Cather Hall, Pound Hall and Cather-Pound Dining Center Demolition

Scope:  Constructed in 1963,  Cather and Pound Residence Halls are 13-story towers located with a two-story Dining Center in the middle, connecting all three buildings; all totaling 245,000 GSF.  Renovation of the Cather and Pound Residence Halls was not recommended due to the high cost of renovation compared to replacement with newer facilities.  Two methods of demolition will be used to complete the project.  The CPN Dining Center will be demolished first, with typical methods of heavy equipment used to dismantle the building.  Cat

University Health Center/UNMC College of Nursing – Lincoln Division

The 100,500 SF project replaced the previous University Health Center and provides a permanent home for the UNMC College of Nursing - Lincoln Division.  The University Health Center portion is a 54,975 SF, state-of-the-art, ambulatory clinic designed to facilitate the highest quality of patient care in support of the UHC mission and vision and sized to provide programmatic capacity to expand health care services based on projected student patient volumes.

Veterinary Diagnostic Center

Project Scope

Situated on a new site on East Campus, the 65,000 gross square foot facility replaced an inadequate and outdated 18,000 gross square foot building. The new facility includes diagnostic and research labs, animal labs, offices and support facilities. The new Center effectively addresses the emerging bio-containment and bio-terrorism issues associated with contemporary food and animal safety to meet and exceed Amercian Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians accreditation standards.

Massengale Residential Center

Project Scope

A 145,000 gross square foot residence hall was built on the site of the Biochemistry Hall on East Campus. The residence hall houses 370 students in two different styles of housing: 240 beds in a traditional/pod living style and 130 beds in apartment style units. The building is four stories and designed with separate wings for the two different types of units.

Willa S. Cather Dining Complex

Project Scope

The 52,178 NSF project replaced the Cather-Pound-Neihardt Dining Center on City Campus and includes three major components: A Dining Center, Housing Program space, and Housing Offices of approximately 28,372 net square feet (NSF), 14,482 NSF, and 9,324 NSF, respectively. The Housing Program space supports functions held by University Housing and social space for students. The Housing program space accommodates 500 students while the new Housing Office space provides office and support space for 50 staff members.

Love Library North Learning Commons

Project Scope: 28,502 gross square feet of space
•A Learning Commons on the first floor which transforms Love North into an academic crossroads where students can gather and collaborate at the heart of city campus.
•A Learning Commons which operates as a student-centered space with coordinated resources and services, where students come together to study, learn, and socialize in a comfortable, flexible place.

Manter Hall Renovation

Vision: “This facility will positively transform the way we educate students in the life sciences through digital learning, interactive classrooms and laboratories that support active learning, group problem solving and student engagement.  Ultimately, it will enhance learning outcomes, undergraduate research, and foster interdisciplinary collaboration in a forward-thinking, flexible environment.”
    -Valery Forbes, Dir. Biological Sciences and Executive Team

East Campus Utility Plant Chiller #4 Addition

Project Scope: Main focus of the project is an addition to the existing Thermal Energy Storage (TES) building to house a new 2500 Ton chiller.  A new, 2 cell cooling tower will also be constructed to the west of the addition.  The project also includes a new cooling tower drain down basin, pumps and plate-and-frame heat exchangers for winter time cooling.  These heat exchangers will be used to charge the TES tank when outside temperatures are 38 Deg F or below, thereby saving electrical costs.  Estimated annual energy savings are more than $50K.

CCUP East Cooling Tower

Project Scope: Replacement of existing East cooling tower at city campus plant.  The project will demolish the existing Marley cross flow tower and replace with new 4 cell counter flow cooling tower on the existing tower's concrete water basin.   The existing tower is designed for roughly a 17,000 GPM flow rate, and the replacement tower will be roughly the same capacity.

John Breslow Ice Hockey Center

The 53,393 gross square foot ice arena at 433 V Street in the Haymarket area features a single National Hockey League sized sheet of ice for ice related sport clubs, including men’s and women’s hockey, curling and broomball, as well as intramural sports leagues and activities and public recreational ice skating. The rink can seat 700 spectators and includes staff offices, team locker rooms, a training room, referee locker rooms, coaches’ offices, equipment storage space, an ice resurfacer room, and maintenance areas.