CCPS Elementary School #23

CCPS Elementary School #23

Location: Waldorf, MD

Completion: April 2025

Keller Brothers has chosen Grounded Electrical Construction to perform the electrical (Division 26) and low voltage (Divisions 27 & 28) scope of work for Charles County Public Schools Elementary School #23. Construction of this new, 2-story 95,000 square foot elementary school is anticipated to start in April 2023 and be completed in April 2025. Once completed, this elementary school will have a capacity of 760 students from pre-K to 5th grade. Spaces include classrooms, gymnasium, cafeteria, kitchen, administration spaces, media center, inspiration stations , parking lot, bus loop, playground, playfields and other support spaces. In addition, there are separate pump and maintenance buildings. 

Grounded Electrical Constructions scope of work includes (but not limited to) the following:

  • Dry site utilities 
  • Temporary power and lighting
  • Site lighting
  • Interior lighting
  • Exterior lighting
  • Digital and analog lighting controls
  • 200KW Generator w/ associated automatic transfer switches
  • Gear
  • Fire alarm
  • Area of refuge
  • Wiring devices
  • Telecommunications
  • Audio/Video
  • Security (access control, closed circuit television and intrusion detection)
  • Intercom
  • Clocks
  • Distributed antenna system
  • Equipment connections
  • Lightning protection
  • Cable tray
  • Coordination, short circuit and arc-flash studies
  • Acceptance testing 
  • Owner: Charles County Public Schools
  • General Contractor: Keller Brothers
  • Architect: Smolen, EMR, Ilkovitch Architects
  • Electrical Engineer: Alban Engineering