Sauk Prairie Middle School
		“You did an exceptional job of blending the old with the new and it is often difficult to determine where one begins and another ends…You have an excep-tional way of working with school personnel as you listen, suggest, and then design…” – Administrator
						Grades Served: 6-8 Total Square Footage: 32,000 new 96,000 remodeled Occupancy Date: August 1997 Cost: Estimate: $2,777,379 Actual: $2,785,739 Change Orders: $8,380 General Contractor: Kraemer Brothers, Inc. Plain, Wisconsin Mechanical Engineer: KJWW Engineering Madison, Wisconsin Civil Engineer: Ramaker & Associates Sauk City, Wisconsin
	This project began in 1994 with a Facility Study to determine addition and remodeling concepts. Planning sessions focused on developing design ideas to alleviate such problems as: • inadequate classroom and gymnasium space for future student populations; • noncompliance with ADA, OSHA, and other state codes; • difficulties brought on by 30-year-old mechanical and electrical systems; • lack of adequate technology support for technology, college prep, and vocational programs. A successful referendum brought additions totaling 32,000 square feet: • 13 classrooms, • Band Room, • Art Room, • New Main Entrance, • Choral Room, • Administration Area. Expanded and/or updated areas are: • Computer Labs, • Science Labs, • Locker areas, • Kitchen and Cafeteria. We completed construction on a “fastrack” schedule and phased the work into three separate bid packages with multiple completion dates for turning over portions of the work to the District.
				(Clockwise from Top) Main Entrance; Library; Computer Lab; Hall outside the office. Photos taken by Nels Akerlund