St. Mary’s Catholic School

Inversity worked with BCWH Architects to provide a study and consequent MEP services for St. Mary’s Catholic School. St. Mary’s Catholic School needed upgrades, primarily to their elementary school and administration area. The most important concerns in the elementary school were the condition of the existing windows and the lack of permanent air conditioning. The major issues in the administration area were a) lack of available space to house all the personnel and functions required in the administration area and b) a main school entry that was underwhelming and not readily apparent to visitors. Additionally, the school had concerns about the efficiency of their existing space utilization and they felt that security needed to be enhanced as well. The primary purpose of Inversity’s study was to assist the school in developing a scope of construction work necessary to address their issues and associated budget requirements.

Once design started, the primary objective was to improve energy efficiency, thermal comfort, and space optimization. MEP renovations included new lights throughout the area of work and new HVAC to support the program and building upgrades. After completion of the study, it was decided that the renovation of the elementary school needed to include the extension of fire protection systems to the proposed renovated areas in the elementary school and administration area. Fire service piping was sized to allow future expansion of the fire service to these areas where possible by the existing system.