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Rudolph Libbe Inc. Completes LEED Certified School By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Rudolph Libbe Inc. recently completed construction of the $26 million Northwood Schools in Northwood, Ohio, for Northwood Local Schools (NLS). The school, which acheived LEED Silver certification, is located on the site of the Olney School and the Olney Elementary School that have been demolished, and adjacent to Northwood High School, which will be repurposed with the 800-seat auditorium and 10,000-sq.-ft. gymnasium used by the district and various NLS administrative offices moving in. The new school incorporates architectural elements of the former schools, such as Olney’s Woodville Road limestone entrance and the gate from the Olney courtyard. The schools at this site have been home for generations of students. Construction on the LEED building, designed by Fanning Howey, began in October 2015. The schools were demolished after the new building was constructed. The new school features a barrel roof cathedral main entrance, a brick exterior construction, LED lighting, interactive displays, natural ambient lighting and collaborative spaces. The school project was funded with $11.5 million from the Ohio School Facilities Commission, with the remainder The demolition of the two schools was completed in November 2017. funded by the local school district. NLS Superintendent Greg Clark noted that the school is a building a library inside of a school, we built the school the building, which is surrounded by classrooms. The first must for the community. inside of a library. floor will house the elementary school, with the upper floor “The new state-of-the art facility is really serving our kids “The students were really excited by the water bottle reserved for the high school students. really well,” he said. “The 21st century design creates col- fillers and air-conditioning,” he said, “and the staff are excitThe demolition of the two schools was completed in laborative spaces for teaching and learning that we just did ed by the classroom furniture that works better for kids.” November 2017. not have before. The fact that were able to harvest natural More than one year of planning went into the design of the “There were no challenges,” said Chris Stueve, Rudolph light creates a positive learning environment and makes for new T-shaped, primarily two-story school that has 50-plus Libbe’s project manager. “The Olney Elementary School a more pleasant atmosphere. We wanted a building that was classrooms, two gyms, one large cafeteria, spacious hall- building took about three weeks and the Middle School took non-instituational. One of the unique features is that the ways and public spaces and staff offices and lounges. It also about four weeks for demolition. The site was prepared right school has a distributed library, which means that instead of has six pods with a learning common space in the center of see SCHOOL page 2
Agreement Allows Historic Railroad Bridge Demolition TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) Agreement on a historic preservation plan will allow the demolition of a former railroad bridge next to the Ohio Turnpike. The state Department of Transportation said removal of the old Chessie railroad
bridge in northwestern Ohio will likely begin during the second half of the year. The Blade reported the bridge was once part of the Toledo Terminal rail line around Toledo and its suburbs, the only railroad beltway in the U.S. forming a complete loop.
The agreement among several groups including ODOT and the Ohio Historic Preservation Office requires that the bridge be documented and if possible reused after its dismantling. A commemorative plaque and display
about the bridge and railroad will be placed nearby and parts could be used along the nearby multi-use Chessie Circle Trail. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)