LOCATION
Omaha, Nebraska

AREA
High School: 315,000 GSF, YMCA: 18,077 GSF, Shared Space: 14,2449, Parking: 750 Stalls

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Westview High School, located on 156th and Ida Streets, serves 1,500 students in Northwest Omaha and is the first of its kind for the area. The school features flexible and adaptive classrooms that serve multiple daily functions and allow easy student collaboration. The facility also features an auditorium, black box theater, and baseball, softball, football, and track practice fields.

The school connects to a YMCA that serves both members and students. This collaboration gives students access to opportunities that they would not have otherwise, such as swimming classes to become certified lifeguards. Students can also utilize an eight-lane indoor pool, a fitness center, and other amenities.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

• Lighting was designed to accent the architectural design throughout the building.
• The emergency power system was designed so that the storm shelter receives emergency power from a battery inverter and the rest of the building from a 125-kilowatt on-site natural gas generator.
• VAV roof-mounted air handers were designed to utilize the VAV terminal unit with hot water reheat.
• Intrusion detection, occupancy, and daylighting sensors and time controls were designed.
• Electronic access controls that adjust depending on the time of day were designed to ensure that the security system design maintains a secure separation between the school and the YMCA.
• A mixing valve is incorporated into the domestic water systems design to reduce the hot water temperature to 110° by mixing 140° with cold water and distributing it throughout the building.
• An electronic microprocessor-based Direct Digital Control system was designed to be the primary control mechanism for all heating, ventilating, and air conditioning controls.

Photography credit: Kessler Photography and Sampson Construction