chesapeake public schools
Various Chesapeake Schools
Vansant & Gusler was contracted under multiple three-year prime annual services agreements to provide engineering services for at least thirteen public school facilities within the Chesapeake School Division. These projects included system repairs, replacements, and upgrades to be completed during summer recess minimizing operation disruptions.
Location: Chesapeake, VA
Owner: Chesapeake Public Schools
Type: Renovations
Budget: $12,000 to $110,000
Various Chesapeake Schools
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A representative example of this work is the replacement of all mechanical systems serving Deep Creek Central Elementary School. The project was designed for construction during the summer recess and included replacement of through-the-wall unit ventilators with modern variable air volume systems. Rooftop mechanical equipment was utilized, requiring analysis of the existing roof structure and coordination with structural modifications to support the added equipment loads. A similar mechanical system replacement and design approach was implemented for Southeastern Elementary School.
Other representative projects for the City of Chesapeake under the current contract include:
- Deep Creek Middle School: Replacement of make-up ventilation air systems.
- Hugo Owens Middle School: Replacement of make-up ventilation air systems.
- Cedar Road elementary School: Replacement of Rooftop Units serving the cafeteria and Gymnasium.
- Butts Road Primary School: Replacement of the cafeteria unit and sixteen classroom units with individual rooftop gas-fired units.
- M. Williams Primary School: Replacement of through-the-wall unit ventilators with individual rooftop units serving the classrooms.
- Treakle Elementary School: Replacement of through-the-wall unit ventilators with individual rooftop units serving the classrooms.
- Greenbrier Primary School: Replacement of water source through-the-wall heat pumps with rooftop water source heat pumps.
- Western Branch Primary School: Replacement of water source through-the-wall heat pumps with rooftop water source heat pumps.
- Indian River Middle School: Replacement of dual duct mixing boxes and addition of supplemental rooftop cooling units for four computer classrooms.
- Western Branch Middle School: Replacement of dual duct mixing boxes and addition of supplemental rooftop cooling units for four computer classrooms.
- Indian River High School: Replacement of dual duct mixing boxes and addition of supplemental rooftop cooling units for four computer classrooms.
- Twenty-one Schools: Supplemental cooling was added to the kitchens. Work was accomplished in two construction contracts.
- Fifteen schools: Supplemental cooling was added to the server rooms. Work was accomplished in three construction contracts.







