Lake County High School Addition and Renovations
The Lake County High School renovation and expansion included demoing the north classroom wing, adding a new exit and entry stair at the north to replace a demolished classroom wing, as well as 60,000 sf of common areas, including the auditorium, cafeteria, kitchen, a gutted and re-planned administrative office and athletic facilities.
The 61,000-sf expansion included adding a two-story high school wing and a one-story junior high school wing, which allowed the district to move 7th and 8th grades from the overcrowded middle school. Existing portions of the building that remained were dressed up with new exterior skin and an entry tower with a secured vestibule at the east side of existing building, to replace the existing main entry.
The school was fully occupied for the school year during the 15-month construction schedule.
Lake County School District R-1
K-12
TreanorHL
Leadville, CO
118,820 sf
ENR Mountain States, Best Project Awards, K-12 Project of the Year
ABC Rocky Mountain, Excellence in Construction, Education $10-25M – Eagle Award (1st place)
ABC National, Excellence in Construction, Education $10-25M – Eagle Award (1st Place)
Construction Management Association of America, Project Achievement Award
USGBC LEED Gold Certified
Summer work was packed with can’t miss deadline due to the need of having the facility re-opened in time for the school year. The first summer included in-depth asbestos abatement prior to renovations and the shutdown of all major building systems. The winter saw more snow than in recent history, so much the school district cancelled school for a snow day for only the second time in 100 years, but the work never stopped.
