HOLLAND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

O'Fallon Township District #203 Breaking Ground on New Freshman Campus

Addition will ease high school overcrowding...

O'FALLON, IL - O'Fallon Township High School District #203 will break ground January 4 at 3:30 p.m., on the new Milburn Campus to help alleviate overcrowding at the existing high school as the surrounding community continues to grow.

At this time, the $37.5 million expansion is planned to house a "freshman only campus," but the architectural firm of Wm. B. Ittner, Inc. of St. Louis is designing the building to accommodate future expansion for a freshman and sophomore setting or even a freshman through senior campus.

Construction of the new campus will be managed by Holland Construction Services, Inc., with occupancy scheduled for the 2009 school year. The Milburn Campus masonry veneer structure will feature classroom wings, a library, a multi-purpose cafeteria and administrative space, with an attached tilt-up concrete gymnasium.

Holland Construction and Wm. B. Ittner also worked together on OTHS's addition that encompassed seven classrooms, two chemistry labs and 1,000 square feet of administrative offices. Academic areas are set to open in January in time for the spring semester, with office space already in use.

Darcy Benway, OTHS District #203 superintendent said that she has been involved with many school construction projects, and the recent expansion was one of the best experiences she has had. She said that maintaining a quality learning environment is a priority for the district, and the addition provides immediate relief to space demands at the high school.

Holland Construction Services is a full-service contracting and construction management firm guided by the principle of delivering total customer satisfaction. Now in its 21st year, the company has been providing quality construction throughout Missouri and Illinois since 1986, when it was founded by Bruce Holland.

HCS offers design/build, general contracting and construction management services to commercial, retail, healthcare, senior living, light industrial, recreational and educational clients. In 2006, The St. Louis Business Journal ranked the firm as one of the top 15 contractors in the St. Louis area.

Ittner is a leading design firm with offices in Fairview Heights and St. Louis. It is recognized nationally for innovations in school planning and design, and is a leader in many areas, including architectural and interior design, strategic planning, furniture procurement and health life safety.

Ittner is recognized for designing the first kindergarten in the country, developing design that has created today's modern schoolhouse. The firm recently completed the design of the New Wildwood Campus for St. Louis Community College; the largest LEED "gold" certified college campus in the Midwest.