With Lincoln’s ever growing student population, a new middle school in the Southeast side of town was required to relieve the overcrowding at existing schools and to prepare for the predicted future growth in the student population.  The solution was to not only construct a new middle school, but to also incorporate a new YMCA facility to service that part of Lincoln.  The collaborative effort ensures the 30,000 sf of shared facilities, including gyms and classrooms, get used in the most efficient manner.  This partnership between Lincoln Public Schools and the YMCA has proven to be extremely beneficial to both parties since 2009 when they built their first joint-use facility in Northwest Lincoln.

Moore Middle School compromises about 186,700 sf of the 243,300 sf facility.  When full, it will eventually be home to about 850 students in the three-story classroom wing.  The seamlessly integrated YMCA boasts such features as both indoor and outdoor pools.  The architect decided early on that precast concrete would be the best material to meet the different and demanding design requirements for both entities. Both the school and the YMCA were designed with potential expansions in mind. The use of precast now and in the future insures an elegant and economical expansion.

The harmonious structure is comprised of over 1,450 individual pieces of precast concrete columns, beams, hollowcore, accent banding, solid and insulated wall panels. The exterior of the precast is a mixture of finishes including integral color, sandblasting, form liner and field laid brick veneer. Much of the interior of the precast was produced with a smooth finish that was painted in the field to provide an extremely durable wall finish.

The Clark Enersen Partners were the architects and engineers on the project, Hausmann Construction was the general contractor.