Freedom Middle School
| Owner/Client | Orange County Public Schools |
| Location | Orlando, FL |
| Project Size | 170,517 SF |
| Construction Cost | $22,000,000 |
| Description | Hunters Creek New Relief Middle School is located in South Orlando next to Freedom High School on Taft Vineland Road and South John Young Parkway. This 170,517 SF project consists of eight buildings surrounding a common courtyard. The construction of this Orange County Public School board facility presented unique challenges. Construction was at a critical stage of construction in 1994 when three hurricanes blew through Central Florida in the space of 40 days. These storms, and a lightning strike, caused considerable damage to some of the tilt up wall panels. These panels had to be replaced along with damaged structural steel, plumbing and electrical systems. PPI, working with the owner, was able to assess the damage and work with the at-risk insurance carrier to promptly deal with claims and acceleration costs. The impact could have been devastating to the project but in the end construction resumed in a timely manner, the damage was repaired with no delay claims and the project finished two months ahead of schedule. |
