2011 Project Portfolio

Project Portfolio

Adventure Golf Services
Facility Name: The Golf Court at Fort Sill
City,State: Fort Sill, Okla.
Cost of Project: $195,000
Type of Facility: Golf Practice/Learning Center
Architectural Firm: Adventure Golf Services
Status: Completed August 2011
Square Footage: 7,200
Number of Floors: 1

The modular golf learning/practice facility was installed on an underutilized tennis court. It includes five driving stations, six contoured chipping stations, two real sand bunkers, a 1,300-square-foot contoured putting green, and open space for training and relaxing. Made from a blend of recycled materials, the project also features 6-foot-high images of golf scenes around the perimeter to create the look and feel of a real golf course.

Aquatic Design Group
Facility Name: “The Cove” Jurupa Valley Aquatic Center
City,State: Riverside, Calif.
Cost of Project: $19.2 million
Aquatics Construction Cost: $2.9 million
Type of Facility: Class 2 Single-Family Aquatic Center (Public)
Lead Architectural Firm: RJM Design Group
Aquatic Architect: Aquatic Design Group
Status: Completed May 2011
Square Footage: 11,000 (building)
Number of Floors: 1

The aquatic center and waterpark features a 25-yard x 35-meter competition pool; a 10,672-square-foot lazy river; a 5,153-square-foot activity pool with zero-depth entry and pirate-themed climbable wet play structure; three waterslides with 1,088-square-foot waterslide receiving pool; a 1,088-square-foot lagoon pool; and a FlowRider body boarding/surfing ride.

Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture
Facility Name: Cottonwood Recreation Center
City,State: Cottonwood, Ariz.
Cost of Project: $15.5 million (including outdoor pool renovation)
Type of Facility: Community Recreation Center
Architectural Firm: Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture
Status: Completed 2010
Square Footage: 53,000
Number of Floors: 2

Situated in a park near the city center, this recreation center includes indoor leisure aquatics, athletic, fitness and health facilities as well as an office complex for staff members. An existing eight-lane outdoor lap pool was also renovated. The building is organized by a two-story day-lit central spine, which links the facility’s active and passive functions. The high-performance building employs skylights, automatic lighting controls, and extra insulation; regenerative media filter in the pool saves water and energy in addition to using significantly fewer chemicals than traditional sand filters.

BCI Burke
Facility Name: The City of West University Place Recreation Center and Colonial Park Pool
City,State: Houston, Texas
Cost of Project: 14 million
Type of Facility: Recreation Center and Pool
Architectural Firm: PGAL
Status: Completed
Square Footage: 38,000
Number of Floors: 2

Specific design elements at the recreation center focus on fitness/exercise and provide a comprehensive venue for community events, staged performances and group physical activities. Colonial Park was designed as an aquatic center to accommodate smaller community functions and larger private/public events outdoors.

Facility highlights include an eight-lane indoor pool with rolled up glass doors opened as weather permits, overhangs to control direct sun, decks for lounging and spectator overflow during competition events, baseball and soccer fields, a playground, and a jogging trail. Inside amenities include squash/racquetball courts, 10 yoga/ballet rooms, fitness center, performance stage, event space, and nine divisible community meeting rooms.

Bernier, Carr & Associates, P.C.
Facility Name: LaFargeville Central School District
City,State: LaFargeville, N.Y.
Cost of Project: $8.2 million
Type of Facility: LEED Silver Certifiable Gymnasium
Architectural Firm: Bernier, Carr & Associates, P.C.
Lead Architect Name: Michael J. Harris, AIA, LEED A.P.
Status: Completed
Square Footage: 25,000
Number of Floors: 2

The two-story, steel-and-masonry structure includes a full-size gymnasium, enclosed walking track, locker rooms, offices, restroom facilities and a double-height lobby with mezzanine access to the walking track. The project made extensive use of day lighting to reduce lighting costs and promote occupant health and well being. Overall, the building was designed to use 25-percent less energy than traditional construction. The white roof reflects sunlight to reduce overall heating and cooling loads while a 600-square-foot green roof over the locker rooms reduces building runoff.

Beynon
Facility Name: East Carolina University--Olympic Sports Complex
City,State: Greenville, N.C.
Cost of Project: $37.5 million
Architectural Firm: Corley Redfoot Zack Architects
Status: Completed June 2011
Square Footage: 9,510 square yards

This outdoor eight-lane, all-weather, full-pour, polyurethane, two-color running track also includes field event competition areas.

