Mulcahey Elementary School Project
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New, 119,693 SF Elementary School for the City of Taunton, MA. The new school is a combination of a one-story building with core areas for the art and music classrooms, gymnasium, cafeteria and associated kitchen and support spaces, and a three-story classroom wing that includes a 1-1/2 story media center and administration offices. The construction type is II-B, with a combination of steel frame construction and masonry bearing wall construction at the gymnasium area. A fire wall will bisect the project into two buildings.
Exterior finishes include brick and cast stone masonry with limited areas of fiber cement panel siding. Windows and entrances are aluminum framed systems. Roofing is low-slope single-ply membrane throughout, with a combination of metal and prefabricated FRP cornices.
The new school was sited to allow for the on-going use of the existing school; phased construction was required to complete the new construction, provide temporary site features, and complete demolition and remaining site work as the new structure was completed and occupied by the Owner.
The new school is registered with a goal to receive LEED Silver certification under the LEED-S v4 rating system.
Project Details
Location: Taunton, MA
Architect: Dore & Whittier Architects
Value: $42.5 Million
