Balfour Beatty Completes Rex Road Elementary, Marking Two Decades of Building Wake County Schools

Balfour Beatty announces the completion of Wake County Public School System’s new 133,000-square-foot Rex Road Elementary School campus in Holly Springs, North Carolina. Marking the 15th school Balfour Beatty has delivered for WCPSS, the nearly 20-year partnership has helped shape the educational landscape of Wake County, building learning spaces that support student success and rapid community growth.

The new Rex Road Elementary School is designed to accommodate 800 students from kindergarten through fifth grade and features modern learning environments including classroom space, learning commons, a cafeteria, gymnasium and media center. The completion of the K-12 project comes at a pivotal time for the district, which is experiencing a surge in school construction to address overcrowding and meet the demands of a rapidly growing population.

Balfour Beatty is also leading construction efforts on several other major WCPSS projects, including:

• Athens Drive Magnet High School additions and renovations: As part of the Capital Improvement Program, this project includes demolition, renovation and new construction services at Athens Drive Magnet High School.
• Wake Early College of Information & Biotechnologies and Parkside Middle School: This K-12 project features the construction and relocations of WECIB and Parkside Middle School into one 230,000-square-foot building. The scope also includes the delivery of athletic support facilities located off site at the Cedar Fork Elementary School. 
• Ligon Road Middle School additions and renovations: This project is currently in the design phase for comprehensive renovations to modernize learning spaces, improve safety and accessibility and honor the school’s historic significance.