#16. Madison Middle School, Phase 2

The Madison Middle School project entails renovation and modernization of the historic school to accommodate 900 students in grades six through eight.

The school, designated as a historic landmark by the city of Seattle in 2002, will encompass more than 120,000 square feet of space on 7.9 acres when completed. The Seattle School District is undertaking modernizations of the middle school to preserve the historic buildings, as well as keep up with functional demands of a present day school.

The original three-story school building dates back to 1929. An addition was built in 1931. In 1971, a gymnasium was added just south of the main building. Modified collegiate Gothic details characterized the design, originally by Floyd Naramore.

A community-based design review board assisted in planning the renovation.

Phase 2 renovation work recently began after Phase 1 hazardous materials abatement, demolition, utilities installation, earthwork and erosion control were finished. Modernization under Phase 2 consists of constructing a 50,000-square-foot addition, which will include a cafeteria on the west side of the historic main building.

As a result of the school district’s focus on sustainability measures, this landmark school will have an alternative heating and cooling system in the form of a geothermal heat pump system. Heat pumps for the school will be fed by circulation pumps from a closed vertical well field that will be located under the sports field.

The project received funding under the 2001 Building Excellence II Levy, which is providing funding for 17 Seattle School District projects.

PROJECT PARTICIPANTS

Contractor: Garco Construction, 411 E. Broadway, P.O. Box 2946, Spokane, WA 99220-2946, (509) 535-4688 Architect: Bassetti Architects, 71 Columbia St., Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98104, (206) 340-9500 Construction manager: Heery International, 1011 Western Ave., Suite 706, Seattle, WA 98104, (206) 587-0473

Other Participants
Susan Black & Associates (landscape architect)	Associated Earth Sciences (geotechnical engineer)	Coughlin Porter Lundeen (civil/structural engineer)
Tres West Engineers (electrical engineer)	Wood/Harbinger (mechanical engineer)	Adams Consulting and Estimating
AMEC	American Sprinkler Corp.	Clayton Group Services
Crosby Restoration	D & S Electrical	Dupont Flooring
Fairweather Masonry	George E. Bundy & Associates	J.J. Jefferson and Sons
NEC	PCI	Plumbing Today
Reflection Industries	Reliance Paint	Ritter
Rubensteins	Schindler	Snyder Roofing
The Greenbusch Group	West Coast Tile	Window King