The University of Texas at Dallas Esports Center is a dynamic new addition to the Student Union complex, designed to serve as a northern gateway into the campus core. Originally built in 1979 and expanded over time, the Student Union has now been reimagined with the transformation of an underused pub space into a vibrant center for student engagement. The 17,939 SF Esports Center blends competitive and casual gaming into a single, cutting-edge facility. It features a variety of spaces, including an open gaming lounge, multipurpose gaming zones, flexible rooms, broadcast and production studios, administrative offices, food service areas, and an outdoor lawn. Delivered in just over a year, the project showcases how gaming, learning, and campus life can come together in a high-performance environment. The center is expected to serve as a national model for collegiate esports facilities.

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The St. Austin Catholic Parish Site Redevelopment is a $159.5 million program developed by Greystar Development Central LLC and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin. This groundbreaking land-lease partnership is a long-term funding strategy for the parish, allowing the Diocese to rebuild their parish and school. Additionally, the program enables Greystar to develop a 29-story student housing tower on parish land. Together, these two buildings cover 777,071 square feet. The student housing tower, known as The Union on San Antonio, comprises approximately 423 units, 991 beds, and a parking garage with space for 418 cars. The 640,071-square-foot high-rise also features a lobby, office areas, gyms, a pool, and other building amenities. The new parish building is 75,316 square feet and includes classrooms, a parish hall, offices, meeting rooms, an outdoor playground, and a rooftop activity deck.

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The Resnick Sustainability Center (RSC) is a modern, flexible research building that supports and expands the research work of the Resnick Sustainability Institute (RSI). It hosts facilities for four of the RSI’s research centers: 1) an Ecology and Biosphere Engineering Facility, 2) a Solar Science and Catalysis Center, 3) a Remote Sensing Center and 4) a Translational Science Facility for pilot testing at scale.

 Caltech had several key goals for the RSC:

1) To be a hub for sustainability research and education

2) To bring together scientists, engineers, students and faculty to foster collaboration and innovation

3) To provide state-of-the-art facilities and specialized equipment to support groundbreaking research in sustainability

4) To serve as an educational resource, offering teaching laboratories and shared meeting spaces

5) To incorporate advanced sustainable technologies and materials

The RSC incorporates numerous advanced sustainability features, including a high-performance exterior envelope, a fully glazed north atrium and western façade that maximizes natural light, solar shading fins that reduce heat gain, highly energy-efficient mechanical and electrical systems and a striking mass timber frame that reduces embodied carbon. Outside, rooftop photovoltaic arrays generate power for research and operations, while native plantings and stormwater dry wells increase the building’s sustainability.

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The South End Zone renovation at Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium is a major upgrade for The University of Texas at Austin. This $157.3 million project added 295,000 square feet of new seating, suites, and club areas to the 150,000-seat stadium. It also included a new video screen and updates to the nearby Moncrief-Neuhaus Athletic Center.

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Ridge Walk North provides Thurgood Marshall College residents, faculty, staff and students with endless opportunities to explore, discover and connect. The three new residence halls provide beds for over 2,450 students and include amenities and gathering spaces for students to build community. The mixed-use neighborhood also includes an economics building, administration space, additional lecture halls and community programs, consisting of a glass blowing center, basic needs center, E-sports center and Goody’s Cafe + Market. The project strengthens and connects the area with revitalized nodes and plazas at the heart of campus.

This project allows UC San Diego to lead the UC System toward a more sustainable future. Except for glass-blowing equipment, the all-electric design features high-performance strategies, including low-flow water fixtures, increased access to views and daylight and durable materials.

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The new School of Medicine Education Building II supports the academic and programmatic mission of the UC Riverside School of Medicine. The building provides adequate space for existing needs and allows for future class size expansion. The new school of medicine features classrooms, specialized teaching spaces, lecture halls, student support and study facilities, as well as academic and administrative offices.

The project also incorporates substantial site development, landscaping, and infrastructure work, including the creation of a new plaza to unify outdoor spaces within the project, the relocation of an existing generator, and the development of a code-compliant fire lane and service access.

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The Fawcett Elementary School project in Tacoma, WA, includes the design and construction of a replacement elementary school on the existing site of the current school. The project includes demolition of the existing 64,000 SF facility and construction of a new 55,000 SF two-story building to house approximately 400 students. Delivered in partnership with Tacoma-based design firm BLRB Architects, the progressive design-build project provides a new parking lot, covered and paved play areas and an all-purpose field. Fawcett presents challenges related to the fast-track construction of the new facility on the small, 5.6-acre site that has sloping topography and is surrounded by dense, single-family residential neighborhoods on all sides. The project uses signage as teaching moments throughout the building. Examples include entry art that welcomes students in over ten languages and a timeline of Tacoma’s history.

The 51³Ô¹Ï and BLRB team worked closely with Tacoma Public Schools to increase both local business participation from 30% to 54% and overall business equity inclusion goals.

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The Girl Scouts of Hawaii Camp Paumalu STEM Center for Excellence project consists of a new two-story, 11,630 SF wood-framed structure on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. The center features a commercial kitchen, computer lab, classroom laboratories, dining hall, restroom/shower house, health center and laundry facility. The open-air concept flows between two large lanais, a welcome lobby and a covered walkway leading to the pre-engineered metal storage building. The facility will provide year-round opportunities in cybersecurity, astronomy, robotics, computer coding, botany, chemistry and environmental stewardship to the Girl Scouts of Hawaii.

The majority of the labor force was comprised of personnel from the Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) program. The IRT is a Department of Defense military training opportunity for Active, Guard and Reserve servicemembers to support a nonprofit in building and increasing deployment readiness.

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The LAUSD Venice High School Comprehensive Modernization project includes four new modular buildings. The buildings include general classrooms, chemistry labs, a graphics print shop, flexible engineering and maker space labs, studio art classrooms and associated support spaces. The new gymnasium building consists of a main gym and a practice gym, locker/shower rooms, a weight room, aerobics/dance space and associated support spaces.

The project also includes new parking lots and new outdoor athletic spaces with a resurfaced track and field, new softball and baseball fields, modern tennis and basketball hard court areas, concessions and restrooms. Landscape and hardscape, including various outdoor classroom areas and utility infrastructure upgrades and replacements, were also included in the project.

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