Education
HPU's Slane Student Center
The addition and renovation of Slane Student Center is part of High Point University's ambitious growth plan. The new building includes an upper level indoor running track visible from two exercise areas, a Starbucks coffee shop, and several conversational groupings. The lower level features a varsity basketball court and a Subway and Chick-Fil-A food court.
Challenges included minimal staging areas and a complicated site including the construciton of a heated outdoor swimming pool and poolhouse area. Also, the face of the original Student Activity Center, built in 1962, had to be demolished while guaranteeing safety of students and staff and without impeding business in its bookstore or cafeteria.
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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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