School renovation completed within an 8-week summer break to add new office space, a library, and entry lobby for the elementary school.

UES SCHOOL.

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New York, NY

School

Project Management

For a number of years, this UES school has collaborated with Eurostruct on a long-term program of capital improvements, which included a 2015 renovation project designed by Murphy Burnham Buttrick Architects. The project involved constructing new office support space, a library, and an entry lobby for the elementary school, along with reinforcing the new entrance. To minimize disruption to the school's operations, the renovation was planned to be completed within an eight-week summer break window. The project's completion within this timeline was non-negotiable as the entire elementary school depended on it to begin operating. The submittal and RFI process for the project was front-loaded, beginning the prior winter, and the construction schedule was tightly managed day-to-day.

A school building with a brick facade and large windows, students and parents walking outside, some carrying backpacks and strollers, trees lining the sidewalk, and the interior lights visible through the windows.
A city street scene featuring a brick building with large glass windows and air conditioning units. People, including children, are walking and biking along the sidewalk, with trees lining the street.
Two children wearing white smocks are seated at a table, engaged in painting in an art classroom with white cabinets and colorful artwork on the walls.
A young boy sitting at a table in a library, reading a book, with bookshelves filled with books behind him.
Children reading and playing in a bright library with wooden shelves filled with books, large windows showing trees outside, and a blue carpeted floor.

Credits

Design: Murphy Burnham & Buttrick 
Construction: Eurostruct, Inc 
Photography: Charles De Vaivre