FNI has been selected to develop a Master Plan that will entail the modernization 90 schools and the construction of 5 new schools. Working closely with UNIPRO, our sub-consultants in Puerto Rico, our scope of work includes a detailed Building and Educational Adequacy Assessment of each school, the development of National Design Guidelines and an Implementation Plan for Design and Construction. This is the largest school construction program in Puerto Rico’s history. FNI was selected based upon a very competitive process against some of the largest and most experienced Architectural/Engineering firms in the world.

FNI’s Duke School in North Carolina and Scotch Oakburn College in Tasmania have received awards from the American School Board Journal’s Learning By Design, “The Premier Source for Education Design Innovation & Excellence”. Click here to download Reprints from the Spring 2010 Issue of Learning by Design.

Fielding Nair International: Educating the Masses
North American Design Magazine, April 2010.

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Scotch Oakburn College Middle School in Launceston, Tasmania has received a 2010 LEARNING BY DESIGN Honorable Mention Award. From among the multitude of projects submitted from throughout the country, this project has been deemed one of the best by a nationally recognized panel of architects and educational facility specialists. FNI served as Design Architect for the project.

In addition, Scotch Oakburn College will be included in an exhibit at the 2010 annual conference of the National School Boards Association (NSBA).

FNI has been selected by Fairfax County Public Schools, VA, to serve as the Planning and Design Consultant for a major renovation project at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology. FNI will serve as a consultant on the Ballou Justice Upton Architects team working on this exciting project to completely modernize the school that U.S. News and World Report ranked the #1 High School out of 18,000 High Schools in America.

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Sinarmas World Academy in Indonesia has been awarded the prestigious Project of Distinction Award by the Council of Educational Facility Planners International at their recently concluded world conference in Washington, DC. FNI served as this K-12 project’s Master Planner and Design Architect.
Picture shows FNI Chairman Randall Fielding holding the coveted Award with FNI’s Principal Jay Litman who led the SWA design team in coordination with our Indonesian partner Suwandi Dharma.

“The 3,000-crore Yash Birla Group has earmarked Rs 500 crore in the next three years to establish nearly 350 educational institutions for students and teachers through the group company, Birla Edutech.
This will comprise around 200 pre-schools, over 100 K-to-12 schools, 15 super-speciality colleges, and 20 teacher training institutes, the Group Chairman, Mr Yash Birla, said at a press meet here on Wednesday…
..Birla Edutech has tied up with Fielding Nair International (FNI), a company that designs school facilities.”
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FNI’s Scotch Oakburn College Middle School Project in Launceston, Tasmania has Opened. Project celebrates multiple modes of learning and places special emphasis on student collaboration and learning with ICT.