Goshen Middle School Aquatic Center

Ancon was chosen to complete the Aquatic Center, cafeteria and Music Addition for Goshen Schools. The school used a design-build process to decide which of the seven original candidates they would work with.  The original wish list from Goshen Schools before General Contractors were brought into the process amounted to approximately $4 million over a fixed budget of $15.88 million. The Ancon team, Goshen Schools Personnel, and the architects from Barton Coe Vilamaa worked together over several months to design the project within budget. Many meetings were held with the school to determine what the highest priorities were and where we could cut back.  It was truly a team effort to make this happen.

We were able to keep all the major components of the project through this extensive effort of value engineering. Over 100 items were scrutinized and redesigned to save money while maintaining the necessary quality. Equipment and materials were chosen for their low long-term maintenance costs since this was extremely important to the maintenance staff. This project was a prime example of Ancon’s ability to meet our customers’ budget. We were also able to accomplish this in a way that, although the various departments had to give a little, everyone ultimately agreed on the priorities.