Ratcliff Constructors, LP is moving towards completion of a large state-of-the-art school in Balch Springs, Texas.
Project Highlights
Grade Levels: 6-8
Classrooms: 63
Student Capacity: 1,250
Building Size: 199,246 sq. ft.
Site Area: 15.893 acres
According to the Dallas County ISD, “The future success of Balch Springs relies on the education
of its children. As part of the Dallas Independent School District’s 2008 bond program, Balch Springs Middle School is being built to serve children in grades six through eight living in the southwest portion of Balch Springs. The environmentally sustainable and technologically advanced school will give these chldren every opportunity for educational success and prepare them to become leaders within the community they will one day serve.”
Sustainable Features:
* Over 595 geothermal wells to provide cost effective heating and cooling
* Use of white concrete for site paving to reduce the amount of surface heating
* Irrigation commissioning plan
* Water management system
* Recycling of construction waste
* Ducted return air for heating and cooling systems
The Middle School will be an environmentally sustainable building with the outside of the building made up of several colors of glazed CMU block and many canopies and covered walkways. The school will have a full performance Auditorium with two competition gymnasiums, as well as a new Family and Youth Services Center that offers counseling and non-urgent care for the students and an in-house pharmacy. In addition to core classrooms, the facility will include four special education classrooms, two visual arts classrooms, three instructional technology classrooms and four career education classrooms.
Headquartered in Alexandria, Louisiana, the Ratcliff Companies are one of the Regions largest providers of Design Build, General Contracting and Real Estate Development services. Its roots go back eighty-four years and it now builds Public and Private Facilities throughout the mid-south with offices in Alexandria, Louisiana and Dallas, Texas.
About Ratcliff Companies: From planning to site selection, design to construction, Ratcliff works with clients to provide turnkey integrated property development services. We streamline the entire development process to deliver more reliable, efficient and cost effective solutions. The Ratcliff Advantage saves you time and money while delivering dependability, quality and peace of mind from concept to completion.
Ratcliff Constructors, LP
4200 Beltway Drive
Addison, TX 75001
Tel: (972) 432-9969
About Ratcliff Companies: From planning to site selection, design to construction, Ratcliff works with clients to provide turnkey integrated property development services. We streamline the entire development process to deliver more reliable, efficient and cost effective solutions. The Ratcliff Advantage saves you time and money while delivering dependability, quality and peace of mind from concept to completion.