Project details

Washington Middle School | Missoula, MT

Firm: Dowling Architects / ALSC Architects
Size: 91,500 sf
Role: Design Professional & Project Manager – SD, CDs & CA

Modernization and expansion of Washington Middle School, reorganizing the campus around a new central courtyard and adaptively reusing existing buildings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contributed to schematic design and planning concepts, including the central courtyard organization and adaptive reuse approach.

• Helped produce and coordinate BIM-based architectural construction documents for a large educational modernization and expansion project.

• Coordinated documentation with an external BIM production team, structural consultants, MEP consultants, and the broader project team.

• Assumed day-to-day construction administration coordination during the construction phase, including RFIs, submittals, site observations, and project communication.

• Assisted with FF&E and classroom furniture selection based on educator, owner, and stakeholder feedback.

• Supported coordination between design intent, existing building conditions, consultant input, and construction-phase requirements.