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Holy Rosary Catholic Church Parish Life Center

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Holy Rosary Catholic Church Parish Life Center
Location:  Memphis, Tennessee Architect:  Hord Architects This is a multipurpose project that houses a gymnasium, administration center, youth room, kitchen, and other associated spaces. Also included in the Burr & Cole scope of services was a demolition plan for 5 residences and the parish rectory.  We coordinated utility removal.  A covered walk connects the building to the existing sanctuary.  Additional parking spaces were included in the design....
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Presbyterian Day School (PDS) Renovations

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Presbyterian Day School
Location:  Memphis, Tennessee Architect:  The Crump Firm This two-story building on the 2nd Presbyterian Church campus consists of an early childhood center, gymnasium with a full-sized basketball court, lifetime fitness and a mechanical room. The structure is comprised of steel frame composite concrete slab with reinforced concrete masonry.  This addition to the existing building and adds approximately 83,800 s.f. of new construction. The building addition was designed per High Seismic Zone requirements as governed by the International Building Code 2006. The seismic design incorporated a site specific seismic evaluation.  The seismic occupancy category was considered a substantial hazard to human life and therefore was designed for higher seismic forces than an ordinary building....
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Methodist LeBonheur Hospital Germantown Women & Children’s Pavilion & Parking Garage

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Location:  Germantown, Tennessee Architect:  TRO Jung|Brannen Burr & Cole had the opportunity to work on this significant addition and upgrade of the Methodist LeBonheur Germantown Hosptal.   A new women’s and children’s center was incorporated into the design. This addition allowed for a new 24-bed neo-natal intensive care unit with private rooms to replace the old 16-bed ward set-up. Connected to the Pavilion is the recently completed Parking Deck which was also a part of our engineering scope.  This Parking Deck has three levels of parking for approximately 630 cars and is designed for a possible future fourth level. Also included in our scope was the structural engineering of approximately 100,000 SF of renovation within the existing facility.  This renovation expanded...
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