Classrooms – RMH Group

The Alexander Dawson School Innovation Center represents a comprehensive approach to K-12 science education, featuring specialized learning environments designed to support the school’s innovative curriculum. The 24,000-square-foot, three-story building houses science classrooms and laboratories, as well as a shared makerspace with associated wood and metal shops and storage areas.

The Innovation Center serves as both an educational hub and campus welcome center, creating the first destination for visitors and prospective students. The facility incorporates four high school-level laboratories, three middle school-level laboratories, one K-5-level laboratory, computer labs, and specialized workshop spaces. The building design emphasizes visual connections to the outdoors and campus features while putting internal activities on display through intentional transparency.

The facility achieved LEED Gold certification, reflecting the project’s commitment to sustainable design principles. The building functions are integrated into the campus landscape, creating a cohesive educational environment that aligns facilities with the school’s divisions and departments.

As the project’s mechanical and electrical engineer, RMH provided mechanical and electrical design services, including AV/IT/security systems, and bid and construction-phase services. The design emphasized low energy use by evaluating multiple HVAC system options to optimize performance and efficiency for specialized laboratory and educational spaces.

At the heart of Denver, the Auraria Campus is a beacon of knowledge and opportunity, serving over 40,000 students, faculty, and staff from the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and the University of Colorado Denver. The Campus HVAC Replacement project marks a significant step towards continuing to provide a conducive environment to learn and work while enriching the local community.

RMH is the prime consultant on the project, providing mechanical and electrical engineering services focused on replacing an aging mechanical infrastructure across the campus. This project provides more efficient and reliable service for nine key buildings on campus, covering over 1.25 million square feet. Recognizing HVAC upgrades as more than maintenance, RMH aims to respond to increasingly frequent and extreme weather conditions and the need for thermal comfort. According to Natasha Hernandez, RMH’s Vice President, the project aims to create the best conditions for learning, knowledge, and productivity for all campus users.

The project’s impact will extend beyond the buildings, transforming learning environments. AHEC can count on RMH’s expertise and commitment to providing top-notch HVAC solutions for its campus stakeholders and the surrounding communities.