Dallas-based McCarthy announced the completion of a $13.2 million, 400,000 sq.-ft., multi-use design/build facility at Baylor University, Waco. The new residence for the university's Information Technology Services group also provides structured parking for 1,195 cars. In addition, the facility will house Starbucks and Chili's, Too. This multi-use structure is located at University Parks Drive and Dutton Avenue on the Baylor campus.

The completion of an accelerated schedule allowed the new ITS space to become operational prior to the start of the university's Fall semester.

"We also delivered the project under budget, providing substantial cost savings to the university," said McCarthy Project Director Gary Akin.

Cadence McShane Completes Two New Elementary

Cadence McShane Corporation, Dallas, recently completed the construction of two 72,000 sq.-ft. elementary schools within the Frisco Independent School District. Project architect Corgan Associates, Inc., Dallas, designed both The Jessie Marie Riddle Elementary School located in Plano and the Mary Boals Elementary School in Frisco with three classroom pod areas linked to a central corridor that leads to a cafetorium; kitchen; gymnasium; library; music room and administrative offices.

Cadence McShane also used geothermal technology to provide maximum efficiency and help lower up front operating costs over conventional HVAC systems. An underground well system utilizes geothermal energy to heat and cool the facilities.

The Cadence McShane Frisco ISD project team consisted of Project Manager Dan Banse, Assistant Project Manager Jason White, Superintendents Wayde Jacobs and Gary Pearson, and Assistant Superintendents Chris Nichols and Chris Sacco.

Cadence McShane has performed construction in over eighty Texas schools including additions and renovations in over fifty locations.

Heldenfels Awarded Dell Diamond Contract

Heldenfels Enterprises, Inc., San Marcos, recently was awarded a contract from the Class AA baseball club Round Rock Express for the supply of structural precast concrete for the club's stadium (Dell Diamond) planned expansion. Heldenfels Enterprises is working with Chasco Contracting, Round Rock, the construction manager for the Dell Diamond's expansion.

Engineering of the individual structural precast components and fabrication are underway. The stadium expansion will add over 900 seats to Dell Diamond with the precast concrete providing the supporting structural members for the left field Home Run Porch. The added capacity will allow Dell Diamond to meet the requirements necessary for the Triple A Pacific Coast League.

Master plan to complete Arts District

The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation announced a master plan, the outline for placing the Center's future venues within the Dallas Arts District. The master plan is the result of an historic and rare collaboration between two of the world's most renowned architectural firms: Foster and Partners of London and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) of Rotterdam and New York.

Work on the master plan was led by Foster and Partners' Spencer de Grey and OMA's Joshua Ramus.

"The core desire of the master plan is to create an inclusive, vibrant destination out of a district that is currently home to many distinguished institutions but which lacks cohesion," said Joshua Ramus, Partner, Office for Metropolitan Architecture and Principal in Charge for the Center's multiform theater. "By placing Annette Strauss Artist Square at the heart of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts - thus fusing high culture with popular culture - this master plan will encourage universal access to the Dallas Arts District and transform it into a lively, populist city quarter."

TDI to Build a 550-Car Parking Garage

TDI, Tulsa, Okla., is using a design/build project delivery system on a 550 car parking garage at Good Shepherd Health Systems Longview campus. The structural system selected is a hybrid post-tensioned frame incorporating plant cast columns, spandrels and beams with site cast post-tensioned concrete decks. The ground floor of the structure will feature 14,000 sq. ft. of future retail area to serve the employees and visitors of the adjacent new Medical Office Building. Completion is scheduled for the end of the year.

Gulf Compress Breaks Ground at Trade Gateway

The Gulf Compress, a cotton warehousing cooperative, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony as the first tenant of the La Quinta Trade Gateway, a Port of Corpus Christi property, at the 1,100-acre La Quinta site located in San Patricio County seven miles from Corpus Christi.

Governor Rick Perry, who served as Texas Agriculture Commissioner from 1990-1998, participated in the groundbreaking ceremony.

Gulf Compress will construct an approximately 550,000 sq. ft. warehouse for new cotton storage space. The completion date is August 2004. Ultimately, Port officials expect to build a new container terminal at the La Quinta property.

CORRECTIONS:
In the September issue (p. 65) HOK (Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum), Inc. was mistakenly reported as being based in Kansas City. The company is based in St. Louis, Mo. Also, the firm is officially known as HOK Inc. and not HOK Architects Inc.

The firm's Sport+Venue+Event Group is based in Kansas City (correctly reported
in the article beginning on p. 55).