PROJECT COST: $30.8 Million IMAGE: VAN H. GILBERT ARCHITECT PC 6. Mesa Middle School IMAGE: VAN H. GILBERT ARCHITECT PC 6. Mesa Middle School div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" This 118,000-sq-ft school is designed for 870 students with each grade housed in self-contained �academic house� structures. The academic buildings housing adaptable classrooms and labs are connected to other campus buildings via canopy-covered walkways arranged around a central courtyard anchored by a multi-use amphitheater. Three additional structures include an administration center, gymnasium/cafeteria/media center and the arts center. Play fields are located within the school�s secure perimeter. Sustainable features include geothermal
PROJECT COST: $70 Million IMAGES: BOMEL/FINE PROPERTIES LLC 5. Metropolitan Police Headquarters Campus IMAGES: BOMEL/FINE PROPERTIES LLC 5. Metropolitan Police Headquarters Campus Located on 14 acres at the northwest corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Alta Drive in Las Vegas, this project consists of three buildings: two, four-story buildings and a five-story structure, totaling 390,000-sq-ft. The public-private partnership is being built as lease-purchase with Clark County and the city of Las Vegas and will consolidate dozens of offices and up to 1,400 workers from throughout the Las Vegas Valley into one campus. A new five-level, 1,671-stall parking garage is
PROJECT COST: $72 Million PHOTO: MOHAVE COUNTY Mohave County Correctional Facility The 242,000-sq-ft facility will house 688 beds in pod-style living unit configurations, but includes shell space which will allow expansion to 848 beds. The site can also accommodate an adjacent structure which will allow expansion to a total of 1,100 beds. Therefore, all services, mechanical, electrical, kitchen, laundry and medical are sized to accommodate the full expansion to 1,100 beds. Location: Kingman, Ariz.Started: August 2008Target Completion: October 2010Owner: Mohave CountyDesign Firm: DurrantGeneral Contractor: FaulknerUSAConsultant: RNL DesignSubcontractors: Hi-Tech Steel; JSC Concrete; Helix Electric; Cobb Mechanical Contractors; Legg Inc.; Norment Security
PROJECT COST: $44 Million IMAGE: MOLZEN-CORBIN & ASSOCIATES 4. University of N.M. Arena - �The Pit� IMAGE: MOLZEN-CORBIN & ASSOCIATES 4. University of N.M. Arena - �The Pit� div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" This famous arena is getting a face lift as the school�s first construction manager at-risk project, including state-of-the-art locker room facilities, new scoreboards, an expanded concourse, new restrooms, expanded concessions and a high-rise look out front. The renovation will also include 40 new luxury suites and 300 club seats. The new concourse will be expanded to give fans more walking space, and with new glass surrounding
PROJECT COST: $42.3 Million IMAGES: RENDA PACIFIC/SNWA 6. Lake Mead Intake #3 Connector Tunnel IMAGES: RENDA PACIFIC/SNWA 6. Lake Mead Intake #3 Connector Tunnel This project, near Alfred Merritt Smith Water Treatment Facility (approximately 20 miles southeast of Las Vegas) is part of the larger $709.6-million Lake Mead Intake #3 to add a new water intake at Lake Mead to protect against dropping water levels which threaten to take out intake #1. The connector tunnel will link intake #3 with the previously built intake #2. It includes a 20- by 20-ft modified horseshoe tunnel approximately 300 ft long and a
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
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
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