Reno Architects to Design Church

Reno's Licata Hansen Associates Architecture has been selected as the architect for Grace Community Church's new facility in the Carson Valley. Grace's 20-acre site will contain a sanctuary, Sunday school classrooms, administrative offices, and sports fields, as well as other amenities, to be completed in a multi-phase project. The complex will accommodate the congregation's growing future needs in a cost-effective building envelope.

LHAA's design team for this $1.3 million project will include Knopf Sharp & Associates, with additional consulting accomplished on a design-build basis. R.O. Anderson and Pezzonella Associates Inc. have been retained by the owner to provide civil engineering and geotechnical services, respectively.

Construction is expected to begin fall 2003, with completion scheduled for summer 2004.

EJM Development Co., recently announced the construction completion of Arrowhead Building 14, a 158,125-sq.-ft. warehouse/office building in the Arrowhead Commerce Center. The building, located at 6180 S. Pearl St. in Green Valley, is available for immediate occupancy.

Located on 9.38 acres, the building offers high image office/warehouse space, divisible to 21,600-sq.-ft. units. Arrowhead Building 14 features a state-of-the-art fire sprinkler system throughout, minimum 30-ft. ceilings, a 61-ft. deep concrete truck apron, 9 x 10 ft. dock high loading doors and 12 x 14 ft. grade level loading doors, with excellent access and truck circulation. In addition, the office space is built to suit.

Schuff International, Inc. recently announced the award of a new project to a subsidiary.

The Forum Shops at Caesar's, Phase 3, Las Vegas, Nev., involves the fabrication and erection of approximately 2,300 tons of structural and miscellaneous steel for the addition of approximately 320,000 sq.-ft. of retail space. Fabrication is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2003, with erection completed in the fourth quarter of 2003. Las Vegas-based Perini Building Co. awarded the project to Schuff Steel.

The project will replace the current outdated building with a new state-of-the-art facility and includes demolition of the existing building, and complete construction of the new building encompassing asbestos abatement, pile foundation, steel frame, and exterior metal stud walls with plaster finish. Construction crews began work on the 48,000-sq.-ft. building on March 17 and completion is scheduled for spring of 2004.

Clark & Sullivan's Terrence Spampanato serves as project manager and Berry Tholl serves as project superintendent.