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Portfolio - Higher Education
Agriculture Research Complex
This 42,300 square foot research lab built for the University of Arizona is an extremely complex facility for the study of the environmental factors that affect the productive capacity of farm animals, particularly cattle, in arid lands such as the Sonoran Desert in which the University of Arizona lies.
Construction required careful coordination between all trades, particularly for piping layout which ranged from 12' below grade to 40' above grade. Miles of electrical wiring were installed. Utility trenches as wide as 8' accommodate piping needs. The environmental challenge modules simulate arid environmental conditions.
Arizona State Museum
Lloyd Construction worked as a Construction Manager at Risk to renovate this historic building to accommodate the new Southwest Ceramic Preservation Project laboratory.
Previously, Lloyd completed another extensive renovation of this historic museum building on The University of Arizona campus. That work included life safety upgrades and a new central plant.
Campus Police Station
Lloyd Construction worked in a Construction Manager at Risk relationship to complete the new Campus Police Station for The University of Arizona. Both design and construction were completed within 12 months. Lloyd received praise from both the architect and The University on the quality of construction. A Guaranteed Maximum Price less than the original construction budget allowed for covered parking and upgraded security system.
Cochise College Expansion
Lloyd Construction completed new science, library, and administration buildings for Cochise College in Sierra Vista near the Arizona/Mexico border. The new science building included laboratories with walk-in coolers, lab gas and air troughs, science casework, and epoxy countertops.
Cochise College - Douglas Campus
Lloyd Construction was selected to serve as the Construction Manager at Risk for the addition of several buildings to the Douglas, Arizona campus of Cochise College, near the US/Mexico border. Featured are a new career technology building; a new science building; renovations to two student services buildings, the little theater, and the existing science building; new central housing; and 13 new 8-person dormitories.
The project schedule is very tight, and construction work started while the campus was occupied. Lloyd was able to set the Guaranteed Maximum Price using construciton documents that were only 75% complete. Lloyd also worked closely with the architect and the owner to address sequencing issues.
College of Architecture & Landscape Architecture Expansion
Lloyd Construction was retained by The University of Arizona to work in a Construction Manager at Risk relationship to build a three-story addition to the existing College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at The University of Arizona, and to renovate the existing facility. The addition houses classrooms, laboratories, and workshops. The addition has been designed using structural steel framing, masonry wainscoting and insulated metal panels as the exterior skin.
Intercollegiate Athletic Facilities
Lloyd Construction was selected to serve as the Construction Manager at Risk for this new 43,150 SF indoor practice gymnasium for the University of Arizona Wildcats. The project also includes an expansion of the existing gymnastics facility and a new 6,150 square foot diving pool. The indoor practice gym features two competition sized basketball courts, five mini basketball courts, and seven volleyball courts. The facility is depressed one story into the ground and is linked at the lower level to the McKale Center, the main competition venue for basketball and volleyball. An upper level entry provides access from grade level for special events such as fundraising and summer camps. An upper level mezzanine surrounds the playing surface below and is used for filming and observation.
A 30’ expansion of the existing gymnastics building allows for a full range of gymnastic practice and training. The new diving pool is equipped with a series of diving platforms and springboards ranging from 1 meter to 10 meters. The pool also accommodates water polo competitions. An additional deck area enhances dry-floor training space integral to diving practice and training regimens.
Learning Services Building
Lloyd Construction worked in a Construction Manager at Risk relationship with The University of Arizona to build the new 14,200 SF Learning Services Building which houses offices for several academic departments. This was the University’s first CM at Risk contract, and both design and construction were completed in 18 months, about a year less than the typical schedule for a University project. By performing value engineering, a larger building than originally anticipated was built without increasing the budget. It was noted by the University’s Project Manager that their inspectors had commented on the quality of the project and consider it a model for UA work.
Life Sciences North
Lloyd Construction completed build-out in the University of Arizona’s Life Sciences North building of three existing floors of shell space, as well as the conversion of shell space into new research laboratories and clean rooms for tuberculosis and microbiology research for the UA College of Medicine.
Meinel Optical Sciences Center
Lloyd Construction completed the expansion of the Meinel Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona. The 47,000 SF expansion will double the size of the facility and allow it to retain its status as one of the world’s premier optical instructional and research programs.
Residence Life Renewal
Working as a Construction Manager at Risk with The University of Arizona, Lloyd Construction will renovate nine UA dormitories during each of the summer breaks from 2004 to 2008. Each summer we will complete approximately $7 million in interior infrastructure upgrades to the dormitories, five of which are historic. Phase 1, comprising $7 million of work in three dormitories, was completed during the 2004 summer break in just 70 days, in time for the arrival of students for the fall semester.
Sarver Heart Center
Lloyd Construction completed a new three-story, 45,000 square foot heart center built as a vertical addition to the existing three-story University of Arizona College of Medicine. It was built while the College of Medicine was in session and while the adjacent hospital was in full operation. This critical heart research facility features both dry and wet laboratories.
