Rather than work with national locker manufacturers to meet the owner’s desire for bespoke, high-end locker designs resembling custom closets, the team partnered with a local millwork contractor to provide greater control over pricing, manufacturing quality and timeline. The local firm also built mock-ups on site, enabling hands-on collaboration to refine details and ensure the highest level of craftsmanship and player experience.

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The presence of high-voltage power lines just 10 ft away from the new practice facility threatened to complicate steel erection and installation of exterior metal and polycarbonate panels. Rather than install scaffolding, which would have prolonged worker exposure to hazardous conditions, the project team collaborated with the power utility to install outriggers on the existing poles. This innovative approach allowed the utility to push the energized lines an additional 10 ft away from the work zone, providing a sufficiently large enough buffer for workers to safely complete construction using boom and scissor lifts. Despite the demands of the aggressive schedule, the project was completed ahead of schedule and below budget, with no injuries or recordable incidents over 164,000 work hours.