Educational Projects

Attleboro High School

AKAL Engineering, Inc provided Fire Protection design services for the new 475,000-square-foot high school building. The project approach includes a sustainable, LEED certification design and meets the ASHRAE 90.1 standard. The new building was built to house 1,340 students.

Minuteman Regional Vocational Tech. School, MA

The new high school project is designed as a 270,000 SF facility to serve the purposes of a community vocational training center. The facility includes various workshops, classrooms, and other state-of-the-art vocational training programs. AKAL Engineering was selected to provide Plumbing and Fire Protection system design. The student enrollment will be 800 high school students. The school has received an award for best educational K-12 school

Fuller Middle School, Framingham, MA

AKAL Engineering was responsible for designing a Plumbing and Fire Protection system for 136, 000 S.F’s new middle school building. The building façade has a high window for natural light. The structure includes classrooms, administrative offices, a gymnasium, and a kitchen.  The plumbing system was designed per MSBA standards and LEED guidelines. The building received occupancy in June 2022

 

Danvers High School, Danvers, MA

AKAL Engineering is selected to provide Plumbing and Fire Protection services for the existing High and Middle school upgrade. The project involves major interior renovations and new additions to the existing building in multiple phases and is programmed to enroll 1200 high school students. The  project is currently in the construction  stage

Douglas Elementary and Middle School, Douglas, MA



AKAL Engineering has performed a complete assessment of existing plumbing system of the Douglas intermediate school.  AKAL was responsible for designing Plumbing and Fire Protection system for the new elementary school and renovation of Middle School.

Elementary School will achieve silver LEED certification.

Project Cost: 40 millions

Project Completion Date: 2014 

Shrewsbury Middle School,Shrewsbury,MA

AKAL Engineering is responsible for designing a plumbing and Fire Protection system for 130,000 S.F new middle school building. The structure includes classrooms, administrative offices, gymnasium, and a kitchen. Plumbing system was designed per MSBA standard and LEED guidelines. Presently the project is in construction stage

North Smithfield Jr. High School, RI

The high school require a complete upgrade of existing steam heating system to hot water heating system. AKAL engineering teamed up with Johnsons Controls Service Co. and designed a new high efficiency gas fired boiler plant. New hot water piping were designed to serve existing air handling unit. Steam coil were replaced with hot water coils. HVAC pneumatic control was upgraded to Direct digital controls.  

Westfield State College converted existing 8000 S.F locker room to high Tech. Training Center. The entire mechanical system was replaced with new state of the art Ductless VRV heat pump system. Heat Recovery w/ steam coil was used to pre-heat the dedicated outside air. Control was added to remotely monitor the system through campus BMS system

High Rock Middle School, Needham, MA

AKAL provided plumbing and fire protection design services for this 28,000 s.f. elementary school. The structure includes classrooms, administrative offices, a gymnasium, and a kitchen. Plumbing System was designed per MSBA standard and LEED guidelines.