PROJECT: San Marcos High School ReconstructionARCHITECT: LPALOCATION: San Marcos, CA

PROJECT: New Duxbury Middle/High SchoolARCHITECT: Mount Vernon Group ArchitectsLOCATION: Duxbury, MA

PROJECT: Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical High SchoolARCHITECTS: Design Partnership of Cambridge; Wiles ArchitectsLOCATION: Danvers, MA

PROJECT: Ballou Senior High SchoolARCHITECT: Bowie Gridley Architects/ Perkins+Will Joint VentureLOCATION: Washington, D.C.

PROJECT: Lake Central High School Addition/RenovationARCHITECT: Schmidt AssociatesLOCATION: Saint John, IN

$100 million

$100 million

architectural record january 2014

School starts, which had been hit hard by the fiscal condition of state and municipal governments, should rebound in the coming year as the country recovers from the recession and voters approve new bond measures to fund construction.

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McGraw Hill Dodge Analytics tracks projects from predesign through construction to capture hard construction costs, square footage, and other key statistical information.

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Top 5 Design FirmsRanked by K–12 construction starts 1/2011 through 10/2013

Top 5 Projects The Dodge index for K–12 Construction 10/2012 –10/2013

the dodge Momentum index is a leading indicator of construction spending. the information is derived from first-issued planning reports in McGraw hill construction’s dodge reports database. the data lead the u.S. commerce department’s nonresidential spending by a full year. in the graph to the right, the index has been shifted forward 12 months to reflect its relationship with the commerce data.

MOMENTUM INDEX RESUMES UPWARD TRENDAfter slipping in october, the Dodge momentum index continued its recent growth, rising 2.8% in november. now at 117.9, the index is at its highest level since march 2009.

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Dunbar Senior High School, Washington, D.C., Perkins Eastman and Moody Nolan, page 124.

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