, general classrooms, technical education, special education and independent living skills rooms, media center, art room, multi-purpose room, kitchen and support areas. The IU-20 also provides transportation for all students from their home districts. A free-standing transportation facility with offices for its director, staff, bus driver training, service and wash bay was also constructed on the site to provide maintenance of the fleet of vehicles. |
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