PROJECT COST: $70 Million 10. Cox Deer Valley Technology Center This 110,000-sq-ft technology center includes 40,000 sq ft of raised-floor computer environment, 10,000 sq ft of administration office space and 60,000 sq ft of mechanical and electrical support space. The structural pre-cast concrete building is designed to resist high wind forces and withstand a major disaster. The technology center is a highly robust, Tier III+ data center in its capacity, reliability and maintainability including security measures and redundancy in infrastructure. The facility can run all operations 24/7 without scheduled or unscheduled downtime. BIM was actively used throughout planning, design and
PROJECT COST: $36.1 Million PHOTO: RUDY MYERS 5. Taos County Administrative/Judicial/Detention Complex div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" This new judicial complex will house the administrative, courts and detention components of the county government and consists of three, two-story buildings totalling approximately 137,753 sq ft, linked together designed around a central courtyard. A concrete-encased tunnel 12 ft underground connects the courthouse and jail. A state-of-the-art security system adds to the complexity of the design. BIM was used to provide integration of the complex mechanical and electrical systems with the building�s steel construction. Location: Taos, N.M. Started: August 2009Target Completion: March
Smith Construction Management LLC broke ground on the $11.5-million Farmington Field Office and Warehouse. The scope of work includes the construction of a 33,570-sq-ft office building, a 6,176-sq-ft warehouse and site development including parking lots, service drives, landscaping and natural boulder site walls. The office will house two different Dept. of the Interior branches: the Farmington Bureau of Land Management and the Farmington Indian Minerals Office. With the office expected to be LEED gold and the warehouse LEED certified, the facility will substantially decrease fossil fuel energy use and save the government operational and maintenance funds. About 7,520 sq ft
PROJECT COST: $42 Million PHOTO: SKYLAB AERIAL PHOTO, COURTESY ROCHE CONSTRUCTORS 7. Freedom Park This design-build project developed approximately 30 acres for a new Big League Dreams ball field complex, including artificial turf infields and fixed-tiered seating. Amenities included a 6.8-ft raised courtyard with two stadium club concessions, 2,700-sq-ft administration building, batting cages, and tot-lot play areas. A 25,000-sq-ft multi-purpose sport pavilion and a 2,700-sq-ft prefabricated metal maintenance building were also constructed, along with 1,122 lighted parking stalls. The team also renovated an existing 38 acre park with an adaptive recreation center, three lighted group picnic structures, a new performance
United Construction completed work on Freeman Decorating Services� new facility, located at 6555 W. Sunset Road in southwest Las Vegas. The design-build project, which broke ground in February 2009, is now fully occupied. Located on 30.65 acres along Sunset Road between Rainbow and Jones Boulevards, the project consists of a 307,000-sq-ft warehouse distribution facility and a 105,000-sq-ft, three-story corporate office component. The office component features a three-story public atrium capped by an arched skylight, providing a common area for employees. The warehouse facility serves as a distribution area for standard inventory as well as housing fabrication departments for custom orders.
The Girl Scouts � Arizona Cactus-Pine Council are redeveloping of their Camp Sombrero site located in Phoenix at the base of the north side of South Mountain. The program developed by Marlene Imirzian & Associates Architects increases the number of buildings and outdoor recreation and gathering spaces to support all the proposed activities. The 14.5-acre site�s existing structures were mostly built without comprehensive planning and fail to take advantage of the potential connections between each other and the Sonoran Desert landscape. The proposed facilities will add a new major gathering space large enough to allow for up to 500 seated
Fast-growing University of Phoenix is expanding its hometown presence. The 34-year-old private education giant plans to soon occupy 439,070 sq ft inside two new midrise office and classroom buildings in Tempe in suburban Phoenix. Metro Commercial Properties, Tempe, is developing the build-to-suit project along with San Antonio-based USAA Real Estate Co. The six- and 10-story buildings are going up on 11.33 acres inside the 170-acre mixed-use, master-planned Fountainhead Corporate Park near Priest Drive and Broadway Road. There is also a six-level, 1,885-space precast concrete parking structure. The concrete, post-tensioned, cast-in-place office buildings and accompanying garage are being built by Tempe-based
PROJECT COST: $79.1 Million IMAGE: CANNON OWP/P Northern Arizona University Health and Learning Center IMAGE: CANNON OWP/P Northern Arizona University Health and Learning Center div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" This 277,000-sq-ft project brings together the student recreation, student health, university athletics space, and multi-user classroom/lab spaces into a unified four-story environment. The project sets in motion evolutionary programmatic change, evidenced by the recent shift by the nation�s leading academic institutions to combine programs. The project includes four distinct areas: a four-story concrete frame housing the student health and classroom areas; a two-story, structural steel area housing the student recreational
PROJECT COST: $246.5 Million PHOTO: LAS VEGAS PAVING CORP. 2. I-15 South, Blue Diamond Rd. To Tropicana Ave. This design-build project will widen Interstate 15 from Tropicana to just South of Silverado Ranch Boulevard. Work includes adding collector-distributor roads, re-designing three interchanges, adding a new Sunset Road Bridge over I-15, and widening the existing bridge at Warm Springs Rd. Work also includes building 24 new bridges, 35 retaining walls and 1.5 mi of sound walls. There will be approximately 8 mi of new asphalt roadway paving, and more than 100,000 cu yds of concrete. Extensive regionally themed aesthetics with drought-tolerant
PROJECT COST: $50 Million IMAGE: CANNON DESIGN 15. Banner Health M. D. Anderson Banner Cancer Center Subcontractors: Bel-Aire Mechanical; Delta Diversified Electrical; Schuff Steel; Walters & Wolf; Sun Valley Masonry; RCI Systems Inc.; Diversified Interiors Banner Health partnered with the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center to provide patients and their families with a higher level of cancer care in Arizona. Located on the campus of Banner Gateway Medical Center, the project will be anchored by a 120,000-sq-ft cancer outpatient center and supported by 76 patient beds on two floors inside of Banner Gateway. Services will include medical
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