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Jackson County School District’s Eagle Point Elementary School, destroyed by fire more than eight years ago, is finally being replaced.

The 60,000-square-foot facility, designed by BBT Architects, will consist of four separate classroom wings, each with a separate activity room. The building will also include a library, a computer lab to accommodate 35 students, a full-service kitchen, a cafeteria, a gymnasium and central administrative spaces.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification is not being pursued because of an accelerated schedule, said BBT project architect Todd Turner. However, the building is being designed to incorporate sustainable features such as photovoltaic solar arrays.

“The school is an adaptation of a prototypical design we’ve done. We will be incorporating a number of design features and it will be a sustainable design facility,” Turner said.

Construction is anticipated to begin in April and be completed in December. A general contractor has not been chosen yet.

Other project partners include: structural engineer Doug Schwarz of Froelich Consulting Engineers, MEP engineer John van Bladeren of MFIA Inc., civil engineer Robert Gunter of Marquess & Associates Inc., landscape architect Kerry KenCairn of KenCairn Landscape Architecture and food service designer Ray Soucie of RSA Food Service Consulting.