PROJECT PROFILE AWARDS 2023

_ Sabanera Health Dorado

Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico

Designer: Interiors Lead & Design Architect: Perkins&Will; V Architecture

Contractor: PRISA Group

Sabanera Health Dorado is the first new acute-care hospital in Puerto Rico in more than 20 years. Located on the north shore, it provides high-quality care in a tranquil setting to a multi-economical community. The facility was developed to serve as a reliable health center for the communities of Dorado, where full-service healthcare facilities did not exist post-2017 hurricanes. By having an integral approach to the landscape and building elements, the facility provides an interconnected experience with nature, which enhances wellness and healing processes. The development offers increased access to daylight and views of nature including a central, expansive outdoor healing garden that all functional spaces have views and access to.

Tuscany Logistics Center }

Austin, Texas

Designer: GSR Andrade Architects

Contractor: FA Peinado Construction

The 373,648-square-foot Tuscany Logistics Center is located in one of Dallas/Fort Worth’s strongest industrial submarkets with access to the metro’s major thoroughfares such as I-635, I-20 and I-80. A mile from the Mesquite Airport, the 3 Class A distribution centers are roughly 20 minutes from downtown Dallas, and 30 minutes from the Dallas/ Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field airports. The first building (70,121 square feet) features a front load configuration with 140-foot deep truck court, 32-foot clear height, 21 dock doors and two drive-in doors with ramps. The second (101,191 square feet is rear load configuration, while the third building (202,165 square feet) is rear load configuration.

_ Pasadena Memorial High School Fieldhouse

Pasadena, Texas

Designer: Samuel Lee of Texas Professional Engineering Group

Contractor: Bayside Plumbing

When the administration at Pasadena Memorial High School continuously heard complaints from football coaches about issues with the hot water for the fieldhouse, they knew something had to change. Administrators had a team install a new tankless water heater system that consists of five compact ultra high-efficiency condensing tankless water heaters. All of the tankless water heaters were mounted on ready-link racks, cascaded together for redundancy, commonly vented, and piped using a ready-link system. The five tankless water heaters were designed to supply endless hot water for all the showers and sinks in the fieldhouse to be running at the same time, and only when hot water is needed.

_ 170 Street Subway Station ADA Upgrades

Bronx, New York

Designer: Urbahn Architects

Contractor: Citnalta-TAP J.V.

The project’s guiding principles were to provide an accessible route from the street to the elevated platforms and to ensure the new work blends aesthetically with the remainder of the station. The accessible route is similar to the route that people without disabilities would take to and through the station. Urbahn added three elevators on the station’s south side and two additional staircases on the north side of the station. The mezzanine. Two existing stairs were upgraded for accessibility. Another interesting element was the relocation of stained glass art windows from the former south side vestibule to the new fare control house at the mezzanine level near the elevators. The station now is fully ADA compliant.

Parma Heights Self Storage }

Parma Heights, Ohio

Designer: LH2 Architecture

Contractor: Fortney & Weygandt, Inc.

As retail continues to change rapidly, people are adapting to new uses and meeting the community in new ways. This is a prime example of that trend. Parma Heights Self Storage converted a former big box retail center into an indoor climate-controlled storage facility, adding units to the existing building and updating a midcentury modern exterior to their more modern brand standards.

_ The Martin Bauer Group Office and Laboratory

Secaucus, New Jersey

Designer: Montroy Andersen DeMarco

Contractor: Falcon Pacific Construction

The main challenge to create a complex beverage and flavor laboratory space within a conventional high-rise office building. The building’s octagonal shape and space perimeter multiple angles created other challenges. The solution was to define areas for the company’s functional needs. The layout separates the reception and conference spaces at the entrance, providing meeting space away from the main work area (located behind reception). A corridor leads from reception and divides the conference rooms. This led to a division between the open office and the labs. Also, the mechanical system in each lab is self-contained and features moisture control for quality air control.