Dewberry

Elementary, secondary and higher education classrooms are more complex than ever before. Educators and students alike demand the latest in technologically advanced learning environments, including Distance Learning Facilities, Multimedia Computer Enabled Classrooms, and Internet Based Asynchronous Learning Facilities, as well as flexible, functional spaces. Throughout its fifty years, PSA-Dewberry has been involved in the master planning of entire new campuses, performing facility surveys to assist school districts in developing a strategic plan, assisting with referendum presentations and studies, designing new stand-alone buildings or additions to existing facilities, performing life safety surveys and conducting needs assessment studies.

Contact:
Raymond W. Lees
rlees@dewberry.com
309.282.8154

Projects

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	Agriculture Resource Center Addition, Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, Oklahoma PSA-Dewberry provided architectural and engineering services for this 28,000 square foot addition to the John E. Kirkpatrick Horticulture Center. The facility houses classrooms, laboratories, faculty and administrative offices, support space, and equipment for the Horticulture and Vet Technology Departments. This two-story building serves both Horticulture program and the Vet Technology program at the OSU-Oklahoma City campus.

	Classroom/Administration Building, Carl Albert State College Poteau, Oklahoma PSA-Dewberry provided architectural and engineering services to design and construct a new 3-story, 37,466-square-foot facility to house classrooms and administration and faculty offices. The steel structure features a metal roof with EIFS and brick tiles on the building’s exterior.

	Student Life and Learning Center, Eastern Oklahoma State College Wilburton, Oklahoma PSA-Dewberry provided architectural and engineering services to design a new Student Learning Center (Student Union) for the college's main campus in Wilburton. The facility is a 40,000-square-foot, two-story structure with bookstore, ballroom, cafeteria, cyber cafe, student lounge, and study areas.

	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Union Public School District Tulsa, Oklahoma PSA-Dewberry provided architectural and engineering services for this new elementary school for the Union Public School District. The two-level structure, which is visible from Highway 169, contains 69,356 square feet of educational space that includes classrooms, a media center, a science room, computer labs, a music room, and an art room. Other spaces include a cafeteria with stage, a gymnasium with stage, and a community room.

	Rosa Parks Elementary School Union Public Schools Tulsa, OK PSA-Dewberry provided A/E services for this one-story, 71,300-square-foot steel and concrete block structure with brick and synthetic stucco exterior. The school is designed around a multiple "pod" concept, which consists of six separate classroom pods, each containing five classrooms, central toilet core, resource area, and an open teaching area.

	East Campus Recreation Center University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois PSA-Dewberry designed two campus recreation centers for the University of Illinois at Chicago campus. The East Campus facility is 151,000 square feet with a four-court gym, exercise equipment areas, leisure pool, locker rooms, racquetball courts, multipurpose rooms, rock climbing wall, and a 1/9th-mile jogging track.

	Samson Science and Discovery Center Oklahoma City, OK PSA-Dewberry provided A/E design services for a new science building at the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, Oklahoma's premiere college preparatory school for science and mathematics. The 25,760-SF, two-story facility that houses teaching and research laboratories was designed to complement other facilities on the 32-acre campus.

	Business Instructional Facility University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois In association with Cesar Pelli & Associates, we completed a feasibility study and are implementing the design for a 163,000-square-foot Business Instructional Facility to accommodate an MBA Center, Accountancy Programs, Undergraduate Affairs, and Executive Education. The environmentally-responsive facility showcases the school as a progressive institution promoting learning models for business education.

	James Monroe Center Fredericksburg, VA We provided A/E design services for this 60,000 SF facility designed for Mary Washington College. It facilitates higher education opportunities for up to 1,200 students at a satellite campus. The building contains a central gathering space with hearth area, administrative functions, high-tech educational classrooms, seminar rooms, distance learning studios and a multimedia resource center. Faculty share “hoteling” office space and can access the data/communication network anywhere within the building.