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.
As the anchor for the 215-acre multi-use development, Arista, the Broomfield Event Center will host concerts, trade shows, rodeos and other community functions as well as athletic events. At 180,000 s.f., the facility will include 6,000 seats, 25 suites, 900 club seats, a 200-seat restaurant, two club lounges and a separate basketball facility.
This venue will be home to two professional minor league sports teams; the Rocky Mountain Rage of the Central Hockey League and the Colorado 14ers of the Continental Basketball Association.
Construction for this state-of-the-art facility began in October 2005. The site also includes a 1,500 space parking garage which we are building concurrently with the Event Center and both facilities are on schedule to open Fall 2006.
At 168,000 s.f., this new indoor water theme park and family center displays a new adventure look for recreation centers. The innovative concepts for the structural steel, glass, precast and brick veneer are carried throughout the facility. An “old mining town” theme and interactive water play system are integrated into the aquatic area. There are two separate NHL size ice arenas, two gymnasiums, an aerobics room, climbing wall, cafe-bar area and a soft-play children’s room with an interactive treehouse. At a cost of $22.7 million, the facility is the largest recreation district owned center in the country.
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.
This 10-story office building consists of 302,000 s.f. of office and lobby retail space with 23,384 s.f. of parking. Located in the City and County of Denver’s historical LoDo District, the building’s exterior features architectural precast with punched windows and an impressive south facing curtainwall elevation. The building rests on a caisson foundation extending 24′ into bedrock. The building structure has 1,458 tons of structural steel with composite decks and steel braced-frame construction.
The sophisticated multi-floor HVAC System is a roof mounted, central HVAC plant with floor-by-floor air handling units and a fan powered VAV air distribution system. To meet electrical needs, the building is fed with two separate 3000 amp normal power bus risers equipped with harmonic reducing transformers (for computer loads) as well as a separate 1200 amp emergency power switchboard, backed by a 750 kw generator.
The interior lobby features stainless steel, birdseye maple paneling, and granite finishes truly making it a Class A building.
This $20 million, 120,000 s.f. facility contains the sheriff’s administration offices, crime lab, evidence storage, radio communications, coroner’s facility, exercise and locker facility, information systems and technology, training facility, investigations, dispatch, records, office of standards, and human resources.
The structure for this three-story building is composite structural steel on drilled piers, structural studs with brick veneer, curtainwall, and membrane roof. The site development includes asphalt paving, utilities, site concrete and landscaping.
The East 29th Avenue Town Center for Forest City Stapleton is a large multi-use development that consists of 197,000 s.f. of space divided up between ten separate buildings. The project includes 30 retail spaces, 144 residential apartments, two 30,000 s.f. office buildings, two stand-alone restaurants and a King Soopers. The Town Center was built by local subcontractors working for the Saunders / BDI joint venture.
This $20 million project provided Saunders the opportunity to expand its repertoire by utilizing two- and three-story stick-framed residential structures over steel and composite deck main floor structures on the residential portions of the project.
This $35 million, 12-month project is one of seven “blocks” developed on the old Villa Italia Mall site in Lakewood. The master development plan for the entire site includes retail and office space, residential units, community parks, plazas, and several parking garages. Saunders built “Block Two” which consisted of all site work and construction for two multi-story mixed use buildings, a 1,000 stall post-tensioned parking garage, and partial demolition and remodel of an existing three story retail structure. The exterior building finishes included an assortment of brick, precast, and glass storefronts with awnings giving a new urbanism feel. Descriptions of the “Block Two” buildings are as follows.
Building 2M3 is a 152,000 s.f. four story retail and office building featuring an underground parking garage and “LEED” certification. Building 2M4 is a 38,000 s.f. retail and/or office space. The existing 139,000 s.f. retail structure, Building 2D, was remodeled and tied into the 465,000 s.f. Parking Garage 2G. The 1,000 stall parking garage also features retail shops on the ground floor.
The Baxa Corporation tenant finish project includes 96,000 s.f. of office and manufacturing space and an 8,000 s.f. class 10,000 clean room.
Baxa is a leading provider of devices and systems for the preparation, handling, packaging, and administration of liquid medications. Baxa manufactures and markets a wide range of healthcare products in use in hospitals, critical care units, and alternate-site pharmacies.
This facility, which includes 34,000 s.f. of warehouse space and 33,000 s.f. of manufacturing space, accommodates Baxa’s anticipated future growth and consolidates their US operations. This pre-existing facility now houses delivery and storage of raw goods, product testing and assembly, packaging and shipping.
The new General Motors Parts Distribution Center, built at E-470 and I-70, incorporates approximately 400,000 s.f. This project includes 20,000 s.f. of office space, 550 lineal feet of interior rail service, a 150,000 gallon water storage tank for fire protection, and almost 20,000 cubic yards of concrete. This fully racked facility handles automotive replacement part shipments to more than 225 GM dealerships in approximately 12 states. The structure is composed of site-cast Thermomass insulated tilt-up panels, 6″ and 8″ slab on grade, and a white PVC roof system. This state of the art warehousing facility was completed in October 2003.