The preschool renovation was a collaborative effort between the school, the contractor, and Encompass. It entailed the demolition of selective sleeping unit separation walls, relocation of doors, structural reconfiguration for load-bearing elements, and restroom facility relocation. Through the design and layout of the space, four different classroom spaces, a nursery, an office, a breakroom, and an accessible restroom were formed. Encompass was also able to reuse and design to the existing restroom configurations and the corridor location that once served the nursing home.

Upon competition of the preschool renovation, Encompass was asked by the school to provide architectural and engineering services for the second phase of the development. Encompass was able to work through a predesign phase with the school, which allowed both to work through a previous schematic floor plan that the school had and reimagine the space to best fit the school’s needs economically. Some of the major developments from these meetings include the repositioning of the three classroom wings’ corridors, functional layout for the central corridor support spaces and administrative offices, and demolition of the three classroom wings’ roofs to transform them into conducive spaces for education.

After these initial ideas were discussed, Encompass developed both the architectural and engineering construction drawings to document the renovation. The renovation consisted of the demolition of a significant number of interior partition walls, interior finishes, and the roofs of three of the four wings. The once nursing home was transformed into 18 classrooms, a cafeteria, a kitchen, administrative offices, a conference room, and restrooms, all with a new interior and exterior presence.

The final stage of Encompass’s services came after the project was put out to bid. The traditional design, bid, build project delivery method was not going to work for the school, and a different, more economical delivery method for the project would need to be adopted. From previous experience, Encompass was able to step in and offer a construction management delivery method approach. Scope of work delineation, contract development and coordination, contractor coordination and solicitation, construction scheduling, consistent on-site construction progress review, and payment coordination were all roles that Encompass took on for the entirety of the nine-month construction period for phase two of the project. The following roles were coordinated with an on-site superintendent that was hired by the school to oversee the day-to-day operations at the building. In working directly with the school, the school’s on-site superintendent, and all the individual contractors for the job, the project was delivered under budget and ahead of schedule for the school before the start of the 2024 school year.