Location: Memphis, Tennessee The Rhodes College West Village provides students with three floors and 52,000 square feet of residence hall space including several common spaces and two fireplaces. The West Village Residence Hall contains 141 beds. Half of the living spaces are single room suites while the remaining half is made up of double room suites. Each living space includes a common kitchen area, living room area and bathroom. There are laundry facilities on each floor of the structure. In designing this beautiful, Gothic style building, it was important that the structure blend in with the surrounding campus. The area required site work that would smoothly and attractively connect the new structure to existing campus buildings. Burr & Cole provided...
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University of Memphis Central Avenue Parking Reconfiguration
Location: Memphis, Tennessee We were the Prime Designer on this project which was the redesign of the lot to include approximately 1500 spaces. Asphalt paving, earthwork, concrete curbs and pavement, landscaping, irrigation, parking lot lighting and electrical conduits were included in the scope...
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CN Railway New Car Repair Shop
Location: Memphis, Tennessee Canadian National Railway (CN) reconstructed its Johnston Yard facility located at 2921 Old Horn Lake Road in Memphis, Tennessee. This project included the construction of a new classification yard, departure tracks, receiving tracks, yardmaster tower, car shop, offices and locomotive shop. Burr & Cole was the Prime Designer on this project. This project consists of a pre-engineered metal building, 45,000 total square feet, of which 36,000 s.f. of railcar repair shop facility and 9,000 s.f. of office and support. The repair shop is high bay with approximately 30 feet clear. The low bay office and support is approximately 12 foot eave height. It had a total construction cost of $4 million. This was a fast track, design...
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