Education

WT has been engaged to provide end-to-end design review cost consultancy services for the Federal Way Elementary School District's facility improvement. The levy, which passed in 2012, has three primary goals. First to rebuilding Federal Way High School which shall improve the public school district facilities. Second is to improve 19 elementary school playgrounds across the district of Federal Way - providing state of the art recreational facilities supporting child developer and finally improve the security of the entire district by providing security cameras district-wide.

The 2017 Bond projects for Orcas Island School District in Washington State includes several independent projects targeting an upgrading four of the District’s existing buildings. Also included is a portion of new construction that will add a Multi-purpose room adjacent to the new band room completed in the previous bond work. Site work will include upgrades to the site access road and parking lot, a new track and field and limited pedestrian sidewalks and paths. 

WT was initially engaged as the Cost Planners for Tulane University’s 181,000-square-foot renovation and expansion of the Head Quarters for Athletic Performance Center.

The project will add physical spaces such as, administrative offices, restrooms and a new cafeteria. MEP systems and a new gas line will be installed as a component to the cafeteria’s kitchen and boiler system.

Lake Washington School District secured payment for the most urgent projects that were recommended by the District’s Long-Term Facilities Planning Task Force.

The North Building Phase B – a 210,000-square-foot, six- story facility that will complete the renaissance of the northern end of the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) campus, will house new active learning classrooms and some administrative space. The building will be the new home of the Departments of English and Drama, Philosophy, Historical Studies, Language Studies, Political Science and Sociology.

Development of two student accommodation projects at James Cook University in the northeastern state of Queensland, a 250 plus bed facility at the JCU Cairns campus and a 500 plus bed facility at the Townsville campus.

Split over three levels the building includes a hydrotherapy pool, sleep center, 50-seat theatrette, fully equipped gym including 60 m Australian Standard sprint track, medical and physiotherapy rooms and an environmental chamber for exercising under controlled temperature, humidity and oxygen pressure to simulate altitude.

Future Schools Partners consortium has been awarded the contract to finance, design, construct, and maintain Ormiston Junior College in Auckland, Aranui Community Campus and Rolleston Secondary School in Canterbury and Wakatipu High School in Queenstown. The consortium will become responsible for the school maintenance for 25 years, before the buildings are handed back to the Ministry of Education in an agreed, well-maintained condition.

The project incorporates a suite of world class, high technology laboratories in five major disciplines underpinning sport and exercise sciences including exercise physiology, biomechanics, motor learning & skilled performance, sport and exercise biochemistry & molecular biology and motor control and biofeedback.