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Niagara Bottling

Niagara Bottling launches a multi-regional expansion across the country in a continuing endeavor to produce high quality bottled water at affordable prices, all while leading the industry in environmental sustainability. As the largest private label water supplier in the U.S., Niagara carries more than 50 years of experience in advanced bottling technology. The family-owned and operated company has 19 facilities nationwide. Each remains operational 365 days a year, 24 hours a day for continuous production and shipping.

The vertically integrated bottling company incorporates a high-speed manufacturing line and cutting-edge bottling technology to manage every aspect of its bottle production. The company carries the highest quality certifications in the industry, with state-of-the art purification, filtration and disinfection systems.

Choate Construction has partnered with Niagara on their last seven facilities:

Mooresville, North Carolina

Aurora, Colorado

Missouri City, Texas

Gahanna, Ohio

Puyallup, Washington

Newnan, Georgia

Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin

Nine Two Nine Office Tower

Lewis recently completed this 19-story, 462,000 square foot Class A office tower in Downtown Bellevue. The parking garage is adjacent to the tower and partially above-grade, allowing Nine Two Nine to hit the leasing market far in advance of every competing project. The building features a prominent two-story lobby and incorporates a broad range of tenant-focused amenities. The exterior curtain wall design features a combination of high-performance glazing, precast concrete elements, and architectural metal accents. It is targeting LEED Gold certification.

Nexton Office I

Conveniently located between Summerville and Charleston, S.C., Choate Construction orchestrates this office facility and all associated sitework. As the first anchor property within the 4,500-acre master-planned community of Nexton, this 103,221-SF Class A office facility combines energy efficiency with a sleek, modern design. Multiple tenants call the four-story building home, including MeadWestvaco (MWV), a Fortune 500 corporation and global leader in packaging and packaging solutions. The building is the first of many within the up-and-coming live-work-play community, a 20-year development effort by MWV Community Development and Land Management, Inc.

With LEED Gold certification in mind, the project is expected to include a multitude of components designed to provide an overall healthy, safe, and technologically advanced environment for both employees and guests alike. An expansive curtainwall framing system with impact-rated glass provides natural daylighting while ACM and brick exterior finishes create a contemporary, polished appearance. To further enhance the exterior, a decorative wing is suspended structurally up and over the parapet walls at the roofline while a metal screen encloses the rooftop equipment and penthouse. Due to the location of the facility within a seismic and hurricane zone, steel and brace framing provide additional structural support.

In an effort to accommodate multi-tenant expansion, interior features are kept minimal but include core upfits for main entry lobbies, elevators, and restrooms. These areas are enhanced by interior storefront tenant doors, slate, porcelain tile and acoustical ceilings. Decorative wood features are incorporated into the millwork, wall panels and ceilings. This project is part of the joint-venture development effort by Rock-Miramar, Inc. and MeadWestvaco.

MSC Industrial

This New York-based distributor of metal working and industrial supplies co-locates its corporate headquarters in Davidson, North Carolina. The office building sits on a 14.7-acre site within Childress Klein Properties’ Harbour Place development.

The six-story building serves as the company’s Customer Service Center and is constructed of structural steel and precast exterior while traditional curtainwall wraps the building. Corporate offices occupy the fifth floor with open office space on the second, third and fourth floors, which accommodate technology, human resources, marketing, and product management employees. A full-service kitchen, dining area, and lounge are provided in addition to an amphitheater, for education and training, on the first floor.

The lobby greets visitors with high-end finishes such as extensive granite and rich millwork, materials also used throughout the sixth floor lobby. Green Globe design parameters are utilized to ensure thoughtful sustainability practices. Site work includes 12-acres of grading and storm sewer installation. This area includes surface parking spaces and an outdoor patio, fountain, and bocce court.

Choate Construction completes the project with a highly accelerated schedule, utilizing fast-track phasing was employed to allow the tenants to occupy the building within 12 months of the commencement of design.

Metropolitan State University of Denver Student Success Building

Located at 9th Avenue and Auraria Parkway, the new 151,360-square-foot, four-story Student Success Building serves as a dedicated facility for the University. Metro State has shared the urban Auraria Higher Education Campus with two other higher education institutions since 1965. The Student Success Building creates an identity for Metro State and serve as a gateway for the students and community. The facility is 100% funded by student fees.

The facility consists of two wings surrounding a courtyard. The structure comprises of structural steel with a complex metal panel/brick/glass exterior envelope. The facility includes unique learning spaces including a Community Action Theater, Center for Innovation, First Year Experience Center as well as administrative offices. The building is LEED Gold certified.

Metropolis Phase 2 Residential Tower 3

Pankow is partnered with PENTA to build this 56-story high-rise residential tower in downtown Los Angeles. Headquartered in China, Greenland USA is seeking the expertise of Pankow-PENTA JV to build this project successfully as well as procure overseas materials.

Located on the north side of the site along Eighth Street, Pankow-PENTA JV will construct the Phase 2 Residential Tower 3 with retail comprised of 775 condominium units and 63 floors (approximately 671 feet tall including the podium). With up to 853,309 SF of floor area, Tower 3 tower will have an associated amenity deck on the roof of the podium. The deck features a pool, roof garden, and fitness center for exclusive use by tower residents. The building will also have a smaller deck on the roof of this tower’s lower stack on or near the 26th floor.

McClintock Building

Pankow teamed with SKS Partners, Pfau Long Architects and Murphy Burr Curry Structural Engineers to re-envision the former Jessica McClintock headquarters in the SOMA district of San Francisco. Working from the due diligence stage to assist SKS Investments with the purchase of the building, Pankow and the rest of the team is working to reinvent a PDR (Produce, Distribute, Repair) zoned space. The building has been demoltioned back to a core and shell condition and is being rebuilt using a fast track permitting and phased construction process so that the project will be completed in 7 months.

 

Marsico Hall at the University of North Carolina

Located on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus, Marsico Hall is the University’s premiere research facility, bringing together both UNC’s School of Pharmacy and the School of Medicine. This glassy 343,000-SF facility was designed and constructed to LEED Silver standards with sustainable features that include water harvesting, alternate fuel refueling stations, innovative waste water technologies, daylight harvesting, and a 28% energy savings over baseline comparisons. With an average of 932 daily users, the facility’s sustainable features will provide a positive environmental impact for UNC’s campus and the Town of Chapel Hill throughout the life of the facility.

Both preconstruction and construction services for this $163 million project were performed by Choate Construction. At its completion in 2014, the project marked the largest Construction Manager At-Risk project ever completed in the State of North Carolina.

Longmont Grades PK-8 School (Timberline School)

This project was completed to combine the former Loma Linda Elementary and Heritage Middle Schools into a new prekindergarten through 8 campus. The new Timberline P-8 school embraces Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) opportunities as well as a continued International Baccalaureate (IB) focus. Grounded in the rigors of educational excellence the school is planned to open in August 2013. The construction is being accomplished while the schools remain operational.

Insitu

Situated on the banks of the Columbia River, this project created light industrial space and offices for Boeing subsidiary, Insitu. The 125,000 square foot building is composed of four distinct spaces including a warehouse, manufacturing facility, office space and a research and testing area. Unique to the facility are chambers that allow for aircraft engine testing on-site. The project is LEED Silver certified and sustainable features include a green roof entry canopy, reclaimed lumber finishes, and daylighting strategies.