 | | 
| Minneapolis, MN
230,000
University of Minnesota
Antoine Predock (Design); KKE Architects (Record)
M.A. Mortenson
| | Drawing inspiration from the Split Rock geologic form on the North Shore of Lake Superior, world-renowned architect, Antione Predock, designed a rock-like structure to house the assembly area of the McNamara Alumni Center. Framed with structural steel and clad in granite, the building is randomly sliced or "fissured" with irregularly shaped windows. Inside, a 90-foot atrium houses the Memorial Hall, the Heritage Gallery, and the reconstructed Memorial Arch. Attached to the public assembly portion of the facility is a seven-story, rectangular office building, framed in cast-in-place post-tensioned concrete. | > 2002 Consulting Engineers Council of Minnesota Grand Award
> 2001 American Institute of Steel Construction National Award
Modern Steel Construction magazine McNamara Article
|
| 
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
300,000
University of Minnesota
Ellerbe Becket
Ryan Companies
| | The renovation of Coffman Memorial Union is part of the University of Minnesota's Riverbend Commons development project, intended to restore the original architectural plan for the Northrop Mall and visually connect it to the Mississippi River. The 300,000 square foot project consisted of rehabilitation of the aging existing structure and a new entrance, which harnesses natural light to create a brighter interior. Structural materials for the new construction are cast-in-place concrete and structural steel. |
| 
| Duluth, Minnesota
110,000
University of Minnesota - Duluth
Ross, Barney & Jankowski, Design Architect; Stanius Johnson Architects, Architect of Record
M.A. Mortenson
| | This new 110,000 square foot lab/classroom building on the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota provides facilities for the chemistry, fresh water research, and biology departments. Major structural features are a forty-foot-high light collecting element set in an atrium at the intersection of the research and labs areas and the structure’s span of an adjacent campus street. The building’s main framing system is diagonally-braced structural steel, supporting composite slab. Walls are steel stud exterior with brick and taconite stone veneer. |
| 
| Arden Hills, Minnesota
110,000
Bethel University
Tsoi/Kobus (Design); KKE Architects (Record)
M.A. Mortenson
| | Nestled into a hillside above Valentine Lake, Bethel’s new student center ties into several existing buildings via concourses, skyways, and a new commons area. The main building rises 4 levels from shoreline to hilltop and uses a cast-in-place concrete wide module pan and joist system atop spread footings. Excavation of the site required the removal of 30,000 yards of soil, leaving a grade change of 2 levels from southwest to northeast across the site. To deal with the permanent unbalanced earth pressure created by the steep grade, a cast-in-place concrete framing system with concrete shear walls was deemed the best solution. |
| 
| Duluth, Minnesota
135,000
University of Minnesota
Stageberg, Beyer, Sachs, Inc., Design Architect; Stanius Johnson Architects, Architect of Record
Oscar J. Boldt Construction
| | Constructed primarily with cast-in-place concrete, using a wide module forming system, the new library facility has four levels and provides 135,000 square feet of new space. A structural steel system supports the domed roof structure over the building rotunda. Below-grade tunnels constructed with cast-in-place concrete create pedestrian links to adjacent buildings. |
| 
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
184,000
University of Minnesota
Stageberg, Beyer, Sachs Architects
M.A. Mortenson Construction
| | The Anderson library houses a five-story, 100,000 square foot lending library, above ground, and an 84,000 square foot archive facility, which is fifty feet below bedrock. The two facilities are connected by vertical elevator and stair shafts. Structural systems include precast concrete and structural steel. |
| 
| St. Paul, Minnesota
370,000
St. Paul Public Schools
Perkins + Will (Design); Symmes Maini McKee (Record)
Knutson Construction
| | The four-story facility is constructed using precast concrete plank, structural steel and steel joists. The structure is entirely supported by driven steel pipe piling and cast-in-place concrete pile caps and grade beams. |
|
|
|
