MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — After a race to the finish line, the Charleston County School District (CCSD) has recently opened the gates to its brand new $16.5 million stadium in Mount Pleasant. With the help of the District’s trusted construction management firm, Cumming, the new District Two Regional Stadium will provide the community a modern sports facility for years to come.

The District 2 Regional Stadium in Mt. Pleasant has a seating capacity of 6,000 — 4,000 for hometown fans and another 2,000 for visitors. The sports facility is situated on a 15-acre site and includes separate home and visitor restrooms, concession stands, team meeting rooms, a state-of-the-art press box and video score board.

The District 2 stadium in Mt. Pleasant will be used as the home stadium for both Wando High School and the new Lucy Beckham High School, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2020.

The stadium was funded by the local one-cent Charleston County sales tax, which is currently projected to generate more than $650 million by 2022.

The design-build team of Hill Construction and McMillan Pazdan Smith worked a very aggressive seven-day-a-week schedule to construct the new District 2 stadium.

Experts in educational project and cost management, Cumming’s South Carolina team has provided construction management services on behalf of CCSD for multiple building programs. Cumming oversees the District’s critical construction and renovation projects to make sure the programs stay within budget and adhere to the established timelines.

“It was our job to make sure that the stadium was successfully completed and ready for the community and the District 2 athletes,” said Harold Lee, senior project manager at Cumming. “By utilizing the existing Wando High School site, we were able to take advantage of its existing parking and infrastructure facilities, which allowed us to complete a very aggressive seven-month schedule.”

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The CDC will be used as a teaching facility and will be fully integrated into the college’s child development curriculum, allowing San Diego City College students to participate and observe the classroom and playground activities, according to a statement by locally based architectural studio domusstudio architecture, which is designing the project.

To ensure the new facility was tailored to San Diego City College’s specific needs, domusstudio architecture held meetings with both administrators and staff to determine current and anticipated requirements. Integrating feedback, the facility is being designed to provide a safe and nurturing space for 72 children. It will include two preschool classrooms, two toddler classrooms and two infant rooms. All classrooms will be designed to allow for flexibility and creativity within the age-specific classes.

“The interior classrooms of the Child Development Center will play a secondary role to the outdoor play and learning environments — this is where the fun and development will really happen,” said Wayne Holtan, principal at domusstudio architecture, in a statement. “Play as learning represents some of the newest strategies in child development.”

International firm Cumming, an expert in educational construction project and cost management services, is providing the initial cost estimates for the new center on behalf of domusstudio. Cumming will be overseeing the critical preconstruction phase to make sure the design aligns with the budget and timeline established by the district. San Diego-based J.E. Moore Company, which serves as San Diego City College’s campus project management team, will provide construction management services for the CDC.

The $1.555 billion Propositions S and N construction bond program will also provide new state-of-the-art instructional and career training facilities, major renovations, and campus-wide infrastructure projects at City, Mesa and Miramar colleges as well as at seven continuing education campuses throughout San Diego.

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