BBS Architects & Engineers designs $42 million Hampton Bays Middle School

Hampton Bays Middle School, designed by BBS Architects & Engineers (BBS) in association with Beatty, Harvey, Coco Architects LLP, is the first public school in New York State to receive the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification. Located at 70 Ponquogue Ave., the 146,400 s/f structure received the LEED NC 2.1 Silver rating, based on 36 awarded LEED points. The school is also the first CHPS-certified school in New York State. CHPS, the Collaborative for High Performance Schools, is a national organization that promotes the design and operation of healthy and resource-efficient educational facilities. "The innovative, healthy and environmentally responsible, $42 million Hampton Bays Middle School is the result of a very close collaboration among the local community, parents, Hampton Bays Union Free School District and the design team," said BBS principal architect and lead designer Roger Smith, AIA, LEED AP. In addition to BBS, which served as architect, interior designer and MEP engineer, and architect Beatty Harvey Coco, the project team included educational planning consultant DeJong & Associates; construction manager Triton Construction; structural engineer Ysrael A. Seinuk, PC; civil engineer Savik & Murray, LLP; theater consultant Theatrical Services & Supplies; food service/kitchen consultant Wes Design & Supply Company; and environmental consultant Freudenthal & Elkowitz Consulting Group, Inc.