Starmer Ranaldi rolls out new look for Palm Lake Elementary School

OVIEDO, FL, Oct. 22, 2008 — Starmer Ranaldi Planning and Architecture Inc. has rolled out the new look for Palm Lake Elementary School (top right photo) in Orlando, Fla., for Orange County Public Schools.

After master planning the existing campus, Starmer Ranaldi designed two, new two-story, 34,000-square-foot classroom buildings to replace the existing classroom portables, and a new 2,500-square-foot administration addition.

The renovation and remodeling scope of services includes new systems for air conditioning and main power distribution, interior finishes and technology upgrades for the 21,000-square feet of existing core space used for administration, cafeteria, music/art and media center.

The Morganti Group Inc., the project’s construction manager, broke ground on the first classroom building earlier this month with completion scheduled for August 2009. The second classroom building is planned for completion in August 2010.

Under contract with Starmer Ranaldi, the Florida-based design team is composed of Klima Weeks Civil Engineering, Altamonte Springs; Matern Professional Engineering, Maitland; and two minority-owned firms, Bowen Structural Engineers, Orlando and Bobes Associate Consulting Engineers, Orlando.

Starmer Ranaldi Planning and Architecture Inc. is a consulting design practice dedicated to the design of public-use facilities for municipal and county governments, K through 12 schools, community colleges, universities and institutional buildings.

Established in Central Florida in 1997, the firm is headquartered in Oviedo, Fla., and employs a professional and support staff of eighteen.

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