The Office of Capital Programs applied for, and received, an Alternative and Clean Energy (ACE) grant in the amount of $651,868 from the Pennsylvania Department of Community Development for the Richmond School renovation and addition. The ACE grant funding will provide for sustainable design upgrades to achieve the U.S. Green Building Council LEED Gold Certification.
Powel/SLAMS is a new K-8 school building that co-locates 2 programs: Powel Elementary School and Science Leadership Academy Middle School (SLAMS), serving a total of 600 students. The existing Powel School was vacated and remains empty at this time. There are three classrooms per grade, for a total of 21 general education classrooms, two special…
The new Pierce School in North Philadelphia will serve 650 students K-8. The new school will replace the existing, but soon-to-be demolished, Pierce School. The school will have a total of 21 standard classrooms (three per grade) and include a modern music classroom, art room, small group classrooms, special education rooms, as well as integrated…
In July 2019, a $9.4 million investment and construction project launched at Andrew Hamilton Elementary School in West Philadelphia. The school received comprehensive upgrades and improvements to the entire interior and some of the exterior of the school building. Twenty-six (26) classrooms received upgrades to finishes, electrical infrastructure and technology to support literacy and center-based…
Ahmed joined the School District of Philadelphia in 2019 to serve as the Director of Capital Programs. In this role, Ahmed leads a team of more than 30 people consisting of project and design professionals who manage complex building and renovation projects from the design phase, through construction, all the way to “handing back the…