Non-Profit Facilities
YWCA at Southeast Gateway
One of the first buildings in the new Southeast Gateway development area of Winston-Salem, the new YWCA is a 90,000 square-foot facility with an NCAA-size competition pool, beach-entry fun pool, basketball courts overlooked by a suspended running track, a 9,000 square-foot fitness center, a cyber café, and a computerized library. Frank L. Blum Construction Company was pre-selected as the general contractor for this facility. The site was extremely challenging.
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| I am pleased in looking back over my 22 years at Wake Forest to see how important Frank L. Blum Construction Company has been for us. Whenever the job is especially difficult and time intensive, both I and my Director of Facilities, Bill Sides, turn to your firm.
Examples of your excellent work abound; the gatehouses which protect the campus at night, which were done on an extremely tight time schedule; Kirby Wing of Calloway Center, perhaps our most beautiful new space; and the new and renovated Pit, which was delivered 2 1/2 weeks early and under budget. The amount your firm saved us on the Kirby Wing was sufficient to finish all of the planned-to-be-vacant space in the basement! Of course, your signature building is the Mary and Charlie Babcock Wing at Reynolda House, a superb structure built on schedule and on budget. It is a magnificant addition to the museum.
You and your people have exhibited the kind of professional, competent, and helpful spirit a client would want. I can and do recommend you most highly and without reservation. |
John Anderson
Vice President, Finance and Administration
Wake Forest University |
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