TUSTIN, CALIF. — The Tustin Unified School District, along with construction manager Barnhart Inc., has broken ground on the $1.5 million renovation of the Tustin High School quad in Tustin. Located at 1171 El Camino Real, the 30,500-square-foot outdoor area will connect campus buildings. Renovations include new entryways, walkways, benches, overhangs, landscaping and a clock tower. NTD Architecture provided design services for the project, which is scheduled for completion in December.
PLYMOUTH, IND. — The Community Resource Center for Marshall County Inc. has received funding to assist in the construction of a new county services facility, located in Plymouth. The organization received a low-interest $2.39 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the construction of the new Community Resource Center. The project will be located at the site of the former Fulton-Marshall County Co-op, which will be demolished by the end of June. The new 30,000-square-foot facility will provide a central location for several Marshall County social service agencies. Groundbreaking is expected to occur in September, with completion slated for the second quarter of 2010. CB Richard Ellis | Bradley will provide leasing and property management services for the new facility.
COLUMBUS AND BAINBRIDGE, GA. — The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia is overseeing the development of two wellness projects totaling more than $50 million. The campus of Columbus State University in Columbus is the location for a 96,000-square-foot student wellness center. The $29 million development encompasses a gym, a fitness center, a swimming pool, a banquet hall and a climbing wall. An 80,000-square-foot facility will be built on the campus of Bainbridge College in Bainbridge. The $25 million project will include a 2,500-seat gym, a food court, administrative space, classrooms and a book store. Jones Lang LaSalle will manage the projects, which should be complete by October 2010.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — The Army Corps of Engineers has selected Mortenson Construction to build the new Company Operations Facilities (COF) at Fort Carson Army Base in Colorado Springs. Located adjacent to the 47th Infantry Division Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facilities (TEMF), the $70 million complex comprises six buildings ranging from 55,000 to 89,000 square feet. Designed by the Minneapolis office of LEO A DALY, the project is expected to achieve LEED Gold certification. The COF buildings are designed to accommodate numerous U.S. Army companies ranging in size from 100 to 250 soldiers per company. Each building consists of three distinct elements: Readiness Module, Administrative Module and Covered Hardstand area. PBS&J is providing civil design services; U.S. Engineering and McGrath are providing mechanical and plumbing design-build services; and Dynalectric and LEO A DALY are providing electrical design-build services.
PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. — The Department of the Navy ¬– Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast has enlisted St. Louis-based Walton Construction Co. to add a fourth military barracks to its $78.4 million Marine Corps. Recruiting Depot project. The Parris Island development now includes four, three-story barracks facilities, a headquarters training complex, a physical training circuit and a central mechanical plant. The original project will be complete by October 2010, with the new addition delivering in April 2011.
WINTER GARDEN, FLA. — Clancy & Theys Construction Co.’s Orlando, Fla., office has completed the $2.6 million Braddock Park Athletic Complex for the city of Winter Park. Spread across 20 acres at 13460 Lake Butler Blvd. in Winter Park, the complex includes a 1,200-square-foot concessions building, a 650-square-foot maintenance building, sports fields and a parking lot. Orlando-based Harvard Jolly designed the project.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — The Fort Myers office of Owen-Ames-Kimball Co. will build the first phase of Florida Gulf Coast University’s Fine Arts Building 2. The property will be located near the existing arts building on the university’s Fort Myers campus. The project includes building a 210-seat recital hall, a lobby, classrooms, practice rooms, an instrument storage room and offices. The property will be constructed to LEED standards.
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLA. — Seminole County Public Schools has enlisted Orlando, Fla.-based SchenkelShultz Architecture to design its 64,000-square-foot Endeavor School Project. The $8 million school is being built to replace the Rosenwald School, which is located at 1096 Merritt St. in Altamonte Springs. SchenkelShultz will design the project to meet LEED standards.
NEW YORK CITY – Plans are underway for a new Mandell School at 795 Columbus Ave. in Manhattan, New York City. 795 Columbus Avenue is a 15-story apartment building that is part of Columbus Square, a retail and residential community currently under development between 97th and 100th Streets. The entire project is slated to feature more than 320,000 square feet and is being developed by the Chetrit Group. Aragon Construction and JRS Architect have been tapped to lead the 50,000-square-foot build-out, which will comprise the building’s entire second floor and half of both the first floor and cellar. Numerous sustainable materials are being utilized in construction and in the long term Mandell School hopes to be LEED certified. For instance, the school will have rubber flooring, which is comprised of tire rubber and other recycled waste materials. Also, all classrooms will have high-efficiency lighting, using digital photo sensors and dimmers that comply with the Daylight Harvesting requirement. As well as renovating the cellar, first and second floors, Aragon will be building out an 8,000-square-foot outdoor terrace.
NANTUCKET, MASS. — Construction is complete for the $29 million expansion and renovation of Nantucket Memorial Airport, located in Nantucket. The project included a 23,000-square-foot expansion of the terminal, including a 6,000-square-foot basement addition and 6,300 square feet of airline office space. New elevator and baggage handling systems were installed, and new gift shop and car rental areas were built. Renovations included the refurbishing of the airport’s windows, roofing, trim and siding. The project also had a number of sustainable measures. The building had a geothermal HVAC system installed, in addition to tankless water heaters and low-flow bathroom fixtures. All of the building’s flooring and roofing, as well as half of the wall surfaces, was reused in the renovation. The construction manager for the airport project was Skanska USA Building, with design services provided by AECOM, formerly Earth Tech Architecture.
