Southeast Polk New 6-7 Middle School

The new $60 million Southeast Polk Middle School is now the new home for over a thousand 6th and 7th graders. Their new 200,000 SF facility boasts over 70 state-of-the-art classrooms and learning spaces, with three full length basketball courts, stadium seating, world-class music and science facilities, a vibrant & modern library and media center, a wresting room, weight room, as well as a robotics & 3D printing labs, and so much more. Its sleek design incorporates architectural precast panels, intricate curtain wall windows, and a large skylight system which floods each learning space with natural light, creating the ideal learning environment for its students to excel.

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The project’s commitment to safety was unwavering. Over two and half years the project had zero injuries. That feat alone is one that we are extremely proud of for a job of this size and duration. Our team’s adherence to strict safety protocols, including our executive safety program and Nothing Hits the Floor principles, kept every individual on-site safe throughout the project. One unique safety goal we set on this project was to get the Prime Contractor executives involved to drive safety from an executive level on down. We held multiple executive safety summits where we invited executives from the Prime Contractors to meet on site and discuss what we could do to make this project successful from a safety perspective for each of them. The top priority each day was to always ensure that every worker was able to return home just as they had shown up to work, safe and healthy.