Freedom High School Performing Arts Center & CTE Building - Oakley, CA
Image Credit: Quattrocchi Kwok Architects
Category: Schools
Overall Area: 21,690 ft²
Services Provided: Commissioning
Completion Date: 2022
Owner: Liberty Union High School District
Architect: Quattrocchi Kwok Architects
Contractor(s):
Construction Manager: Lathrop Construction Associates, Inc.
General Contractor: S. W. Allen Construction Inc.
Mechanical: GP Mechanical
Controls: TDR Enterprise
TAB: RSAnalysis
Electrical: Paschke Electric
Plumbing: American Plumbing
Irrigation: Amerine Landscape
Project Description
The Freedom High School Performing Arts project includes the development of a Performing Arts Center (PAC) building and a Career Technology Education (CTE) building. The PAC features a 300-seat theater, choral and theater arts classrooms, dressing rooms, a control booth, and storage areas for props and tech equipment. The CTE building includes a shop space, teaching area, and tool and material storage. This project, classified under occupancy types A-1 and E, and construction type V-B, was completed in 2022, adhering to Title 24 Commissioning and CALGreen codes.
Pragmatic Professional Engineers managed the commissioning through Eichler Associates Inc. for the HVAC, lighting controls, plumbing, and irrigation systems. Key features of the project include:
HVAC System: Installation of air conditioning units, condensing units, furnaces, heat pumps, unit heaters, dust collector, split system indoor units, and exhaust fans.
Lighting Control System: Implementation of Wattstopper controls.
Plumbing System: Installation of instantaneous electric water heaters and tank electric water heaters.
This project aimed to create state-of-the-art facilities for performing arts and technical education, enhancing the learning environment for students and staff.