Kraus-Anderson completes $45 million St. Peter High School
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (August 2017) – Kraus-Anderson Construction Company (KA), one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest commercial general contractors and construction managers, has completed construction on the new $45 million high school in St. Peter, Minn.
Designed by ISG Architects, the 183,500-square-foot, two-story St. Peter High School features an 720-seat auditorium, pod classrooms for flexible student collaboration, learning resource center, science rooms, special education rooms, media center, and video production and sound recording studios. The project also includes engineering, machinery and carpentry labs, science and chemistry labs, shop areas, art rooms, culinary arts kitchen, greenhouse and music rooms for band and choir. A large commons area serves as a lunchroom and meeting space.
Athletic additions include a new gymnasium with three basketball courts, multi-purpose activity center, fitness room, eight tennis courts, baseball field, softball field, six multi-purpose athletic fields and locker rooms for boys and girls physical education and varsity athletics. The site also includes staff, student and visitor parking, student drop-off area and maintenance garage.
“From start to finish, Kraus-Anderson has been an exceptional partner. The professionalism and quality of work with our new high school has been nothing short of tremendous,” said St. Peter Public Schools Superintendent Paul Peterson. “Our school community could not be more pleased that we chose KA as our construction management partner.”
KA continues to lead the field of regional education construction projects and is currently ranked 9th in the nation in the construction of K-12 facilities by Building Design and Construction magazine. The company also remains the top construction manager of education facilities in the region, having completed K-12 projects totaling over $1 billion in the past five years.
About Kraus-Anderson
Established in 1897, Kraus-Anderson® Construction Company (www.krausanderson.com) is one of the nation’s premier commercial general contractors and construction managers. Kraus-Anderson, an Affirmative Action, Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. and has regional offices in Madison, Wis., Bismarck, N.D., and Duluth, Bemidji and Rochester Minn.