Hamden, CT.- Silver / Petrucelli + Associates has been selected over three other interviewed architecture firms for the $103 million expansion and renovate- as- new project that consolidates the Town of Enfield’s two public high schools into one and closes the other. This is one of the largest awards for a school project in the state this legislative year.
Facing an enrollment reduction, the town chose to renovate Enfield High School to accommodate the combined student body and close Enrico Fermi High School. The project passed referendum last November following Silver/Petrucelli’s completion of a conceptual design study for the new school.
The consolidated high school will include a new 106,000+sf ‘STEAM’ (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) addition, a 14,000+ sf music addition and additions expanding the cafeteria, kitchen, physical education and health departments. The remainder of the school will be fully renovated under the State’s Renovate-like-New requirements which means that all aspects of the building and site will be brought up to meet current codes, including the State’s High Performance Standards for energy. The ‘like new’ statute mandates a minimum life expectancy of 20 years for the entire building.