The Wildlife Experience is the home for an extensive collection of wildlife art including original oils, watercolors, sculptures and photography.
The 100,000 s.f. facility was built in just 14 months and includes 31,000 s.f. of galleries and a 315-seat IWERKS Extreme Screen Theater, as well as banquet facilities, café, gift shop and back of house facilities. The project is located on 14 acres in Douglas County’s Meridian Park.
The award winning architecture incorporated copper roofing and wall panels, sandstone veneer masonry, colored and etched precast wall panels and a translucent glazed curtain wall system.
Coors Amphitheatre, formerly know as Fiddler’s Green hosts a variety of events including musical concerts, theatre events and conferences with 7,500 fixed seats. The venue features colored concrete, architectural concrete walls, sound walls with steel structure and tectum board for sound attenuation and light and sound structures. The stage building is a steel structure with insulated interior, sound wings and cedar sidings.
A separate hospitality building includes space for performers to dress, relax, as well as entertain. Additional buildings include 2 concession stands, restrooms and over 15 outlying concession kiosks.
Within the Arvada Center interior rooms are practice rooms, theaters, dance rooms, classrooms, banquet section, full commercial kitchen with concession area, museum/gallery space, pottery studio and general office space. Also included in this project was the total demolition of the existing facility. It was gutted to its structure and completely rebuilt including new mechanical and electrical systems. A serpentine “earth wall”, designed by Vito Aconci from New York, began outside and continued along the main corridor inside the building. It cost approximately $85,000 and is made with metal stud construction with plywood backing with various colors of dirt glued onto the surface. It is enclosed in glass and glazing system. The walls look like a giant terrarium. The addition nearly doubled the size of the facility.
The outdoor amphitheater included a stage and pit, lawn seating as well as fixed seating. Playful architecture, colors and angles characterize this post modern structure. The stage house is constructed of precast walls which stand 40’ high, some of the tallest clear span wall panels in Colorado. The pit can accommodate up to 30 musicians. Aluminum vine artwork is attached to the exterior of the walls, and aluminum bird houses and bird baths are sprinkled along the walkway around the amphitheater
The Center was completely operational throughout construction.
Choate Construction completes the 145,000 SF newspaper press and distribution facility and the 120,000 SF office building for the Savannah Morning News. The distribution facility includes two presses and an ink tank farm with extensive process piping. A three stage completion is required to accommodate the press installation. Construction is structural steel and tilt with brick veneer.
The three story Class A corporate facility’s design began before the completion of the production facility using the same architectural components of brick and cast stone insulated tilt wall. The most challenging aspect of the design was to mirror the façade of the production facility having a 12’ floor height with a 15’ floor height for the office building. The buildings share a common entrance and reception area. A central rotunda with a 36’ diameter CFRC dome custom light fixture simulates a skylight in the apex. The rotunda boasts a terrazzo floor highlighting a three color compass rose with brass insets of the four major compass points which hint of Savannah’s nautical history. The interior of the building emulates the classical architecture of downtown Savannah while the exterior use of full depth tumbled brick for pavers, natural slate, divided light windows, and wrought iron fences and gates bring the feel of “Old Savannah” into this unique space
Infused with natural light and vivid color schemes, this LEED Silver library is designed with many features that make it appealing for all demographics. A story room, activity room, auditorium, library store, children/youth/adult sections, computer areas, study areas, auditorium, catering kitchen, and the quiet outdoor gardens complete with water features make this addition to Chatham County’s library system stand out from the rest.
Rogers-O’Brien Construction completed restoration of “The Women’s Museum” for The Foundation for Women’s Resources, a private nonprofit organization located in Austin, Texas. The restoration won considerable recognition from a multitude of associations and from the state, including the Dallas Preservation Achievement Award, the Texas Building Branch-AGC Outstanding Construction Award, the QUOIN Summit Award and the ABC Excellence in Construction Award. The facility, built in 1910 as the State Fair Coliseum, now serves as a national museum focused solely on the historical achievements and contributions of women. Rogers-O’Brien was called upon to renovate the existing building (approximately 70,000 square feet) and to restore the facility’s fountains and other unique elements. Innovation programs intertwined throughout many areas of the restoration project in cooperation with the U.S. Parks Department and the Dallas Landmark Commission, and the Texas Historic Commission.
Founded in 1839, this historic renovation and addition included a preschool, 2 story Narthex, 999 seat sanctuary, and adult education classrooms. Harmonizing the 1840’s historic sanctuary with the new construction, all while enhancing functionality and space for the growing congregation, provided a unique construction experience to add to Choate’s historic renovation resume.
A particular challenge on this project arose by having to work in and around a fully operational day care, church staff, and various congregation activities for a full year. Through daily communication with the staff and weekly newsletters to the congregation explaining current construction activities and parties would be affected, this project was completed successfully.
SIMT is the premiere technical service provider and training facility for industry in the southeastern portion of the United States. The 18,000 SF Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) and associated sitework includes special features such as fiber optic, networking and computer hardware training labs, four breakout session rooms, an executive briefing center and the campus data center. The key focus of the AMC is to provide training via simulation facilities that will link engineering to manufacturing technology as well as training and application of the latest computer technologies. Winning the Southeast Construction’s “Best of ’07” awards and a prestigious Eagle Award by the ABC Carolinas, SIMT is a truly remarkable cutting-edge facility