Project Overview
This project provided a new facility for the HCST – High Tech High School to merge existing North Bergen and Jersey City campuses and provides a school for 2,000 students and 200 administration and staff members, with a gross building area of approximately 335,000 SF. It is the first ”Fully Digital” high school in the nation.
Professional Systems Engineering, LLC (PSE) prepared bridging documents and provided consulting and review services for the Owner during the design build phase for IT, communications, security, education technology, and audio/visual systems for the new $175 million Hudson County Schools of Technology (HCST). The school spaces support the curriculum of Project Based Learning for various Career Academies, providing state of the art education and career paths for students. The building houses the School of Vocation Trades, School of Architecture/ Engineering, School of Applied Sciences, and School of Performing Arts. Classrooms provide flexible teaching environments, along with spaces for remote learning and group collaboration.
Receiving LEED® Gold certification, HCST achieved the high standards and requirements for sustainability. It has been recognized as the green project of the year for schools in the State of New Jersey by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Services Provided
- Classroom presentation
- Sound system
- Interactive monitors
- Control system
- Digital signage
- Paging system
- Digital clock system
- Coaxial distribution
- Access control system
- Intrusion detection system
- Video surveillance
- Emergency call box system
- Parking access
- Door release
- Intercom
- Emergency control center
- Backup emergency control center
- Video presentation
- Sound system
- Cabling
- Control system
- Lighting system
- Rigging system
- Video presentation
- Sound system
- Cabling
- Control system
- Lighting system
- MDF/IDF rooms
- Structural cabling
- Fiber optic cabling
- Cat 6A cabling
- Tele/data service
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
