Design-Build Team Blach Construction and Quattrocchi Kwok Architects Invented Folia to Efficiently Deliver Quality, Cost-Effective and Customizable Structures

QKA Principal Mark Quattrocchi was recently interviewed by School Planning & Management, offering his guidance and expertise on how to incorporate a school's outdoor elements to create a cohesive look and feel for a campus. With a little advance planning, the space and all the things like picnic tables and playground equipment between the buildings, do not have to be an afterthought.

With its project partners, QKA is proud to announce that the Silicon Business Journal has named Fremont Union High School District’s Science and Classroom Complex at Cupertino High School the "Innovation Project” in its annual Structures awards. The profile, “Prefab science project comes in early, under budget," attributes the innovation of our Folia building solution to the project’s completion in nearly half the amount of time projected and $3 million under budget.

QKA is honored to be included in the 42nd annual national Giants 300 report put out by Building Design + Construction, ranking AEC firms by discipline and across more than 20 building sectors and specialty services based on 2017 revenue. More than 480 U.S.-based architecture, engineering, and construction firms participated in the 2018 Giants 300 report.

QKA Principal John Dybczak recently had the opportunity to take Press Democrat Reporter Christi Warren on a tour of Cardinal Newman’s campus, giving her a first-hand look at the work that has already occurred since last October’s devastating wildfires and plans for new buildings to revitalize the campus.

FORESTVILLE, Calif., August 13, 2018 - West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) recently celebrated the groundbreaking of a new Performing Arts Center at El Molino High School. Designed by Quattrocchi Kwok Architects, the 9,000 square-foot facility is the first of its kind for the high school and will be used for school arts productions, assemblies and presentations, as well as being available to the community.

Santa Rosa, Calif., July 31, 2018 - Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA), a premier master planning, design and construction administration services firm for K-12 education facilities, has elevated Andy Dale to the position of associate from project manager.

QKA’s Folia building solution, developed with partners Blach Construction and Gregory P. Luth & Associates, was included in the San Francisco Business Times’ article, “The prefab revolution comes to commercial construction.” The article cites cost and time saving benefits as driving factors of the rising popularity of prefabricated structures, explaining how Folia has found success in the K-12 market, saving school districts millions of dollars and cutting construction time in half.

QKA Principal Aaron Jobson dives into four areas in which Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) criteria provide guidelines and accountability for school designers. Featuring the recent completion of Cupertino High School’s new classroom and science lab buildings as a case study, he explains how the project is on track to meet CHPS Designed Certification, featuring daylighting, views, sustainable materials, and high-performance lighting and mechanical systems.

QKA Principals Aaron Jobson and Mark Quattrocchi offer an overview of the Collaborative for High Performance Schools, a credentialing organization providing design and building professionals with clear guidelines and tools to implement strategies that improve student health and achievement and conserve resources and protect the environment. Read the full article, including examples in using the credits and criteria, published in School Construction News.