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    Southeastern University Graper Early Childhood Center

    Lakeland, FL

    Southeastern University Graper Early Childhood Center is an early childhood center in Lakeland, FL. It is part of the Mills & Nebraska project portfolio.

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    Rendering of the Southeastern University early childhood center in Lakeland, Florida, a one-story building with a covered entry and sun mural beside a parking lot

    About the project

    The Robert and Sandra Graper Early Childhood Center is a Southeastern University childcare center and preschool on South Crystal Lake Drive in Lakeland, across from the SEU campus. It is planned to serve up to 160 children from six weeks to four years old and to act as a learning lab for students in SEU's College of Education.

    Verified project details

    • The center is planned to serve up to 160 children from six weeks to four years old. [1]
    • The center will serve SEU employees and community families and act as a learning lab for students in SEU's College of Education. [2]
    • The center is named for the late Robert and Sandra Graper, whose gift helped make the project possible. [2]
    • SEU received $4 million in funds appropriated by the Florida Legislature for the construction and launch of the early childhood learning center and preschool. [3]

    What openings in early childhood centers typically require

    General requirements for this building type under the codes and standards that commonly apply. They are not a list of the products supplied on this project; each opening follows the project's drawings, hardware schedule and code review.

    • Egress, fire separation and hardware requirements that depend on classification, since the Florida Building Code treats day care for infants and toddlers as Group E or Group I-4 depending on age and occupant count.
    • Access control and visitor entry management at exterior and classroom doors, with hardware that locks from the inside while allowing free egress.
    • Clear width, hardware height and opening force meeting the 2010 ADA Standards.
    • Finger-pinch guards, adjustable closers and vision lites for child safety and supervision.
    • Exterior doors that meet Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023) wind design pressures for Polk County.

    Products commonly specified for early childhood centers

    Sources

    Public sources for the project details above.

    1. 1.baynews9.com: seu childcare center (opens in a new tab)
    2. 2.seu.edu: seu breaks ground on early childhood center (opens in a new tab)
    3. 3.seu.edu: seu receives funding for several key initiatives (opens in a new tab)

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