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November 8, 2000

Ellen Ochoa Middle School out to bid

By JOURNAL STAFF

Pasco School District is calling for bids to construct Ellen Ochoa Middle School, which is estimated to cost about $13 million.

Ellen Ochoa Middle School
Ellen Ochoa Middle School

The school has been designed by the architects and engineers at SCM Consultants of Kennewick. It is the newest in the firm's development of school prototypes that employ cost-cutting strategies that reduce both construction and operational costs, providing for low maintenance costs and high energy efficiency.

School district officials say SCM's prototype designs have helped it save over $6 million in design fees, construction costs and reduced escalation costs in constructing four new elementary schools completed over the past two years. Ellen Ochoa Middle School will be a 109,000-square-foot, partial two-story masonry and wood-frame structure with a large science, technology, music, commons and gymnasium complex.

The facility, which will serve a large and growing Hispanic population, has been named for Hispanic astronaut Ellen Ochoa and will have a space exploration theme.

The Ochoa bid package is available from SCM at 7601 W. Clearwater, Kennewick, WA 99336. The firm can be contacted at (509) 783-1625 or via e-mail at MikeB@scm-ae.com. Bids are due Nov. 15.




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