This 89,000 sf, five-story (107 feet) precast structure serves as the global headquarters for ProLogis. This facility offers employees a fitness center, outdoor walking path and a cafeteria. State-of-the-art conference facilities and technology were incorporated throughout the building. This project achieved LEED Certification.
Annette Caldwell Simmons Hall is a 56,000 SF facility on the campus of Southern Methodist University and is home to the School of Education and Human Development. The building includes the physiology of exercise and a biomechanical laboratory along with Dean’s offices and multiple classrooms. The structure is cast-in-place with a structural steel roof and slate tiles and masonry veneer. The project also recently received two awards by the American Subcontractors Association for “Outstanding Project Under $25M” and “Outstanding Project Team under $50M” — and is LEED Gold Certified.
The Pradera Clubhouse is a 25,700 s.f., 2-story building located in Parker, Colorado. The facility includes a full service kitchen, restaurant, lounge, bar, golf shop, administration areas, men’s and women’s locker room and a fitness center.
The structure is cast in place with precast hollow core planks providing the second floor structure. The exterior skin is a combination of brick, cultured stone and plaster and the roof is concrete tile with metal barrel vault roof accents. The interior of the facility is a combination of cultured stone, plaster, timbers, ornamental iron and architectural wood work. This project also contains 5 fireplaces, 150-space parking lot, tennis courts, bag drop structure, outdoor terraces and an event lawn.
Saunders also simultaneously completed Pradera’s new golf course maintenance building and community center and pool. All three facilities opened in Spring 2005.
This 54,300 s.f. recreation center was completed in March 2004. Located within the South Suburban Recreation District at Lincoln Avenue and I-25, the facility includes a full-sized gymnasium, leisure pool, lap swim pool, water slide, multi-purpose area, stage, racquetball courts, and aerobics room. The building also includes a 5,300 s.f. mezzanine used primarily as an indoor running track.
The structure is steel frame with load bearing structural masonry around the gymnasium. The exterior skin of the building includes masonry, EIFS, and storefront and curtain glazing systems.
Construction began by demolishing an existing Target store to be replaced with a new 205,000 s.f. Target Superstore.
The new store construction was started prior to the demolition of the existing store to try to maximize the length of the construction schedule. The new store was founded on caissons with precast bearing on the caissons.
The entire perimeter of the store has a 7′- 0″ red brick wainscot with either texture painted precast or EIFS above. The top of the precast has an EIFS cornice piece all the way around the building. Above the cornice a sloped roof /mansard has a blend of Spanish concrete tile to give the building a Spanish mission look.
The site work and landscaping on the 11 acre site was very challenging as the surrounding shops, 6 story building and a bank had to remain open at all times. The sitework was divided into at least 10 different phases each of which had to be completed before the next could start.
Extensive re-working of the fire/water service had to be completed prior to the start of the building construction and involved work in all the surrounding streets and neighborhoods.
The KeyBank projects consist of five (5) stand alone buildings, each 2,760 s.f., and totaling over $4 million.
Every facility is scheduled to be constructed in 4 1/2 months. High-end finishes throughout each bank include four (4) teller stations, restrooms, an employee lounge, a conference room, three (3) financial work stations, and three (3) drive up teller/ATM stalls. Saunders has constructed 50% of the new KeyBank branch projects in Colorado for 2003 and is scheduled to start two (2) additional locations by the end of the year.
In addition to the stand alone projects, Saunders has completed several bank T.I. projects located within existing King Soopers grocery stores.
This two-story worship facility sits on a 16 acre site in Highlands Ranch. The first phase of the project consisted of a sanctuary, education area, and administration / office space. The upper level houses the sanctuary / worship center, choir / music practice areas, classrooms, and administrative offices. The lower level includes over 30 rooms including classrooms, youth meeting rooms, administration, restrooms, kitchen area, and daycare programming facilities.
The Family Worship Center is an inspiring addition to the Faith Bible campus. The exterior of the $11.8 million, two story, 76,000 s.f. facility is constructed with brick, cast stone and glass. The main public elevation is highlighted with a 150 foot long curved waterwall. The facility houses a state of the art, 34,000 s.f., 2,600 seat, multi-media performance sanctuary; a 22,000 s.f., two story fellowship hall with food service facilities; ten classrooms; and a nursery. Since the sanctuary is intended to serve Faith Bible chapel as a video and audio production studio, the mechanical system and building elements were designed to provide superior sound and lighting qualities.
The new Public Safety Center for the City of Westminster is a $14 million, two story, 70,000 s.f. building. It is located adjacent to the existing City Hall and Clock Tower and is part of the municipal complex.
The facility contains police administration and patrol offices, crime lab, 911 dispatch, detention holding cells, evidence storage areas, exercise / locker areas, community relations offices and The City’s Fire Administration offices.
The steel frame structure and associated sitework improvements were constructed in just 18 months.
With the formation of the City and County of Broomfield, the need for a new police and courts facility was immediate.
The 64,610 s.f. project was contracted based upon Schematic Design plans and was fast-tracked so that construction could commence while the architect completed the construction drawings. In all, 5 bid packages were developed so that the project could be delivered in 12-months.
The $12.6 million facility houses 3 courtrooms and offices for judges and district attorneys, and is equipped with a state-of-the-art audio visual system to secure entryways, corridors and elevators during prisoner transfers. The holding cells, interview rooms, evidence storage, crime lab, police offices and a sally port are located in the other half of the structure.