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| Bloomington, MN
350,000
Wirth Companies
Elness, Swenson, Graham
Adolfson & Peterson
| | A post-tensioned concrete flat plate system was used for this 400-key hotel, which forms two sides of an enclosed 70,000 square foot water park. The other two sides are formed by the water park structure, which is framed with a structural steel system. Exterior walls are non-bearing masonry with light gage steel framing. A stepped roof progresses upward from the hotel to the opposite corner of the water park, culminating in a 10-story tower that houses a water slide and elevators. Completed in 2006, the water park is the largest of its kind in the United States. |
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| San Antonio, Texas
230,000
Carlson Hospitality Worldwide
Elness Swenson Graham
Ryan Construction
| | The $44 million resort and “lifestyle” community combines short-term hospitality service and year-round residential living with a 172,545 square foot, 227-room hotel and 108 condominium units in a 55,000 square foot building. Structural systems for the hotel include precast concrete, reinforced masonry bearing walls, and drilled concrete piers. The condominium building uses wood framing over one level of post-tensioned concrete. These facilities, along with five wood framed townhomes and several swimming pools, are set among 27 acres of themed gardens, walking trails, and golf course. |
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| Miami, Florida
230,000
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
Elness Swenson Graham Architects, Inc.
Kraus-Anderson Construction
| | The nine-story, 300 room hotel is framed with cast-in-place, post-tensioned concrete; the casino and conference center are framed using structural steel, with composite concrete floor slab. The entire facility is supported on 725 auger-cast concrete piles. |
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| Minneapolis, Minnesota
450,000
CSM Corporation
Elness Swenson Graham Architects, Inc.
BOR-SON Construction
| | As part of the renovation of the historic Milwaukee Road Railroad Depot, MBJ provided structural design services for new construction of a 210-unit Courtyard Hotel, a 150-unit Residence Inn, a waterpark, and an 850-vehicle, cast-in-place concrete parking ramp. Construction materials for the Courtyard Hotel were primarily cast-in-place, post-tensioned concrete. The Residence Inn hotel is a four-story wood frame structure. | > 2002 Preservation Alliance of Minnesota
> 2002 Committee on Urban Environment Award
> 2001 Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Award
> 2001 Project of the Year, American Institute of Architects
> 2001 Divine Details Award, American Institute of Architects
> 2001 Excellence in Concrete Construction Award, Iowa/Minnesota Chapter ACI
> 1999 Best Overall Project, City Business, Minneapolis, MN
> 1999 Best Redevelopment Project, City Business, Minneapolis, MN
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| Duluth, Minnesota
80,000
City of Duluth
Stanius Johnson Architects, Architect of Record; LMN Architects, Design Architect
Johnson Wilson Constructors
| | Panoramic views of the Duluth Harbor and aerial lift bridge can be seen from the 80,000 square foot expansion, which added three levels of meeting and conference rooms. The building is constructed with a structural steel frame and composite concrete floors. Clear span structural steel roof trusses up to 100 feet long allow column free spaces on the upper level. The project is supported by driven steel pipe piling extending up to 140 feet into the dense glacial till soils. |
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| Tower, MN
85,000
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Elness Swenson Graham Architects
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
| | Owned and operated by the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Fortune Bay Resort is located in the Superior National Forest on Lake Vermillion. Conference facilities and a 116-unit, wood-framed hotel were the major components of this expansion project. In addition the gaming area was expanded by 8,000 square feet. Braced steel framing and composite metal deck are the primary structural systems used in the construction of the 500-seat conference center/ballroom. |
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