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Local TA Loving/CPL team emphasizes community engagement, site analysis and an occupied‑campus phasing plan
Summary
TA Loving, with CPL and local partners, presented a locally assembled design‑build team and a Jones‑based prototype adapted for Wells Hearn, highlighting site condition assessments, community visioning, a phased construction plan to keep the existing school open, and commitments to local subcontractors and MB/WBE engagement.
TA Loving and CPL told the Wilson County Schools board their locally based team — which included regional architects, engineers and subcontractors — has already done preliminary site analysis and can begin the detailed visioning and community engagement work immediately.
“I'm going to be your single point of accountability,” James Wood said, describing his role as the team’s project executive and the team’s commitment to local oversight.
Why it matters: TA Loving emphasized local relationships and early coordination with municipal permitting and utilities. The team showed a Jones‑prototype adaptation and a phased site plan intended to keep students in the existing school during most of construction, with temporary logistics roads, fenced separation and staged demolition to reduce disruption.
CPL and Deubberry described detailed reconnaissance and an existing‑facilities assessment they completed for the district; that work informed their conceptual layout and informed where playgrounds and pupil circulation would be staged during construction. The team also described steps to reach their MWBE/local participation goals and said they would sequence long‑lead items to avoid schedule slips.
What comes next: The team asked the board to consider early decisions about priorities so the design team can produce alternates and value engineering options that match the district’s operating‑cost preferences.
