Project: Longwood Elementary Schools

•  Charles E. Walters Primary School

•  Coram Primary School

•  Ridge Primary School

•  West Middle Island Intermediate School

Location: Longwood , New York       

Architect: Wiedersum Associates, PLLC

Construction Budget: $2.5 Million Dollars per school

Completion Date: 2003   

Total Square Footage: 100,000

The original Longwood Elementary Schools were constructed during the energy crisis of the early 1970’s. The schools were all approximately 20,000 sq. ft. each and all electrically heated.

The additions to the Longwood Elementary Schools added approximately 50,000 sq. ft. to each school - more than doubling the existing space. Besides adding the additional space to the schools, the project also included the conversion from electric heat to an alternative system.

McClave Engineering’s design included site work for a new electrical feed and transformer, site lighting, sanitary system, storm drainage, potable water and R.P.Z., fire main and natural gas. Inside the buildings, thirty-eight new classrooms, three special education rooms, six resource rooms, office space, a gymnasium, a cafeteria and kitchen, a library and a multipurpose room were all added.

Through this project, the design also addressed the goal to remove the electric heating system. All of the existing spaces were renovated and converted to use the same high efficiency hydronic heating system that was designed for the new space.