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Athletic Facilities
Body and Soul.
Fifty years ago, a school needed a gym and a field. Boys played football and baseball in the fall and spring, and basketball in the winter; girls were cheerleaders. Today, the typical school offers those sports as well as Soccer, Lacrosse, Volleyball, Softball, Gymnastics, Hockey, Swimming and indoor track, all with multiple boys and girls teams. And with an epidemic of childhood obesity, no one is suggesting that we should cut back on opportunities for students to participate in sports.
Doing More with Less.
This explosion of participation has created more than just a space problem for school districts. Durability of playing surfaces, energy consumption and storm water management all are issues that must be addressed. Wendel’s multidiscipline team of architects and engineers has inventive, synergistic solutions that help districts spend precious resources wisely. Finding ways to improve your school while saving you money and helping out our environment. That’s smart for everyone.
Bus Facilities
Designing schools requires years of experience and so does designing bus maintenance facilities. Wendel has over 30 years of experience designing bus related facilities. Our experience spans from coast to coast and from Wisconsin to Florida. From a $70M facility for the Washington Area Metro Transit Authority to the renovation of a three bay garage for Williamsville, NY School District, Wendel will give your busses the same thoughtful and efficient home that we provide your students.
Visit our Public Transportation section to learn more about our bus maintenance expertise.
Energy Efficiency
When school budgets are tight, the last thing a district wants to do is spend money needlessly. Wendel’s energy engineers can eliminate wasteful energy spending. A professionally led energy performance contract can help make your energy saving improvements now, and let you pay for the work out of future energy savings.
To see how one school district saved, read about the improvements made at 49 schools in the Rochester City School District.
Art, Music and Performance Spaces
Most academics will tell you that art and music play a vital role in a child’s education.
What most of music and art teachers will tell you is that the spaces they teach in were either built before modern acoustical standards were established, or when art and music were after thoughts, housed wherever space was available. Wendel believes these courses of study deserve uplifting spaces, with the potential to be the center point and featured spaces of a well balanced school.
