Balfour Beatty, School Districts Welcome Students Back with New, Modernized Learning Spaces

Balfour Beatty has completed construction on Johnston County Public School’s $40 million Swift Creek Elementary School project. Delivered under budget, the project includes a newly constructed two-story facility that replaces the school’s existing mobile classroom units, reducing class sizes and improving campus safety. The school serves approximately 900 students and includes dedicated classroom wings for pre-K through fifth grade, a cafeteria with stage, gymnasium and media center — all designed to foster learning and community connection.

In partnership with Wake County Public School System, Balfour Beatty delivered the 133,000-square-foot campus that accommodates 800 students from kindergarten to fifth grade in Holly Springs, North Carolina. The new facility features classroom space, learning commons, cafeteria, gymnasium and media center.

Additionally, the project team installed essential infrastructure including a waterline extension to the site and associated pump station. Site improvements also include multiple playfields, parking lots, greenway paths and exterior learning areas.

As part of the two-phase, five building campus modernization at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ Northwest School of the Arts, Balfour Beatty has completed the project’s initial phase which comprised of installing a new underground stormwater detention system and utility connections, and a reconstruction of the main parking lot to facilitate future campus growth.

Phase two is currently underway and features the construction of a 7,400-square-foot visual arts and academic building. This facility will house an administration suite, student services and guidance center, media center, six science classrooms, six art studios and sixteen general education classrooms. Further enhancements include acoustic upgrades within the auditorium, interior reconfigurations for high school CTE programming and comprehensive interior renovations to transform existing facilities into middle school learning spaces.

Upgrades to the performing arts building including the installation of sprinklers, HVAC system repairs and updated finishes will also be delivered along with modifying the gymnasium to accommodate two new health classrooms and renovations to the cafeteria to include acoustic improvements and an Adobe classroom. Lastly, Buildings B and D will be demolished to create space for more efficient and adaptable learning areas. All renovations are scheduled for completion in 2027.