Mariano Lake Community School
Mariano Lake, Navajo Nation, New Mexico
Dyron Murphy, Principal-in-Charge

Facilities Repair & Improvement Program
Project No. 02N20

The $2,600,000 Mariano Lake Elementary School project is currently in the design phase. This BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) school project is contracted under the Navajo Nation Design & Engineering Services Department, and administered under Grant status by the Mariano Lake Community School Board.

The scope of work includes the correction of deficiencies related to life safety, code, material failure and/or surpassed performance time, and a new 4,178 square foot library and 8,866 square foot gymnasium.

Dyron Murphy Architects, PC has worked with the school committee to develop a series of schematic designs and programmatic schedules that address the needs of the school, while significantly reducing the overly ambitious original program of requirements. Dyron Murphy Architects, P.C. has conducted several on-site meetings and is working closely with the Mariano Lake Community School Board in finalizing design decisions, with the support of Navajo Nation Design & Engineering Services and BIA Office of Facility Management and Construction based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.