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Balsam Mountain Preserve - Doubletop Village
October 22, 2021 In

Balsam Mountain Preserve – Doubletop Village

Doubletop Village combines exciting new amenities with luxury mountain homes. Facilities for the Doubletop Village include indoor/outdoor/private dining, a state-of-the-art wine cellar and tasting room, and a full service bar at the Members’ Grille and Club Tavern buildings. The General Store/Golf House serves as a convenient place for grab-and-go snacks as well as pro-shop needs. The Doubletop Village design places a lot of focus on the outdoors, encouraging social gatherings with its laid-back rustic ambiance. Community gardens, recreational lawns, fire pits, and pergolas all set the stage for the village center where Balsam neighbors and friends can gather together and enjoy the spectacular mountain backdrops.

VT NUQRH
August 16, 2021 In

Virginia Tech – New Upper Quad Residence Hall

This project’s site is at the southeast corner of Stanger Street and Old Turner Street where an existing facility, Femoyer Hall, is currently located. Femoyer Hall is an approximately 35,000 sf facility constructed in 1949 and originally designed as a residence hall; it will be demolished as part of this project. Given the constraints of the existing site, the building footprint and orientation of NUQRH will be two wings, the North wing running East to West, and the West Wing running North to South. The project shall provide a strategy for the site and landscape design that allows for fire truck access, locates dumpsters for cadet use, and includes bike racks, ADA parking considerations, and a review of pedestrian-vehicular site lines. Significant grade challenges exist at the west side of the site between the building and Stanger Street, this project shall provide an accessible route to the Upper Quad from the intersection of Stanger and Old Turner streets.
 
Key Project Goals and Conditions: 

    • 301 beds for Corps of Cadets Administrative space and front-of-house operation
    • Service loading area
    • Collegiate Gothic exterior clad, Hokie Stone
    • Precast concrete panels and trim
    • Combination of curtain wall glazing and punched opening windows
    • Site accessibility to Upper Quad from Stanger/Old Turner intersection
    • Surrounded by existing facilities to the south and east (CLMS project)
    • Directly adjacent to the roadway with significant central campus infrastructure
    • Demolition of an existing four-story structure
    • Relocation of underground utilities
Wiley Middle School
July 27, 2021 In

Wiley Middle School Renovations

Scope of work included demolishing the existing gymnasium and constructing a new 24,301 sf, two-story addition with administrative space, gymnasium, entrance lobby, restrooms and storage on the top level, and four (4) new classrooms, lockers and more storage in the lower level. The existing gymnasium housed the boiler that serves the entire school campus. A new boiler was installed in an existing mechanical room in the main school building, requiring a new cast in place concrete elevated slab, new 2-hour rated enclosure, and new exterior entrance. Also included in the scope was the renovation of 2,881 sf of administrative office space that became three (3) new classrooms and the conversion of one (1) existing classroom into a new entrance thoroughfare that will connect the new addition to the existing main level corridor. This addition gives the school a new entrance, a new gymnasium, four (4) new administrative offices and six (6) new classrooms. This project was very challenging due to the tight site, logistics in and out of the construction area adjacent to the existing school, and demanding schedule.

 
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Mecklenburg County Northeast CRC
June 15, 2021 In

Mecklenburg County Northeast Community Resource Center

New 100,000 sf Community Resource Center and Master Plan for a mixed-use site. The CRC will house County health and human services at a single location. Spaces within the building may contain lobby/reception, service counters, waiting areas, vending café, interview rooms, non-clinical exam rooms, minor lab space, cashier area, document scanning/drop-off areas, supervised visitation rooms, computer rooms, conference rooms, open workspace for staff, enclosed offices, break rooms, copy/workrooms, space for local partners, and typical building amenities.