The Numen Lumen Pavilion receives its name from this university’s historic motto, a Latin phrase for “spiritual light” and “intellectual light.” The multi-faith center is a place for prayer, meditation and reflection and is appropriately located in the heart of the campus. Affirming the university’s commitment to the development of mind, body and spirit and respect for differing religious and spiritual traditions, the center will encourage campus dialogue and promote interfaith collaboration.
Many of the center’s eco-friendly features were selected by the student body and faculty. The project has achieved 98% waste recovery by keeping construction and demolition debris to minimal levels and diverting tons of waste from the landfills.
The two-story building in Elon’s Academic Village features a circular sacred space adjoined by a multipurpose room, meditation room, classroom, meeting and study rooms, and offices of the Vera Richardson Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and the Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society. An outdoor meditation garden is located between the Numen Lumen Pavilion and the adjacent Gray Pavilion.
Construction consists of structural steel framing, brick façade, extensive exterior trim details, shingled roof system over metal trusses, and a copper-roofed rotunda.
This facility is part of Comdisco’s international network of fully-equipped alternate sites, used by customers to recover their enterprise computer systems and data in the event of a service disruption or natural disaster. Comdisco is a leading provider of continuity services, and offers a complete suite of information technology services including managed network services and IT control and predictability solutions.
Choate Construction Company has completed numerous projects for Network Appliance, the network storage company based in California, for a total of 422,000 SF.
Network Appliance Building 1
This 165,000-SF cold shell building was converted to a warm shell, followed by the completion of 125,000 SF of interior space. Interior environments included approximately 40,000 SF of R&D laboratory, training facilities, an executive briefing center as well as open office/systems furniture plan for global support personnel.
Network Appliance RTP Building 2
The next phase of expansion involves the conversion of a cold shell office building to a warm shell state, fitting out approximately 150,000 SF to accommodate customer support, product development, software development and laboratory/data center business unit expansion needs.
Network Appliance Dedicated Lab – RTP Building 4
This dedicated lab facility contains over 2,100 racks of data equipment, with the lab environment designed at over 650 watts per square foot. Over 11,000 tons of cooling capacity is delivered by four (4) 2,800 ton centrifugal chillers served by 8 cooling towers. Chilled water runs through the coils of eighty (80) 45,000 CFM air handling units which deliver a collective 3.6 million CFM to the laboratory environment. The structural steel frame is clad in architectural metal panels with weather-proof relief air louvers surrounding almost the entire 3rd level, dedicated solely to the air handling equipment and half of the electrical distribution gear.
Concord EFS, acquired by First Data, provided ATM, credit card, and payroll pressing services. The 107,000-SF facility provided full-time backup for the Wilmington, Delaware office, featuring 32,000 SF of raised flooring with 2-foot deep access flooring cable and 75,000 SF of office area.
Located across from the Dobbins Air Field, special precautions were taken to reduce outside noise infiltration. Triple-glazed Trainer glass out of Chicago was used to achieve maximum noise reduction.
Redundant N+1 MEP systems increase reliability and ensure the building is always fully operating.
This remarkable renovation project is a substantial addition to Central Carolina Technical College (CCTC). The project adapts a 40-year-old abandoned building into a vibrant, modern learning facility that serves four counties and three major hospitals.
The building sat vacant for more than 10 years and once served as a Western Auto and a grocery store. The 12-month project involves six acres of site work, the renovation of the building and the educational buildout for the college. The complete structural upgrade includes full roof diaphragm replacement. New MEPs, boilers, medical gas and HVAC controls meet hospital standards. The space includes classrooms and seminar rooms, as well as simulation labs and mock ORs with state-of-the-art robotics and patient-simulation equipment.
The building includes a 100-seat tiered seminar room; a multi-purpose room; large divided classroom; seven regular classrooms; two instructional computer labs; a student resource computer lab; student library and lounge. Faculty, adjunct, student and building support spaces are also included.
