Teamwork Wins at Two School Sports Facilities
Construction activities, noise and vibrations at the Arizona stadium had to be tightly controlled due to close proximity to multiple residence and academic halls and labs for telescope mirror polishing and tree ring analysis.
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Shumate Constructors Inc., Albuquerque, began excavation on the APS Community Athletic Facility in February, and is on target for an early-summer 2013 delivery.
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The APS project site holds the 7,000-seat football stadium, four concession buildings, a field house and an adjacent 2,600-seat grass track and field and soccer facility.
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Originally built in 1928, the home for University of Arizona's Wildcats has gone through numerous expansions.
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After protests from neighborhood groups in Albuquerque, designers created a bowl-shaped stadium to reduce noise and light pollution.
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Excavator Franklin's Earthmoving, Inc., Albuquerque, is expected to also deliver a separate public infrastructure contract at about the same time as the stadium.
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The APS stadium is sited on a 110-acre site as far from existing homes as possible. The virgin site requires extensive new civil and roadway infrastructure.
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The BIM model for the north end-zone stadium expansion in Tucson shows the complex interaction between the concrete superstructure and the MEP systems.
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Heery International designed the University of Arizona expansion to add premium seating and fan amenities, relocate and provide new facilities for the football program and install new concourses, field lighting and scoreboard.
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