ClearSpan Fabric Structures
Facility Name: Total Athletic Indoor Training Center
City,State: Triadelphia, W.V.
Type of Facility: Indoor Training Center
Architectural Firm: ClearSpan Fabric Structures
Status: Completed
Square Footage: 15,840
Number of Floors: 1

Built to provide children and young adults with proper training at affordable prices, services at the indoor athletic center include instruction in basketball, baseball, and martial arts, as well as fitness and strength training. The openness of the building allows plenty of room for exercising and equipment.

Facility highlights include a 60-foot-wide by 80-foot-long multi-surface area, a 72-foot-wide by 90-foot-long artificial turf area, a 2,000-square-foot weight room, basketball court, batting cages and a wrestling facility.

Coach Cliff’s GagaBallPits.com
Facility Name: Oak Grove School
City,State: Green Oaks, Ill.
Cost of Project: $715
Type of Facility: School Park
Architectural Firm: Coach Cliff’s GagaBallPits.com
Status: Completed
Square Footage: 400

Oak Grove School’s 30-inch high Octagon Gaga Ball Pit fits about 25 to 30 kids. Currently situated on the junior high playground, the ‘Gaga Ball Pit’ will soon be relocated to different area of the playground where a second gaga ball pit will be constructed next to it to accommodate more kids. Designed to be free-standing and movable, the portable pit does not require any hole digging or carpentry work.

Counsilman-Hunsaker
Facility Name: Mesa State College
City,State: Grand Junction, Colo.
Cost of Project: $41 million
Type of Facility: Recreation Center
Aquatics Consultant: Counsilman-Hunsaker
Architect: Sink Combs Dethlefs
Status: Completed May 2010
Square Footage: 20,644

The El Pomar Natatorium, located within the Maverick Center and Hamilton Recreation Center, has undergone a renovation and expansion, resulting in the most modern and exciting recreation facility in western Colorado.

With its beautiful wall of windows, the natatorium features a 50-meter competition swimming pool and diving well with two 3-meter diving platforms and two 1-meter diving platforms. Two bulkheads offer the versatility of accommodating aquatic lessons, fitness, and activities within the pool. The pool is designed with 10 lanes that can accommodate a number of configurations. The 860,000-gallon pool is equipped with the latest Colorado Timing System with a 21-foot by 10-foot full-color video board and sound system.

Cre8Play
Facility Name: Wascana Centre—Candy Cane Park
City,State: Regina, Saskatchewan
Cost of Project: $1 million
Type of Facility: Public Park and Waterfowl Conservatory
Architectural Firm: Cre8play
Status: Completed

A hand-crafted Canadian goose slide was re-created to replace an older version created in the 1970s. The goose (Queenie) represents a man-made goose sanctuary situated on an island on Wascana Lake. This contributes to the rich history of the area and represents a story that is close to many residents’ hearts.

Easi-Set Industries
Facility Name: Battle Row Campground
City, State: Bethpage, N.Y.
Cost of Project: $289,000 (building only)
Type of Facility: Restrooms, Offices
Architecture Firm/Lead Architect: Cashin Associates / Graciela Carrillo
Status: Completed
Square Footage: 1,224
Number of Floors: 1

Consisting of five individual pre-assembled modules, the building contains men’s and women’s restrooms with four fixtures each, a single-user restroom with two fixtures, an office space and kitchen area, full electrical and plumbing packages, a fire alarm system, tie downs to the foundation for seismic considerations per local code, insulated exterior walls and ceiling, an HVAC package, windows (both operable and fixed), wooden truss hip roof with 30-year architectural shingles, and a combination exterior finish (simulated horizontal lapboard and split-face block).

Eckel Industries
Facility Name: Camp Timberlane, Edgewater Program Center
City, State: Wakeman, Ohio
Type of Facility: Activity center
Installer: The D.K. Kaiser Co., Canton, Ohio
Acoustic Product Company: Eckel Industries, Inc.
Square Footage: 9,800
Number of Floors: 1

Eckel's Eckoustic Functional Panels (EFPs) were used to upgrade the acoustic quality of the center's high-ceiling assembly room. Reverberation time of the “as-built” space was too high and needed to be better controlled.

