San Mateo High School Brick Building Modernization

Alten Construction collaborated with San Mateo Union High School District and Quattrocchi Kwok Architects to renovate an existing maintenance and classroom space, which hadn't been modernized in over eighty years.  Within an occupied campus, Alten Construction demolish­ed almost all of the interior partitions and reconfigured the space to accom­modate cutting edge classrooms, computer labs, art studios, and dance and theater practice spaces.  Massive new window systems replaced exterior walls, and light-diffus­ing clerestory windows were installed to allow natural light to brighten the previously dark and stale space.  The project also included ADA upgrades; plumbing, mechanical and electrical work, including fire life safety systems; and miscellaneous roofing.