Ames High School

Story Construction led completion of the new $137 million high school for the Ames Community School District as the district’s construction manager. Story was hired in 2017 and assisted the district in selecting an architect, passing a bond referendum in 2018, and led cost estimating and value engineering efforts ahead of an August 2019 bid day. Earlier bid packages for site work that resulted in bids for a majority of the work coming in 3.3% under budget. The district selected several alternate scopes of work with available funds.

The Story Construction team led construction of the new high school from 2019 through 2023, including through the COVID-19 pandemic that caused widespread material procurement and manpower challenges throughout the construction industry. Despite these impacts and because of Story’s marketplace relationships and Construction Production 2.0 system, the new high school was completed on schedule for the 2022-2023 school year without going over the project budget.

Story Construction also led the demolition of the existing high school and restoration of the site to practice fields and outdoor learning areas, which was completed for the 2023-2024 school year, concluding seven years of planning, design and construction for the new high school.