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
PROJECT COST: $131 Million PHOTO: HENSEL PHELPS Mariposa Land Port of Entry PHOTO: HENSEL PHELPS Mariposa Land Port of Entry This project was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to expand and modernize Arizona�s largest commercial point of entry, the Mariposa (Nogales West) Port of Entry. Hensel Phelps began the $20.87-million first phase -- site and earthwork -- in November. This includes demolition of selected existing buildings and infrastructure, constructing retaining walls, compacting soil and installing utilities. The contractor will then bring the $110-million building vertical mid-2010, designed to be a safe, secure yet uplifting �desert oasis�. All
PROJECT COST: $103 Million IMAGE: DEKKER/PERICH/SABATINI 2. Presbyterian Rio Rancho Medical Center This medical center consists of 300,000 sq ft in three structures, a five-story patient tower, two-story diagnostic and treatment building and a central plant. The hospital will have a 66-bed capacity and will include a full-service emergency department with a helicopter pad, women�s center, labor and delivery and a neonatal intensive care unit. The hospital will also offer intensive care, operating rooms, pharmacy, administration and a catheterization lab. Location: Rio Rancho, N.M.Started: November 2009Target Completion: August 2011Owner: Presbyterian Healthcare ServicesDesign Firm: Dekker/Perich/SabatiniGeneral Contractor: McCarthy Building Cos. NM, Inc.Civil
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
