Architect Selection
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The Northwest Area Elementary School # 6 is a proposed new elementary school to serve the Germantown area of the County. The new school will be located on a 10-acre site a short distance west of MD Route 118 between Richter Farm and Riffleford Roads. The new school is being planned for an ultimate capacity for 740 students, with an initial capacity for 640 students when its scheduled to open in the Fall of 2001. This school will serve to relieve persistent overcrowding at several other elementary schools within the Northwest High School Cluster. Actual construction costs are projected to be in the $7-8 million range. |
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The format for Architect selection is a mini-design competition with a focus on several functional aspects of the educational specification program. This approach is an attempt to encourage candidate architects to examine visionary conceptual alternatives that focus on the functional aspects of a 21st century school. The competition interviews were held Tuesday, December 15, 1998 with the first interview/presentation beginning at 9:00 a.m. Candidate firms were allotted 45-50 minutes to present its solution to the elements of the design competition program. Each presentation was followed with a 15-minute period for questions and answers. The Selection Committee will break for lunch after the forth interview for one-half hour. The final interview began around 2:00 p.m. The last interview will be followed with a discussion period during which key aspects of the design presentations will be discussed. The structured portion of the design competition program comprised facility design and project management elements in two major categories. Category 1, facility design components, comprised three aspects of the facility; overall building layout, interior building spaces, and site design. Category 2, project management considerations, focuses on four aspects of project management and implementation activities; design coordination, cost and value management, project implementation scheduling, and construction administration. A third open evaluation category allowed committee members to subjectively evaluate candidate firms on qualitative aspects of their presentations.
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Grimm & Parker Architects Beery Rio & Associates Delmar Architects SHW Group Walton Madden Cooper Robinson Poness |
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Mitchell Brown, A/E Selection Committee Chair Judy Brubaker, Principal, Germantown ES Joseph Cohen, PTA President, Germantown ES Richard Hawes, Director, Division of Construction Colette Hayes, Principal, Clopper Mill ES Robin King, Planner, Department of Facilities Planning Michael Kline, Principal, McNair ES Joseph Lavorgna, Director, Department of Facilities Planning Karen McAuliffe, PTA President, McNair ES Patricia Rapp, PTA President, Clopper Mill ES (1) Alan Schwartz, Northwest HS Cluster Coordinator (1) Michael Shpur, Architect, Division of Construction James Song, Project Manager, Division of Construction Janice Turpin, Site Administrator, Dept. of Facilities Management Bernard Warfield, Const. Coordinator, Division of Construction |
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Jevoner Adams, Principal, Glen Haven ES Rakesh Bagai, Project Manager, Division of Construction Donald Barron, Principal, Montgomery Village MS Stephen Bates, Architect, Maryland State Department of Education Pearl Drain, Principal, Rock Creek Valley ES Fred Greene, Principal, Page ES Roberta Haines, Director, School Library Media Programs Annette Hall, Principal, Wood Acres ES Michael Headman, Principal, Lakewood ES Robin Kapiloff, Budget Analyst, County Government Hia Kim, Supervisor, Networks, MCPS OGAT Ray Marhamati, Project Manager, Division of Construction Bill Novak, Project Manager, Division of Construction Durinda Yates, Principal, Rockville HS Andre Banks, Architect, McDonald Williams Banks, Architects John Knickmeyer, Architect, Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates David McAuthur, Architect, McKissack & McKissack, Architects Sy Samaha, Architect, Samaha Associates Architects |
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Design Competition Program.pdf Educational Specifications.pdf Feasibility Study Report.pdf Site Selection Report |
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| Comments Please provide comments or suggestions you may have regarding the development of concept plans for the new Northwest Area ES # 6 project in the text box below. Comments will be e-mailed to the MCPS Division of Construction. Include e-mail address or telephone number to which the reply is to be sent. Thanks. |
