Aspire Benjamin Holt Academy | New Classroom Building

Project Executive: Doug Giffin

Project Manager: Nicolas Romano

Project Sponsor/Operator: Aspire Public
Schools (9-12)

Construction Type: CMU

Project Delivery Method: Design-Bid-Build

Contractor: Kaufman Construction

Architect: Studio Bondy

Structural Engineer: SEI

Size: 10,560 SF on an existing school campus

Status: Completed November 2023

Total Project Cost: $7.1M hard and soft costs

Campus was engaged to manage the design, entitlement, and construction of a new classroom building on an existing middle/high school campus.  Campus originally presented a budget of $8.7M in June of 2021 and was able to reduce the overall budget to $8.0M and maintain that budget through the construction contract signed in July of 2022.  This was over a period that had double digit construction cost escalation and was completed through smart design, relationship bidding, and negotiations.  Entitlements included design review and an AUP amendment. 

Construction was completed in August 2023 with final project savings of over 11% of the final budget.