Millard North Testing Facility

Millard North Testing Facility

Morrissey Engineering provided design services for Millard Public Schools - Millard North Testing Facility. The project created a testing facility that accommodates 200 students for ACT testing. The project also included a school entry addition and a significant remodel. 

 

Services and Awards

This project received a 2017 ACEC Nebraska Engineering Excellence Merit Award.

 

Features

  • The testing lab will accommodate 225 students, with lighting carefully planned to reduce eye fatigue, and the A/V system will have a matrix input/output system for maximum flexibility.
  • Designed to provide optimal thermal and acoustic comfort achieved by locating equipment away from the room to reduce noise and ability to modulate airflow to adapt to varying occupants in the room
  • Lighting designers and the architectural team worked closely to achieve visual comfort goals.
  • All LED lighting system
  • Luminance measurements exceeded the District's expectations
  • The room can accommodate three smaller labs
  • The video wall in the entry corridor
  • Re-installation of backbone fiber distribution throughout the building to accommodate selective building demolition
  • A new IP-based intercom system to allow the system to run over new fiber to accommodate selective building demolition

Project

New Construction/Renovation

Location

Omaha, Nebraska

Square Footage

43,300 SF

Completion Date

2016

Architect

BCDM