University of Louisville Building Pediatric Center

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Louisville (UofL) Foundation began construction on a new, 170,000-square-foot pediatric medical office building on July 18. An official groundbreaking ceremony for the project will be held later this fall, according to a statement.

The local office of GBBN and Atlanta-based Stanley Beaman & Sears are serving as the architects on the project while the local office of Messer Construction Co. is serving as the general contractor. All have been involved in the project since last year, shortly after planning for the building began in January 2015. The project is estimated to cost $79 million, including construction and furnishing costs, reported .

UofL owns the property spanning the entire block, which currently houses the Physicians Outpatient Center, University Hospital Ambulatory Care Building, UofL School of Dentistry and a parking garage. The new pediatric medical office building will be located adjacent to the UofL Physicians Outpatient Center. It will contain all of the UofL Physicians pediatric specialty clinical practices, with general pediatrics located on the ground floor. The eight-story building will house seven clinical floors as well as a lab and pharmacy and radiology services. A multipurpose conference area on the top floor will connect to a variety of rooftop garden spaces for occupants to collaborate.

“This [facility] will be the premier pediatrics care building for children in the state of Kentucky,” said Dr. Gerard Rabalais, chair of the UofL Department of Pediatrics, in a statement. “This will allow parents easy access to pediatrics specialists and primary care providers in one location, with everything designed specifically for children and their families. It is our intent that through this new facility, we will be building the future of pediatric care for years to come.”

The design team created the building with a blank wall facing the street and positioned the building’s main entrance facing an interior wrap-around driveway inside the block that can be accessed via Chestnut Street, according to , a local publication. A pedestrian bridge will connect the facility to the existing UofL Physicians Outpatient Center across Chestnut Street, which would then connect occupants to other existing bridges to the hospital or to the existing parking garage.

Based on design materials, the new pediatric center will be clad in glass and metal panels, with windows on the upper floors designed to create a more playful look, reported Broken Sidewalk. It will include a three-story lobby designed with a bird’s nest theme, with hanging, nest-like seating areas on the ground floor and a bird mobile displayed overhead, according to Broken Sidewalk.

The building is scheduled for completion in July 2018.

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University of Louisville Debuts Collegiate Soccer Stadium

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The men’s and women’s soccer teams played their first game in the newly constructed Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium (or simply Lynn Stadium) on Aug. 29 in Louisville. The stadium is the largest collegiate soccer venue in the country, and it took about 15 months to complete.
The Estopinal Group designed the stadium, which features natural grass and seating for more than 5,300 people, while Abel Construction served as the general contractor. Both companies are locally based.
Athletic programs, especially soccer, at the University of Louisville continue to be successful. As such, the school is entering the Atlantic Coast Conference, a competitive league in Division I sports, making the new stadium a wanted addition to the campus. Lynn Stadium is the second-largest, on-campus facility project. The first was the football team’s 55,000-seat Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.
The natural turf field is surrounded by chair-back seating for 2,300 in the main grandstand, bleacher seating for 900 in the east end zone and two berms, which can accommodate 2,100. Soccer fans sitting in the grandstands will be protected from sun-overexposure or rain by an expansive, weather-resistant roof.
The roof is extremely energy efficient. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Birdair Inc. installed the 24,000-square-foot PTFE fiberglass canopy roof. The fiberglass is Energy Star and Cool Roof Rating Council certified. During scientific tests of its solar properties, it was discovered that these fiberglass membranes reflect as much as 73 percent of the sun’s energy while holding just 7 percent on its exterior surface.
“The University of Louisville now has the premier collegiate soccer stadium in the country. Birdair is proud to be a part of this monumental project,” said Michael Grant, project manager for Birdair Inc., in a statement. “The Birdair canopy roof adds sophistication to the state-of-the-art facility and provides fans with protection from the weather.”
The complex features separate team locker rooms for the men and women home teams and opponents, as well as coaches’ locker rooms and lounge areas. It has an approximately 700-square-foot indoor warm-up area designed to provide maximum space for training. Cardinal student athletes and coaches will also benefit from the 830-square-foot video room for scouting purposes in addition to the training and equipment rooms. For improved security, student athletes and coaches will have to go through finger print access points to gain admission into the facility.
Six ticket windows will greet fans entering the stadium. Upon gaining admission, fans will pass by the main concession stand that features up to 14 queues, and over 300 feet of dasher boards will be on display along the north side of the field.
Housed atop the grandstand at midfield, a press box offers ample amounts of room and amenities to accommodate members of the media covering the game. Adjacent to the press box is a donor suite, along with a separate television suite, rooms for home and visiting radio, an area for the media as well as an operations room.
Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn gave $5 million to the $18.5 million dollar facility. The school’s athletics department will now move onto other construction projects including a new $14 million academic center for student athletes and possibly an expansion of the football team’s Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.

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