Project Completed: 2017
Location: Defiance, Ohio
Project Size: 231,000 square feet
Delivery Method: Construction Management At-Risk
Defiance City Schools institutional construction management
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Structural Steel Erection, Carpentry, Concrete, Electrical, Preconstruction Operations, Teledata, Civil / Sitework, Project Management, Masonry
Defiance City Schools began a new era in December 2017 with the construction of a modern, new middle/high school building. Designed for today’s project-based learning, the school serves more than 1,300 students in grades 6-12.
bey365 Inc. of the bey365 Group was construction manager and GEM Inc. performed steel erection and teledata work. The two-story, 231,000-square-foot building includes modern security features and meets LEED Silver standards.
The inviting campus makes the most of natural light and includes:
- A “teaching stair”
- A modern media center
- State-of-the-art science rooms
- A CAD lab
- An engineering tech lab
- Updated band and choir facilities with technologically upgraded practice rooms and additional ensemble spaces
- A nearly 20,000-square-foot arena-style gymnasium that seats up to 2,500
The Defiance Grades 6-12 School is a state-of-the-art educational setting that will give our young people everything they need to become college- and career-ready in a highly competitive world.
– Mike Struble, Superintendent, Defiance City Schools