Saint Peters Academy is a PEB Corp Group project: a complete campus for a private school, delivered in 3 months. SmartBrix Construction executed it as a turnkey project in industrialized steel, with engineering by PEB Corp. The case shows how prefabrication answers the main constraint of school infrastructure: having the facilities ready for the start of the academic year.
- Building type: Educational campus / private school
- Schedule: 3 months
- Delivery model: Turnkey (SmartBrix Construction) · Industrialized steel construction
- Scope: Full campus
The challenge: opening on the school calendar
A school runs on a fixed academic calendar: classrooms, common areas, and campus infrastructure must be in operation by a specific date. At Saint Peters Academy, the challenge was to build a complete campus on a short schedule. The school needed to receive a ready-to-use building on a turnkey basis, without coordinating multiple contractors.
The solution: one point of responsibility, from design to finishes
SmartBrix Construction executed the campus as a turnkey project in industrialized steel, with PEB Corp engineering. The school had a single point of responsibility for design, fabrication, erection, and finishes. Industrialized construction lets components be fabricated while the site is prepared. That compresses the schedule relative to traditional construction and gives the institution a predictable delivery date.
Outcome: a full campus in 3 months
The Saint Peters Academy campus was delivered in 3 months, turnkey. On an educational project, the schedule can decide whether a school opens on time or loses an academic cycle. That is where steel prefabrication helps schools and campuses that must be in operation on a fixed date. A reference project’s area and delivery period describe that case; they do not guarantee another building’s schedule.
Saint Peters Academy is one of the PEB Corp Group's educational projects. For a detailed look at why industrialized steel shortens these schedules, see our analysis of industrialized versus traditional construction.
Building system and roles within the group
At Saint Peters Academy, roles within the PEB Corp Group were divided as follows:
- Engineering: PEB Corp developed the structural engineering and the BIM model, which coordinated structure, envelope, and MEP systems before fabrication.
- Structure: cold-formed steel, prefabricated off-site.
- Construction: SmartBrix Construction, the group's construction unit, carried out erection, envelope, and finishes.
That sequence explains the 3-month delivery. While the structure is fabricated, sitework and foundations advance on site, and components arrive ready to bolt, with no field welding. Together with Colegio Santa Luisa, Gimnasio Fontana, and Universidad del Rosario, the project is one of the group's educational references. The process runs under the PEB Corp Group's ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, and 37001 certifications.
The PEB Corp Group has been delivering projects since 2009. On some of our projects, the cold-formed steel structure was fabricated at the group plant (NewCon Steel®, in operation since 2018); on others, the group carried out the installation.