PROJECT COST: $100 Million PHOTO:SRPMIC/HKS Salt River Spring Training Facility This first Major League Baseball spring training facility on Indian land will host the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies. Targeting LEED silver, the complex includes an 11,000-seat main stadium, four major league and eight minor league fields, four practice fields, two agility fields and 10 covered batting cages. Each team will have an individually branded 75,000-sq-ft clubhouse. Ancillary structures include a maintenance facility, restrooms, observation towers and site infrastructure. Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.Started: January 2010Target Completion: January 2011Owner: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian CommunityDesign Firm: HKS Inc.General Contractor: Mortenson ConstructionEngineers: Lloyd Consulting
PROJECT COST: $18.3 Million PHOTO: SKANSKA USA CIVIL WEST 9. U.S. 491 Newcomb div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" This reconstruction of 8.8 mi of U.S. Highway 491 south of Shiprock consists of upgrading the highway from two lanes to four. The work includes 399,000 cu yds of unclassified excavation, 9,300 cu yds of rock excavation, 102,000 cu yds of borrow, 97,300 tons of aggregate base course, 138,360 tons of SP-III asphalt paving and 4,800 tons of OGFC. Crews will also construct 7,700 linear ft of drainage culvert, 452 linear ft of 42-in. drilled shaft foundations, a 128-ft single-span prestressed
PROJECT COST: $45.5 Million PHOTOS: JEFF CAVEN 3. Hewlett Packard Office Building Located just west of Rio Rancho City Hall and the Santa Ana Star Center, this 218,000-sq-ft, three story office building will initially house 1,350 HP employees, with the ability to expand within the building. The E-shaped building plan reflects the interior building functions with the intent to reduce the impact of a large footprint on the city block. Two distinct colors are used on alternating wings, suggesting multiple buildings rather than one single large building. The building is designed with a high percentage of exterior glazing to increase
PROJECT COST: $275 Million IMAGE: WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING CO. 1. The Smith Center for the Performing Arts IMAGE: WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING CO. 1. The Smith Center for the Performing Arts Within its timeless neoclassical design, this massive performance space consists of a 232,000-sq-ft, 2,050-seat auditorium in the Large Hall, with a founders room and grand foyer. A second building houses a 70,000-sq-ft education center that will be used for performances, rehearsals and community receptions, including a 200-seat Studio Theater and the 300-seat Cabaret Theater. BIM was used throughout documentation and coordination on the anticipated LEED silver project. Location: Las Vegas, Nev. Started:
PROJECT COST: $100.8 Million This new 5.35-mi roadway project located in Maricopa County and within the City of Peoria includes more than 2.1 million cu yds of roadway excavation and more than 8 million lbs of reinforced steel, 341,300 sq yds of Portland Cement Concrete Pavement and 20,306 tons of asphaltic concrete. The project also calls for six cast-in-place, post-tensioned box girder concrete bridges, 12 precast, prestressed AASHTO girder concrete bridges, and nine box culverts, plus retaining walls, cement stabilized bank protection, lift station and water, reclaimed water and sewer line installation. Extensive salvage of native vegetation was required, including
PROJECT COST: $29 Million IMAGE: SHEEHAN VAN WOERT BIGOTTI ARCHITECTURE 10. William N. Pennington Health Sciences Building This building combines the Health Science Education programs, the School of Medicine and Orvis School of Nursing into one educational joint facility which addresses the demand for health care practitioners to work as an integrated team � nurses, doctors, social workers, nutritionists and others. This facility consists of two lecture halls, an anatomy lab, a multi-disciplinary lab, three simulation labs, 14 standardized patient rooms, several large and small group meeting spaces, faculty offices, a stand-alone student lounge and nearly 10,000 sq ft of
PROJECT COST: $41 Million PHOTO: SHAWN MEAGHER/PBS&J 8. U.S. 95, Horse Drive Interchange The Horse Drive Interchange at U.S. Highway 95 improvement project, located in the far northwest part of Las Vegas, includes construction of an overpass and full single point urban interchange, frontage roads, ramps, retaining walls and a second bridge over the frontage road, along with extensive utility work, flood control improvements, traffic signals and lighting. Funding is provided by the State of Nevada, Federal Highway Administration, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, the Clark County Regional Flood Control District and city of Las Vegas. Location: Las Vegas,
PROJECT COST: $69.5 Million PHOTO: ADOT Loop 303, Lake Pleasant Parkway To I-17 Picking up where the Arizona #6 project leaves off, this portion of Loop 303 stretches along roughly 10.6 mi from Lake Pleasant Parkway to I-17 and consists of constructing an interim freeway facility. The work includes approximately 3 million cu yds of roadway excavation and embankment, aggregate base, PCCP and drainage facilities including seven box culverts, four superbox bridges, four prestressed AASHTO girder concrete bridges and one cast-in-place box bridge. Other work includes concrete-lined drainage channels, furnishing and installing signing, lighting, traffic signals and surveillance and native
PROJECT COST: $13.8 Million PHOTO: MCCARTHY/VHGA UNM Science & Math Learning Center div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Consisting of three floors above grade and one floor below, this 60,000-sq-ft learning center will promote freshmen level interaction between the mathematics, chemistry, biology and earth and planetary science departments. Usable areas will include a 200-seat auditorium, meeting lobby, study areas, classroom labs, faculty offices and a coffee shop. Specialized laboratory mechanical systems, plumbing and electrical are required, along with site work such as major relocation of sewer lines, electrical duct banks, telecommunications, storm and water lines. The project is pursuing LEED
Project Cost: $252.5 Million PHOTO: PATTI REZNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Maricopa County Court Tower This steel-framed, 14-story building (plus two additional levels below grade) is being built to meet or exceed LEED-NC v. 3.0 silver. The 695,000-sq-ft tower includes a new vehicular sallyport and central holding area, campus-wide control center, in-custody holding areas and circulation systems and separate entrances for staff and the public. A jury assembly room will serve the entire criminal court complex and will be fitted with state-of-the-art technology which will allow the tower to serve as the hub for the County�s campus-like approach. The project will eventually house
