Living & Learning Environments
These facilities include Living areas, Instructional space, Staff offices and counseling areas for children with cognitive disabilities and significant deficits in communication, self-help and personal safety skills. In addition to these buildings, IMC reconfigured the campus road system, including traffic signalization on the 80 acre campus. The entire project was completed while the campus remains active.
Located on a 16 acre site, IMC constructed a 65,000 square foot school and worship center. The building features 27 classrooms, library, social hall, multipurpose room, café and 2 kitchens.
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.
This is the largest building project ever undertaken by the Penn College is a special mission affiliate of Penn State University and is committed to applied technology education. This is the largest building project ever undertaken by the college and includes construction of:
– New 120,000 SF, 275 bed, student housing facility incluing a showpiece dining hall & kitchen, administrative offices for the Recreation & Residence Life
– 70,000 SF expansion and renovations to the Parkes Automotive Technology Center features new instructional shops; automotive lifts and other enhancements to the instructional environment reflect the industry’s move toward computer diagnostics.
– Major renovations and additions to the Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades-Machining Technologies Center with facilities for welding technology and the metallurgic sciences
– 160,000 SF of renovations to the Hager Lifelong Education Center which was retrofitted to accept the Children’s Learning Center and Early Childhood development programs, two floors of new classrooms, multi-purpose rooms, and biology and chemistry labs.
– Construction was completed while the buildings were fully occupied with classes in session.
This state-of-the-art law school at the University of Colorado, Boulder campus is a 178,000 s.f., 5-story structure housing a law library, teaching courtroom, moot courtroom, faculty offices, law center, administration offices as well as student program space, clinics and registrar.
Construction of the new Wolf Law Building at the University of Colorado at Boulder began in January 2005 and is on schedule for completion in August 2006.
This new $46 Million building will immediately enhance the learning experience of CU law students. The new law library, at 42,047 s.f., will be 50 percent larger than the existing law library. The Wolf Law Building will have 18 classrooms ranging in size from 20 to 100 seats, plus a 250-seat courtroom and a high-tech teaching courtroom. The University of Colorado at Boulder is seeking LEED certification for the Wolf Law Building.
The $48 million, 245,000 s.f. College of Law houses the University’s Law School Library, seventeen state-of-the art classrooms, a 120-seat lecture hall, 31 meeting/break-out rooms, and underground and structured parking for 770 vehicles. The building’s architecture incorporates the University’s signature copper roof, red brick and limestone features, as well as distinctive interior finishes including oak and quarry tile flooring. Construction on the 4-story cast-in-place concrete structure was in the heart of the University’s busy campus. The project site was land-locked on three sides by the Ricks School for the Gifted and Talented and three occupied fraternity houses.
The College of Law facility meets the LEED’s (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) criteria making it the nation’s first “green” law school. To meet the strict regulations for this certification, the building underwent a full commissioning process. This high quality building has been designed to last for the next 300 years.
Reflective of a collegiate campus, the Valor Christian School provides middle and high school students with a well-rounded education stemming from Christian views. The campus accommodates 450 middle school and 600 high school students, with a future phase for an additional 600 high school students.
The 40-acre site incorporates 250,000 s.f. of educational facilities in a campus-like setting. The Academic building houses administration areas, general classrooms, a library and common spaces. The Art building includes an auditorium with seating for 600, music, art and media studio spaces. The Athletic building provides students with two gymnasiums as well as fitness and dance facilities and the Aquatics facility includes a pool, bleacher area and support spaces.
In addition, site amenities include a football and track stadium with seating for 2,000, concessions, locker rooms and a press box. Other amenities include baseball, softball and soccer fields in addition to four tennis courts.
This new two-story, 217,000 s.f. school will mark the District’s second high school. The school includes full & auxiliary gyms, weight room, school kitchen, and modern art area. The facility also includes a state of-the-art auditorium that will seat approximately 600 people and includes music rehearsal/practice areas, media center as well as administration offices, counseling center and career centers.
Additionally, Saunders will renovate the district’s sports stadium. The project will add a new field house and a concessions/press box building with public restrooms. The athletic field will be modernized with synthetic turf and the running track replaced.
As Kennesaw State University enrollment continues to rise, so do construction projects on campus. Choate Construction builds their trendsetting student dining hall, 917-bed student living facility, massive precast central parking deck, soccer stadium, and sports and recreation complex.
East Campus Village provides UGA students with a place to park, eat, and sleep. The 1,220-bed student living quarters are luxury suites, each with a full kitchen, living room, and bedrooms. Amenities include a gracious study hall with stone fireplaces, laundry rooms, study rooms, conference/meeting areas, computer labs and vending areas. Across the street is the impressive 55,000 SF dining facility which includes multiple cuisine venues, the Cyber Café, and office space for the University’s Parking Services Department. This department conveniently looks over the East Campus Parking Deck, an 843-space precast deck.