The Northwest Rail Operating Facility project is a maintenance and rail-yard facility for the Green Line and future Orange Line of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Light Rail System. The 34-acre NWROF site consists of five projects, or “lots,” each constructed by a different general contractor. Photo: Les Wollam Related Links: Best of 2010 Awards Archer Western’s portion of the work is a 90,000-sq-ft, three-story service and inspection building, a train car cleaning platform, a “Super Light Rail Vehicle” car-wash facility and paving. The service and inspection building provides essential rail maintenance functions such as minor repairs and preventive maintenance.
This renovation project brings the Byrne-Reed House back to its original glory while stabilizing the building and introducing modern mechanical systems. Photo: Journeyman Construction Related Links: Best of 2010 Awards The 10,000-sq-ft residence was built at the turn of the 20th century. The renovation brings it back to its original look with an addition on the service side housing a new elevator and stair structure. In the early 1970s, the home’s porches were closed in and a plaster facade and colonnade were added, completely transforming the appearance of the exterior while it was used as a commercial property. The project
The Compass Plaza tenant improvement project brings together three Capstar-owned companies on three floors of one mixed-use building, improving efficiency, facilitating communications, standardizing procedures and providing scalable growth opportunities for the companies. Photo: John Thomas, John Thomas Photography Related Links: Best of 2010 Awards The project in Austin included tenant build-out of 82,000 sq ft of interior space on floors six, seven and eight. The eighth floor of Capstar at Compass Plaza, occupied by Capstar Investment Partners, is seeking LEED-silver certification for commercial interiors. Some of the many sustainable project features include dual-flush toilets, aerated faucets and high-efficiency base building
Soon after budgets were approved and a notice to proceed for construction was issued on the Texas Southmost College Arts Center, the building team was notified that the owner and architect were changing the exterior facade of the new, three-story, 57,528-sq-ft building. Photo: Keith Talley, Talley Photography Related Links: Best of 2010 Awards Construction documents had been previously bid and subcontracts awarded at the time of the change. Alterations affected site improvements, the building footprint and the structure’s shape. The switch to a nautilus shape affected every finish, mechanical and electrical system. The team was tasked with a detailed constructability
The new Richland College Science Building is awaiting LEED-platinum certification. It features a white reflective roof that reflects the sun’s hot rays particularly in the summer, as well as external louvers, light shelves and light monitors that automatically control the amount of daylight that enters the building. Photo Charles Davis Smith, AIA Related Links: Best of 2010 Awards Additional features include an exterior green terrace and living wall at the second floor, and a 40,000-gallon underground cistern that will be used to irrigate landscaping and provide grey water for sewage conveyance. The cistern collects rainwater from the building site through
Notre Dame Catholic Church in Houston needed a new worship space to seat 1,100 parishioners in its main worship space and another 100 in an adjoining chapel. Photo G. Lyon Photography Inc. Related Links: Best of 2010 Awards Crews responded with a new 20,300-sq-ft space built with glue-laminated timber and a brick and stone exterior. The church’s stained-glass “Mary Window” was relocated from the former church to the new facility’s main entrance. The orientation of the site made not only design but construction challenging. The site was rectangular in shape and the final plans proposed to preserve several of the
The Texas A&M Health Professions Education Building began on a true greenfield site—raw land requiring more than 26,000 linier ft of underground utility service. The 138,000-sq-ft building, 13,000-sq-ft central utility plant, support structures and site improvements sit on approximately 45 acres. Photo: Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Related Links: Best of 2010 Awards The site created substantial challenges because the soil conditions are not conducive to drastic grade changes. With 50 ft of elevation difference, phasing and material handling was a project within the project. The education building and an adjacent building, also built by general contractor, Satterfield and Pontikes, have
The remediation project involved repair of the ticket booths and main entrance to Fair Park Esplanade and Parry Gate in Dallas. Work included partial demolition of existing exterior finishing systems, concrete repair, waterproofing and sealants, traffic coatings and painting. Photo: Justin Tennison Related Links: Best of 2010 Awards One of the project’s most detailed jobs was the waterproofing of the esplanade’s fountain, which required seven stages of work. The job began by shot-blasting the concrete slab and grinding all vertical walls and edges to obtain the proper profile for waterproofing adhesion. Next, a vapor barrier was applied that required 24
The new four-story, 600,000-sq-ft, phase-two addition to Fidelity Investments’ Westlake campus will accommodate an additional 1,500 employees. Photo: The Beck Group Related Links: Best of 2010 Awards The facility mirrors phase one with a similar three-wing design. Use of the same natural stone veneer and other materials as the original building also preserves continuity of the property. Interior spaces accommodate 2,600 employee workstations in addition to a fully staffed fitness center and kitchen. A 838,000-sq-ft, cast-in-place parking garage is adjacent to the new office building, and the two buildings connect via a tensile structure walkway that culminates at a stone
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