Demolition Begins at Pacific
Work has started to build the new Pacific Middle School, scheduled to open in 2027. Skanska is the general contractor/construction manager for this project.
While demolition and construction are underway, Pacific students and staff are learning at the Olympic Interim Site, 615 South 200th Street in Des Moines.
Below are photos of the work in progress, with crews moving soil at the Pacific site last week and starting demolition by removing the band room building this week.
More information about the design of the new school building is on our school construction website for the Pacific Middle School bond project.
Photos
Crews use heavy equipment to remove the band/music room this week.
Construction fencing and signs notify that the site is now closed to the public and for construction access only.
Heavy equipment and piles of gravel have arrived at Pacific Middle School.
Excavation is in full swing adjacent to the existing Pacific Middle School, with oversight from a crow perched on the fence.
A water truck sprays the site where crews are moving soil.
Another view of the site work and water truck, with Midway Elementary School visible on the left. The Mount Rainier High School campus is behind the viewer.
A view over plastic pipe of the south side of the existing Pacific Middle School. An athletic practice field will be added between the new Pacific facility and the Mount Rainier High School campus.