WATERLOO, ILLINOIS — Construction is complete for Waterloo Community Unit School District No. 5 High School in Waterloo. The $38 million, 227,000-square-foot facility features 57 classrooms, three gymnasiums, a 462-seat auditorium, three vocational shops and a central courtyard with a pond and a fountain. St. Louis-based Guarantee Electrical served as general contractor on the project. St. Louis-based S.M. Wilson & Co. served as construction manager.
HOUSTON — Construction is complete for the expansion of the Julia Ideson Building, a historic library building located at 500 McKinney St. in Houston. A new archival wing totaling 21,500 square feet was added. It includes a research room on the first floor with the remainder of the three-story wing containing high-density shelving space for the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Also built was a two-story loggia that provides open-air seating as well as an garden and outdoor reading room. The new wing is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2010 once the archives are moved into it. Once that occurs, construction will begin for the complete renovation of the remainder of the 66,000-square-foot Ideson building. Completion of the entire $32 million project is slated for spring 2011. The project will be applying for LEED-Silver certification. The project architect is Gensler, with landscape architecture services being provided by TBG Partners. The construction manager is SpawMaxwell.
SUNSET HILLS, MO. — Site preparation and construction is under way for the Sunset Hills Community Center and Aquatic Center in Sunset Hills. The $4.8 million project includes the construction of a 14,626-square-foot community center and aquatic facility, which will include a competition pool, a leisure pool and a lazy river. Additionally, the project includes the renovation of a 3,219-square-foot pool and a concession stand. Completion is slated for early summer 2010. St. Louis-based Paric Corp. is serving as general contractor.
CHICAGO — The Adler School of Professional Psychology has selected Leopardo to complete its tenant build-out at One North Dearborn Street in Chicago. The project will feature a private ground-floor entrance and high-tech classroom and administrative space on the 15th and 16th floors. Two grand staircases with open atriums will connect the upper floors. The build-out will be seeking LEED Silver Commercial Interiors certification. OWP/P Cannon Design is providing architectural services for the project. ConopCo is serving as project manager. Completion is slated for August 2010.
BRIDGETON, MO. — St. Louis-based Paric Corp., serving as construction manager, is constructing the $12.8 million Bridgeton Government Center in Bridgeton. Located on Natural Bridge Road, the two-story, 41,000-square-foot building will house the city’s offices, including an expanded city council chamber and police station. Completion is slated for fall 2010.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Completion is nearing for the new International Bowling Campus, a $14 million project currently under way in Arlington. The more than 100,000-square-foot facility is situated near the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Texas Rangers Ballpark and Six Flags over Texas. Upon completion, which is expected in January, the complex will house the Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame and the International Training and Research Center. It will also served as the headquarters for the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America, the United States Bowling Congress and other industry groups.
UNIVERSAL CITY, TEXAS — Construction is complete for Northeast Lakeview College, a 285-acre college campus that is part of Alamo Colleges. The campus, which is located at the intersection of Loop 1604 and Kitty Hawk Road in Universal City, contains nine buildings totaling 375,500 square feet. Designed by San Antonio-based Overland Partners Architects in conjunction with Ford Powell Carson, the college was built over the past 4 years at a cost of $125 million. The general contractor was Austin Commercial and the construction manager was Broaddus & Associates.
SAN DIEGO — McCarthy Building Companies Inc. will construct the new 180,000-square-foot Math and Science Building at San Diego Mesa College, located at 7250 Mesa College Dr. in the Clairemont area of San Diego. Construction on the new $92 million instructional building is expected to begin in early September 2010, with completion slated for November 2012. Designed by Architects | Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker for LEED certification, the facility will house four floors of classrooms, laboratory space and offices for the departments of biology, chemistry, mathematics and physical sciences.
LAUDERHILL, FLA. — The Fort Lauderdale-based companies Moss & Associates and D. Stephenson Construction have completed the $13.1 million Lauderhill Municipal Complex. The property, which was constructed to LEED Silver standards, is located at 5581 W. Oakland Park Blvd. in Lauderhill. The building houses officers for the mayor, the city manager and city commissioners as well as a 150-seat Commission Chamber. Green features include low-flow fixtures and low-emission paints.
AURORA, ILL. — Leopardo Cos. has recently completed the $108 million Aurora Police Headquarters and Branch Court in Aurora. Located at 1200 E. Indian Trail, the facility houses 500 public safety employees, three bureaus, 11 police divisions, a 911-emergency call center and a branch court house. The campus consists of a 154,000-square-foot police headquarters building, which houses the branch court and the 911-emergency call center; a 41,000-square-foot training and support building that contains a firearms range, evidence storage and forensic examination laboratories; and a 204,000-square-foot, 500-car parking garage. The facility was designed and constructed to achieve LEED Gold Certification. McClaren, Wilson & Lawrie along with Cordogan Clark and Associates provided architectural services for the project.