The Health Sciences program includes a patient-simulation lab (nine stations); Associate Degree nursing lab (10 beds); Licensed Practical nurse lab (five beds); and massage therapy lab (nine stations). The Allied Health Program complements the Medical Assistant office & practice labs; phlebotomy medical & blood draw labs; and a Surgical Technician suite with two mock operating rooms and sterile processing lab. Integrated medical gases, patient headwall, medical equipment, lighting and communications provide a health care setting for training the students.
This state-of-the-art Marine & Coastal Science Research & Instructional Center allows the Skidaway Institute to expand its research in several areas, such as the development of new technologies associated with ocean observation systems; discovering the diversity of species and their interactions in the marine environment, and the assessment of factors affecting the environmental health and integrity of Georgia’s coastal zone.
The facility includes private office space, work centers, two chemistry labs, three general labs, biology lab, flow cytometry lab, special lab, clean room, mechanical room, and multi-use space for instruction, collaboration, and informational seminars.
Targeting LEED Gold certification, the MSRIC’s environmentally friendly design includes mechanical systems to provide flexible environmental controls, such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, and quality lighting. Organic courtyard, sidewalk, and roof materials, abundant interior natural light, six-inch foam insulation, energy efficient windows, solar hot water heating system, and a 1,000 gallon cistern to capture rainwater for various uses are just a few of the “green” elements.
The building is clad in a combination of framed cement fiber board panels and durable lap siding that is resistant to hurricanes, hail, insects, decay and wildfires.
Originally constructed in 1910 as Locust Baptist Church, this historic church is completely transformed by Choate Interior Construction, giving members a divinely beautiful new place of worship.
This comprehensive renovation of the north wing and sanctuary areas includes the removal of the balconies and the total replacement of all mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. A new roof system, structural reinforcement throughout, and a new fire sprinkler system bring the building to modern times.
Rich woods, including the rejuvenation of the existing original wood floors in the sanctuary, clean white walls and ceilings, and thoughtful details throughout provide dramatic aesthetic enhancements inside. Additionally, the replacement of all window units, a custom ornamental railing system, and cast concrete pavers revive the exterior appearance.
After walking through the grand cathedral-like doors, it is clear to see why the congregation is in love with their new space. As member Lynn Strickland explains,
“On behalf of my family, the vestry and the church, I cannot thank you enough for the efforts from you, your company, and your workers to have us worshipping in our new church on schedule. I’m sure that we will never know the full extent of the hard work and dedication that it took, but we are all grateful.
I will smile to myself every time I see one of your black and gold signs around town…!
And above all, it’s just beautiful! Thank you.”
This LEED Certified facility serves as Toyota’s chassis facility to support several of it’s NASCAR Nextel Cup Teams, such as Waltrip Racing, Team Red Bull, and Bill Davis Racing. The facility is comprised of Engineering Offices, General Shop and Specialty Testing Systems including 7 Post & 12 Post Test Rigs.
A new race shop and office building for Hendrick Motorsports and Jeff Gordon’s #24 DuPont and Jimmie Johnson’s #48 Lowe’s (NASCAR Winston Cup Racing Teams) includes extremely high end Lobby finishes are of anigre wood panels, epoxy terrazzo floor in a waving checkered flag pattern, and extensive aluminum and glass displays. The 2nd floor contains Jeff Gordon’s private offices and the offices of all support staff. The balance of the facility is for engineering offices as well as Cup car finish fabrication, painting, and setup. The Lobby contains memorabilia from Jeff Gordon’s and Jimmie Johnson’s careers including uniforms, trophies from each victory, and #24 and #48 display cars. Jeff Gordon leads a video tour through the facility on several plasma screens throughout the space.
Joining the Lowe’s Motor Speedway’s legendary complex is the quarter-mile ZMax Dragway, the largest drag strip ever built. Features include a five story 34,000 SF scoring tower with luxury suites, press boxes, grand stands, and a spectator’s amenity facilities for national NHRA qualifier and championship events. Amazingly, the schedule for the entire complex was seven months. In typical Choate fashion, it was completed in five months and $500,000 under budget.