K-12 Education Qualifications

Los Gatos USD, Fisher Middle School

Los Gatos, CA

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New Construction 15,000 SF

AlfaTech provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering design services for Fisher Middle School. This project included a new 5,000 SF gym addition at the west edge of existing gym including a large moveable wall partition for separation of the two gyms, as well as renovation of the 10,000 SF existing gym. The expanded gymnasium will accommodate up to 1,400 spectators in new bleacher seating dividable by an operable partition at the line of the addition. Main entry doors were relocated, and new restrooms provided adjacent to the entry area. New vertical braces introduced to support the expanded structure and upgrades to HVAC, electrical power, lighting data and signal. New basketball backstops, bleachers, flooring, acoustical treatment, clerestory windows and skylights. The locker room building was demolished and a new 6,500 SF free standing modular locker room with coaches’ offices and studen t restrooms was built at the south edge of the gymnasium. At the east edge of the site, a new 5,000 dance studio and fitness center was built. A new 4,000 SF steel and wood canopy was added to connect the gymnasium entrance and the Dance Studio/Fitness Center. Site work included new landscape and walkway plaza at the west end of the gymnasium and east entrance. Blacktop play area was expanded by 20,000 SF with new exterior play courts and new campus perimeter fencing and rolling gate at the canopy covered walkway. Required DSA review and approval.