The V-ridged EFPs are unit panels, therefore, they could be spot located in the center's tongue-and-groove wood-paneled ceiling and its drywalled walls. Brown EFPs were selected to blend in with the ceiling color. For the wall panels, the EFPs were either a shade of green, red, or white. Other advantages of the EFPs are that they are graffiti-resistant and fire-resistant.

EDA Architects
Facility Name: J.L. Sorenson Recreation Center
City,State: Merriman City, Utah
Cost of Project: $24 million
Type of Facility: Recreation, Community
Architectural Firm: EDA Architects/Burke Cartwright
Status: Completed February 2011
Square Footage: 107,000
Number of Floors: 2

This regional recreation center serves a diverse community in the southwest quadrant in the Salt Lake Valley. The major program spaces include a six-lane competition pool, a 4,500-square-foot leisure pool, a double gymnasium, large fitness area, aerobic studio, track, day-care administration, multi-use rooms, six raquetball courts and a public plaza.

The building is designed to meet LEED Platinum requirements. It is currently registered with U.S. Green Building Council and is pending certification.

FabriTec Structures
Facility Name: Central Park at Playa Vista
City, State: Playa Vista, Calif.
Type of Facility: Custom Outdoor Performance Structure
Architectural Firm/Lead Architect: Michael Maltzan Architects, Inc./Michael Maltzan
Square Footage: 9,200

Due to the intricate surrounding landscape, the architect wanted to design a unique shape and form that could be illuminated at night. Translucency was key.

Deemed one of the most complicated and challenging patterning jobs developed by design and engineering teams at FabriTec, problems arose from the ever-changing radii of the compound curves and having to create seams that followed numerous and different meridians. Prior to completing the patterns, the structural frame was assembled off site and a 3-D survey was developed to determine the exact shape and form. The installation complications came from tensioning each panel into place and minimizing wrinkling.

FieldTurf
Facility Name: Pete Pallitto Field, Shellum Royal Field & Dwayne Harris Memorial Field
City,State: Atlantic City, N.J.
Cost of Project: $1.5 million
Type of Facility: Artificial Turf Sports Fields
Architectural Firm: Robert C. Preston, CLA, PP
Status: Completed
Square Footage: 196,000
Number of Floors: 2

City officials expressed an interest in increasing the quality and capacity of existing municipal athletic fields. In order to accomplish this, they converted the natural-turf grass facilities to FieldTurf synthetic turf. Youth-sports teams are now ready to host a multitude of football, soccer, softball and Little League baseball games.

LPA, Inc.
Facility Name: California State University Eastbay, Recreation & Wellness Center
City,State: Hayward, Calif.
Cost of Project: $26 million
Type of Facility: Higher Education Recreation Center
Architectural Firm: LPA, Inc.
Status: Completed
Square Footage: 54,500
Number of Floors: 2

The student-funded project consists of a two-court gymnasium, jogging track, fitness center, locker rooms, multi-purpose fitness studios, administrative offices, juice and snack bar, and a wellness center. It was designed and constructed to meet the new California State University Program for Environmental Responsibility and is LEED Gold equivalent. Solar-thermal collectors, radiant heating, energy-efficient lighting, water-efficient plumbing, and stormwater collection via bioswales are among the highlights.

Poligon
Facility Name: Lake Skinner Amphitheater
Location: Winchester, Calif.
Type of Facility: Amphitheater
Architectural Firm/Lead Architect: Schmidt Design Group
Square Footage: 42 feet x 44 feet
Number of Floors: 1

This amphitheater includes a trapezoidal floor plan, cone-like truncated barrel shape and decorative steel “rays” penetrating the roof. The unique barrel-vaulted performance space visually compliments any event.

Public Restroom Company
Facility Name: Andulka Park Tennis Pro Shop, Concession and Restrooms
City,State: Riverside, Calif.
Cost of Project: $730,000
Type of Facility: Tennis Pro Shop and Concession and (Second Building) Restrooms Multi-User
Architectural Firm: Public Restroom Company
Status: Completed December 2008
Square Footage: Concession and Tennis Pro Shop—2,160 Multi-User Restroom—676
Number of Floors: 1

Tennis shop and concession building with retail and retail office space, a food-service kitchen, and an interior staff restroom. Multi-user restroom building: men’s—1 accessible toilet, two urinals and 1 stall toilet; women’s—1 accessible toilet and three stall toilets; accessible drinking fountains.

