Career Technical High School

Complete renovation of the existing 3-story, 132,881 sq-ft McDonough 35 High School in the Treme neighborhood into a state-of-the-art career technical high school. The project included a culinary teaching kitchen, dining space, student commons, inter-disciplinary collaborative courtyard, electrical lab, welding shop, carpentry lab, machine lab, computer/maker labs, med tech teaching facilities, learning centers, classrooms, media/coffee bar, admin/faculty offices, and support spaces. New electrical and data services were brought into the building. New LED lighting, controls, and a lighting control system were designed. General power was designed throughout the building and special needs for teaching labs were provisioned. Horizontal and backbone (fiber) communication cabling was specified. A full fire alarm system was included. The addition of the collaborative courtyard space increased the unable square footage an additional 10,845 sq-ft.