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CONSTRUCTION / DEVELOPMENT
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Sigma-Aldrich
Moves Into New Life Science Center
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Above Left:
In the Sigma-Aldrich Life Science and High Technology Center,
labs bathed in natural light occupy the perimeter of three sides
of the building.
Above Right: The new Sigma-Aldrich R&D facility is part
of a life science technology corridor taking shape in the City of
St. Louis.
The newly completed Sigma-Aldrich Life Science and High Technology
Center will accommodate the company’s expanding biotechnology research
and development division. Situated in downtown St. Louis near Harris-Stowe
College and research centers at Saint Louis University and Washington
University, the Center provides office and lab space for up to 240
scientists and staff as well as a corporate learning center.
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK) partnered with the St. Louis
office of Lockwood Greene on the design of this $55 million facility.
The four-story building consists of two wings connected by a welcome
center and cafeteria on the first level. The 132,500-square-foot
west wing of the structure houses the lab science center and the
east wing is a 12,350-square-foot learning center.
Above:
The lab wing of the Sigma-Aldrich Life Science and High Technology
Center is organized around an open three-story atrium topped with
a clerestory that brings light into the center of the wing. Offices
and support spaces ring the central atrium with open views into
the atrium.
General contractor for the SigmaAldrich Life Science and High Technology
Center was McCarthy Construction. Joining HOK and McCarthy on the
project were Code Consultants Inc., code compliance; and Shen Milsom
& Wilke, audio-visual and acoustics.
Tarlton Completes AmerenUE Coal Transfer Terminal
Above: This
aerial view of the new coal transfer terminal at the AmerenUE Meramec
Plant in South St. Louis County shows the plant’s stack-out systems
where coal is stacked into piles until it is reclaimed by the plant
or loaded onto river barges for transport.
General contractor Tarlton Corp. has completed a new coal transfer
terminal for AmerenEnergy Fuels and Services at its Meramec Plant
in South St. Louis County. The $39 million terminal is designed
to receive more than 10 million tons of fuel-efficient Wyoming coal
annually. Coal deliveries are transported by railroad. The coal
then is stored, blended and transferred to the adjacent power plant
or river barges at a rate of 4,000 tons per hour.
Project challenges included soil instability, proximity to the Mississippi
River, and keeping the plant operational during construction work.
“This was a big project that had to be completed in a very short
time,” says Mike Schimmelpfennig, consulting project engineer for
AmerenUE, adding that the Tarlton team kept the project on its 10-month
“fast track” schedule even through changing water levels.
The team of architects for the project included AmerenUE, Energy
Associates of Montville-NJ, PC&E, Reitz & Jens, Frucon, Design Nine,
Benetech, Lewis & Clark Marine, and Kuhlman Design.
Magellan Health Services Expanding Operations at Riverport Commons
Above: The
Magellan building will largely mirror Riverport Common’s first building
with a distinctive, two-story circular entry marked by bands of
green and gray granite and a curtainwall of green-tinted glass.
A plaza with fountain and a landscaped walkway tracing a series
of cascading waterfalls will visually connect the Magellan service
center with Riverport’s first building.
Above:
Magellan Health Services is centralizing and expanding its St.
Louis workforce in a new $40 million national service center at
River-port Commons, a TRiSTAR Business Communities development in
Maryland Heights.
Magellan Health Services Inc., the nation’s largest provider of
managed behavioral health care and employee assistance programs,
is centralizing and expanding its workforce at Riverport Commons.
Located in Maryland Heights, Riverport Commons is a 38-acre business
park being developed by TRiSTAR Business Communities.
“In addition to consolidating its local 1,400-employee workforce
at Riverport Commons, the company will create 500 new jobs following
its move to the business park in February 2003,” says William Barr,
Magellan executive vice president.
According to Barr, a portion of Magellan’s expanded workforce will
consist of information systems and claims personnel, making the
new facility Magellan’s national center for administering contracts
related to employee-assistance programs, substance-abuse and mental-health
referrals, and counseling.
Based in Columbia, Maryland, Magellan had considered moving its
customer service headquarters to Maryland or Utah from St. Louis.
The Missouri Development Finance Board approved more than $6 million
in BUILD Missouri bonds in support of the project. In addition,
the state found Magellan to be eligible for a comprehensive incentive
package that includes state workforce development programs and business
facility tax credits. The Missouri Department of Economic Development,
the RCGA, and St. Louis County worked with Magellan to facilitate
the expansion and site selection.
Forum Studio designed the 238,000- square-foot service center and
Clayco Construction Co. has started construction of the two-story
building. Joining Clayco and Forum on the Magellan project are Arcturis,
interior designer; Alper Audi Inc., structural engineer; Stock &
Associates Inc., civil engineer; SystemAire Inc., mechanical engineer;
and Lewisites, landscaping.
When complete, Riverport Commons will ultimately host up to three
buildings totaling 475,000 square feet. This is the second time
Clayco and TRiSTAR have partnered at the $65 million office park.
The first project was a 122,252-square-foot office building, which
is partially leased to EDS.
McCarthy Begins New Bernard Middle School in Mehlville
Above:
When completed for the 2003-2004 school year, Mehlville’s new
Bernard Middle School will serve students in sixth, seventh and
eighth grades. McCarthy Construction is construction manager for
this and other projects in Mehlville School District’s Proposition
P Capital Improvements Program.
Serving as construction manager for the Mehlville School District’s
Proposition P Capital Improvements Program, McCarthy has started
the new Bernard Middle School. This will be the first new school
in the district in about 10 years. The 129,000-square-foot complex,
scheduled for completion by August 2003, is being constructed next
to the Bernard Accelerated Elementary School, which will be demolished
following construction of the new Oakville Elementary School.
“The Bernard Middle School is the flagship project for Proposition
P, which will greatly improve the educational environment of the
entire Mehlville School District,” says John Cary, superintendent.
The first projects in the program began June 2001 and the entire
Proposition P Capital Improvement Program is expected to be complete
in September 2005.
The Bernard Middle School is one of several projects McCarthy will
oversee for the $72 million capital improvements program. Voters
approved the Proposition P bond issue in November 2000. New construction
also will include an early childhood facility and the Oakville Elementary
School. Also included in the capital improvement program are renovations
and additions at the district’s two high schools, three existing
middle schools, and eight elementary schools.
Over the past 16 years, McCarthy has built more than 300 school
projects nationwide. In the St. Louis area, McCarthy has managed
an eight-year, $382 million capital improvements program for the
St. Louis Public Schools and an $18.8 million upgrade of facilities
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