RenoSys Corporation
Facility Name: San Juan Wellness Center
City/State: Blanding, Utah
Cost of project: $950,000
Type of Facility Recreation/Swim Center
Design/Build: RenoSys Corp.
Status: Completed
Square Footage: 8,800

Stainless-steel walled pool with PVC surfacing system includes a zero-depth activity area, lap area, dive well, lily walk area, and water slide.

Sasaki
Facility Name: University of Arizona Student Recreation Center Expansion
City,State: Tucson, Ariz.
Cost of Project: $22.7 million
Type of Facility: Recreation Center
Architectural Firm: Sasaki + M3
Status: Completed January 2010
Square Footage: 54,000
Number of Floors: 2

The student recreation center expansion includes a fitness center, outdoor adventures and multi-use activity court gymnasium. The facility’s transparent quality allows interior occupants to view activity outdoors, and vice versa, promoting recreational diversity. The building achieved LEED NC 2.2 Platinum level certification, the first collegiate-level recreation facility in the nation to do so. Using demand-control ventilation and augmented by large ceiling fans (Big Ass Fans) for additional air circulation, the room is efficiently conditioned, comfortable and the air is fresh even in the warmest weather.

Spec-Rite Designs
Facility Name: The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center
City,State: Green Bay, Wis.
Cost of Project: $25 million
Type of Facility: Community Recreation Facility
Project Team: Berners-Schober Associates, Inc., Barker Rinker Seacat, Miron Construction
Status: August 2011 Groundbreaking
Square Footage: 102,000 square feet (building)

Spec-Rite Designs was contracted by KCB Supply, Inc. to design and fabricate 250+ Design-Tec lockers featuring: complete Class A phenolic construction; edgeless trim design; hasp for padlock locking system; and coordinating benches. Anticipated to obtain LEED Silver certification.

TMI Salt Pure Corp.
Facility Name: University of South Alabama—Recreation Center
City,State: Mobile, Ala.
Cost of Project: $33 million
Type of Facility: Student Rec Center
Aquatic Consultant: Counsilman-Hunsaker
Status: Completed
Square Footage: 117,000
Number of Floors: 2

Designed to attract students and faculty to an inspiring environment, the new indoor and outdoor aquatic venue at the University of South Alabama acts as a visual focus for the 130,000-square-foot student recreation center and includes amenities such as a 3,200-square-foot indoor lap pool and a 4,500-square-foot outdoor recreation pool.

The indoor 25-yard pool features six lap lanes while the outdoor pool includes three fitness lap lanes, a Vortex feature, a 250-square-foot warm water spa, wet seating with spray jets, water basketball and volleyball, a diving well and a synchronized spray jet feature. Designed by Counsilman-Hunsaker, Sasaki, and WHL Architecture, the focus was on sustainable aquatics with TMI Salt Pure systems to sanitize the pools and spas.

Waterplay Solutions
Facility Name: Central Park
City,State: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Cost of Project: $5.6 million
Aquatics Construction Cost: $1-2 million
Type of Facility: Outdoor Recreational Playground and Park (wet and dry)
Architectural Firm: Scatliff + Miller + Murray
Status: Completed
Aquatic Facility Square Footage: 8,600

Total community involvement was key to the extensive revitalization of Central Park. With aquatic play products by Waterplay Solutions, the project features an oasis-like wading pool with concrete islands, ground spray features, a waterfall, and large sports fields. The glass-housed mechanical room by the aquatic play pad has water cannons and a promenade lined with 10-foot-tall Daisy Maes.

Williams Architects
Facility Name: Barrington Park District Community Fitness & Recreation Center
City,State: Barrington, Ill.
Cost of Project: $10 million
Type of Facility: Community Recreation & Fitness Center
Architectural Firm: Williams Architects
Status: Completed
Square Footage: 54,668
Number of Floors: 2

The new fitness and recreation center was designed to reflect a contemporary building with a focus on safety, sustainability and ease of maintenance while also factoring in durability in material selections. The resulting facility incorporates brick, stone, precast, aluminum window and curtain walls, a standing seam PVC roofing membrane and metal panel roof screen enclosures while also utilizing glass liberally throughout the design to bring natural light into the facility.

Two-court gymnasium, running track, multi-use community rooms, health, fitness, dance aerobics and wellness spaces, office/administrative support area, preschool spaces.