The new two-storey school was erected in an open field on an accelerated 16-month schedule. The institute will home 800 K-8 students and consists of 28 classrooms; music and band rooms; library, gym, canteen and multi-purpose space; dedicated science rooms, STEM lab, manufacturing and construction lab, and home economics for the upper grade levels; a resource and life skills suite and administration and support spaces.
The school is organized as three wings off of a central entry commons: the east and west wings are classroom and specialized support spaces and the south wing contains many of the shared spaces such as the multi-purpose are and gym, the manufacturing and construction lab, the specialized band space and childcare space.
Strong leadership among the Bird site and office teams ensured the fast-tracked schedule was met amid many project challenges including supply chain issues, frigid winter temperatures and high wind exposure and design and coordination clashes.
