STEM Innovation Academy
A school built like a network, with every classroom, lab and makerspace online before the first bell.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Location
- U.S.
- Market
- K–12 Education
- Delivery
- CM at-risk
- Scale
- 88,000 SF
- Completed
- 2023
A connected middle and high school with robotics labs, makerspaces and a network built to carry every classroom from day one.
The district wanted a middle and high school where robotics, coding and fabrication are part of the daily schedule, not an elective down the hall. That put more power, more data and more ventilation into a building with one fixed opening date. A late network or a dead wireless zone would have meant 88,000 square feet of smart classrooms acting like ordinary ones.
The approach.
- 01
Low-voltage in the first plan
Wireless coverage, IDF locations and classroom AV were drawn into the early layouts, so pathways were built in, not chased in later.
- 02
Makerspaces that breathe
Laser cutters, 3D printers and robotics bays got dedicated exhaust, separate circuits and floor boxes placed where teachers actually wanted them.
- 03
Tested room by room
Every drop was certified, every access point surveyed and every display and speaker checked against a room-by-room readiness list.
- 04
Teachers trained before kids
Staff ran the AV, access control and lab equipment in walkthroughs two weeks before opening, with our team on hand to fix what they found.
The outcome.
“Students notice in the first five minutes if the screen does not work. We made sure the first five minutes were boring.”
Superintendent, ScottHarry
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