Wide Ruins Community School
and School Housing
Wide Ruins Community School and School Housing
Client: Wide Ruins School District
Location: Wide Ruins, AZ
Lopez Engineering, Inc. (LEI) provided the electrical design for Renovation of the existing Wide Ruins Community School and school housing located in Wide Ruins, AZ. The Community School, which is approximately 60,500 square feet, was located on the existing Community School property. The project included utility coordination for the relocation of existing utilities.
The work consisted of five phases. Phase 1 included site demolition of utility connection to existing housing units; new temporary utility re-feed of existing school; Frontier and NTUA utility coordination; provide new 3-phase site utility plan and site lighting plan for the new school on the north side of the site. Phase 2 included site demolition of utility connection to existing school on south side of the site; coordination with local utility company; provide new site utility plan and site lighting plan for the new housing units on the south side of the site. Phase 3 was complete building shell and structure design, including electrical infrastructure. Phase 4 – Provide complete building interiors design, including power and special systems (telephone/data, Fire Alarm) distribution and lighting design, LEED documentation for the Dorm, Gym and Academic/Administration buildings. Phase 5 included construction administration including answering RFI’s, Submittal Reviews, Construction Site inspections and meetings.