Joplin Recovery Schools

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Award Winner : Hunter Modular Construction

Architectural Excellence : Joplin Missouri was devastated by a category five tornado on 5/22/11. HMC was awarded 3 of the 7 Joplin bids.The exterior of all buildings were painted to match the existing buildings on site. Irving Elementary: 5712 SF Classroom space, 952 SF of restrooms 800 SF kitchen building with 8’x20’ cooler, 8’x20’ freezer, 8’x20’ dry storage area, 10’x40’ prep area, 10’x40’ cook area and (7) 10’x20 storm shelters.Duquesne Elementary: 5880 SF classroom space, 980 SF of restrooms, (9) 10’x20’ storm shelters.
Joplin High School: 5712 SF classroom space, 952 SF of restrooms 8568 SF Science & biology lab with teachers lounge. All new commercial grade kitchen equipment was provided. This building and equipment was designed to serve 1200 students meals two times per day. Kitchen: 12’x56’ cook area, 10’x56’ dish washing area, 12’x56’ food prep area, (2) 8’x20’ coolers, (1) 8’x20’ freezer, (1) 8’x20’ dry storage area, (37) 10’x20’ storm shelters, safety bollards installed in parking lot.

Cost Energy Effectiveness : The buildings provided for the project were between 5-10 years in age. They were all re-designed to meet the individual needs of each school site. HMC decided to use modular complex buildings in lieu of typical double wide classroom buildings to keep each classroom facility under one roof so the students and faculty would not have to move from building to building, thus keeping them from being exposed to the elements.
HMC completed this project two weeks before the required completion date. In order to maintain costs, HMC self performed all work with the exception of the utility connections. The scope of work included; engineering, permits, design and installation of foundations under each building, 12’x12’ link built at HS site, fire alarms, intercom systems, all new smart-boards in each classroom, installation of automatic drinking fountains, all ADA ramps for each building, patching of asphalt and re-seeding of sites, and installation of concrete sidewalks for ADA accessibility.

Design Firm Name : Pyramid One Inc.

Occupied Date : 8/12/2011

Production Start Date : 6/24/2011

Project Location City : Joplin

Project Location State Name : MO

Technical Innovation : Due to the extremely short time parameters for this job, HMC purchased used buildings and brought them into Missouri from MN, OH, IL, and IN. In order to expedite the facilities arriving in Missouri, HMC worked with FEMA as well as the Governor of Missouri to transport the buildings seven days a week, 24 hours per day. All buildings were re-engineered and updated to meet 2006 IBC Code. HMC worked closely with the State of Missouri while renovating the buildings to obtain the required Missouri State Seals for each building. The buildings were completely renovated to “like new” condition. The new laboratory building was renovated from standard classroom buildings. All walls were removed and new structural headers were installed. New laboratory equipment was designed and installed, including a limestone filtration system. Each laboratory station was equipped with hook ups for water, sewer, gas, and electric. Several sensor activated eyewash stations were installed per room.

Total Square Feet : 29556