Challenge:

The University’s Early Childhood Development Program provides students hands-on experience with pre-K and   kindergarten children. This school serves children of the staff, students and community. The University kindergarten   students were being taught in a worn out 40 year old trailer. A new building was needed—one that was innovative and befitting a 21st century education, while blending with the University’s wooded setting.

Solution:

• IMS partnered with architects to design and specify a new educational facility for the children in the program.
• The project was subsequently put out to public bid.
• The unique design was fabricated, and construction was completed during winter conditions in less than 90   days.
• The school building has custom doors and windows with mutton bars, a custom dimensional shake shingled
•  roof, a heat pump HVAC system with electronic programmable thermostat and Carbon Dioxide sensors to   insure good air quality and comfort.
• The curves of the custom inlay flooring and acoustical ceilings with drywall drops, as well as the recessed   incandescent lighting make the interior as cozy as the exterior is quaint.
• Teachers, students and staff are thrilled with the modular building that is fondly referred to as the “cottage”   in the woods!