TURNER CONSTRUCTION BREAKS GROUND ON TWO SCHOOLS

HOUSTON — Turner Construction has broken ground on two new Houston Independent School District (ISD) campuses. Construction of Carnegie Vanguard High School began in May, while construction got underway for Lockhart Turner Elementary School this month. The 98,000-square-foot Carnegie Vanguard High School will serve 600 gifted students in grades 9 through 12. Carnegie is the only high school in the Houston ISD Vanguard program exclusively dedicated to students gifted in academics. Located at 1051 Taft, the new high school sits on the site of the former Carnegie Elementary School that was built in 1963. RdlR Architects provided design services for the project. Meanwhile, Lockhart Turner Elementary School is an 84,500-square-foot replacement school serving 750 early childhood through grade 5 students. The project consolidates students from both Lockhart and Turner elementary schools. HarrisonKornberg Architects provided design services for this project, which is scheduled for completion in April 2012. Both projects are seeking LEED certification through the U.S. Green Building Council.