IPI is honored to have provided furniture throughout Iowa City Community School District’s brand-new Liberty High School.
An extensive amount of time was spent on planning furniture for over 1,000 students. The process started with furniture idea submissions to SVPA Architects Inc. of Des Moines on the project several years ago. Last
fall, IPI submitted a formal bid for the project. Once awarded, IPI Sales Representative Andrew Gogerty and Liberty’s Principal Scott Kibby met many times to finalize specifications and color selections for all areas of the school including the cafeteria, classrooms, and offices. Liberty’s Teacher Librarian Jan Smith was instrumental in selecting furniture for the library. IPI also worked with the architect to design, bid and eventually build and install over 1,000 hall lockers with the Liberty High School “Liberty Lightning” logo plasma-cut into them.
While the locker installation started back in the spring, deliveries of furniture to Liberty High School were spread throughout the summer months and included products from all IPI’s furniture shops. The majority of classroom furniture was produced in Anamosa Metal Furniture. Custom wood office furniture for the principals and other leadership staff were manufactured in maple wood in Fort Madison Furniture. Mitchellville’s Panels and Seating produced lounge chairs and couches for the library as well as chairs for offices, the library and teachers. Anamosa Custom Wood built a variety of pieces including science tables, bookcases, benches and nurses cots. Altogether, Liberty High School is IPI’s largest school project to date and provided many hours of training opportunities for incarcerated throughout IPI’s furniture shops.
IPI would like to thank ICCSD Physical Plant Director Duane Van Hemert, Liberty High School Principal Scott Kibby, Liberty High School Librarian Jan Smith, and SVPA Architects for supporting our inmate work training programs. We look forward to meeting Iowa City Community School District’s furniture needs for years to come.