Cosby High School
Midlothian, Virginia
Square Footage
257,400 SF
Building Type
K-12 Education
Project Type
New Construction
Team
Architect-led
Services Provided
Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Design, Construction Administration, Commissioning
Overview
Cosby High School was a new educational facility developed for Chesterfield County Public Schools to serve the rapidly growing Midlothian community. The school was designed to accommodate approximately 2,000 students and included modern classrooms, collaborative learning environments, and shared academic and student spaces supporting comprehensive high school programming. Integrated mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and life-safety systems supported energy efficiency, occupant comfort, and long-term operational performance.
Challenges
- Designing building systems to support a large high school campus serving approximately 2,000 students.
- Coordinating mechanical, electrical, and plumbing infrastructure across diverse academic, administrative, and student activity spaces.
- Delivering reliable, energy-efficient systems capable of supporting long-term school operations.
Goals
- Provide a modern learning environment that supported evolving instructional methods and student collaboration.
- Enhance comfort, safety, and energy performance through high-efficiency building systems.
- Support Chesterfield County Public Schools’ long-term facilities planning with durable, maintainable infrastructure.
Project Team
- Owner: Chesterfield County Public Schools
- Architect: BCWH, now Quinn Evans Architects and Moseley Architects
- Structural: Dunbar
- Civil:
- Contractor: English Construction
Results
- Successfully delivered a modern high school facility serving the Midlothian community.
- Improved student and staff comfort through integrated, high-performance building systems.
- Provided efficient, reliable infrastructure designed to support long-term educational operations.
