New Mexico Top Projects

New Mexico Top Projects 

1. Inn of the 

Mountain Gods 

Construction Cost: $100 million 

Start Date: Jan. 2003 

Completion Date: April 2005 

Owner: Mescalero Apache Tribe 

GC: Centex Construction Company Inc. 

Architect: Worth Group Architects 

Subcontractors: Coreslab Structures, 

Inc.; Mills Electrical Contractors; 

Northstar Fire Protection; Valley Crest; 

Beaty Construction; Southland Industries; 

Amfab Inc.; Douglass Roofing Co.; ISEC 

Summary: The new five-star resort 

will replace the original resort which 

was built in 1975. It will feature more 

than 1.1 million-sq.-ft. of space and 

includes a 1,500-space three-level 

underground parking garage, which will 

be the largest steel-framed subterranean 

garage in the U.S. The project also 

includes a casino, several restaurants 

and a conference center. >> 

PHOTO COURTESY CENTEX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC.


2. MESA MicroFab 


Start Date: June 2003 

Completion Date: March 2005 

Owner: Sandia National Laboratories 

GC: MA Mortenson Co. 

Architect: Carter & Burgess, Inc.; IDC 

Architects 

Subcontractors: AUI, Inc.; TEF 

Construction; Comark Building 

Systems; Southwest Hazard Control; 

Del Rio Enterprises, Inc.; Enterprises 

Electrical Svc. Inc.; Yearout Mechanical; 

Rupert Plumbing 

Summary: The first of three huge capital 

improvement projects at Sandia 

National Labs, the 98,000-sq.-ft. project 

will provide clean rooms for research, 

development and limited production of 

semi-conductor technologies. 

Microsystems of the future will be integrated 

systems that are able to sense, 

think, act and communicate. The small 

size and functionality of these systems 

will revolutionize the safety and reliabil- 

3. Wingate 

Elementary School 

Construction Cost: $37.5 million 

Start Date: March 2003 

Completion Date: Nov. 2004 

Owner: Corps of Engineers/ Bureau 

of Indian Affairs 

Design-Build Team: Kitchell-Martin; 

Van H. Gilbert Architects/ ASCG Inc. 

Subcontractors: Bowers Electric; 

Sparling Construction, Inc.; Kaufman 

Fire Protection; Les File Drywall; 

Yearout Mechanical; Ferreri 

Construction; W & W Steel; Goodrich 

Roofing 

Summary: Each campus building at 

Wingate is oriented along the theme of 

the circle as being like life, a never-ending 

progress. The 263,000-sq.-ft. campus 

will house 800 kindergartenthrough-8th 

graders and is the community's 

first new school since 1966. 

Facilities include new dormitories, 

classrooms, computer capabilities and 

upgraded energy efficiencies along 

ity of weapons systems in the US stockpile. 

The MicroFab includes a 16,000sq.-ft. 

cleanroom in a three-level struc- 

with a new well. The new school will 

have an early childhood unit, science 

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ture with a fan deck, clean room, subfab 

and a 9,000-sq.-ft. central utility 

building. 

PHOTO COURTESY GERALD MARTIN, LTD. 

labs, a media center and a nurse's 

office.

4. MESA MicroLab 


Start Date: Nov. 2003 

Completion Date: July 2005 

Owner: Sandia National Laboratories 

GC: Hensel Phelps Construction 

Architect: Carter & Burgess, Inc. 

Subcontractors: Klinger Construction; 

DKD Electric Co.; CFA; Western Glass; 

PCI Contractors 

Summary: This 131,000-sq.-ft. building 

is comprised of chemical, electrical 

and laser labs, along with an education 

and design center. The lab will provide 

space for more than 270 researchers for 

developing, prototyping and testing 

micro-system components. The building 

is a 3-story concrete waffle slab 

structure designed for 500 micro-inch 

vibration criteria to support sensitive 

laboratory equipment. >> 


PHOTO COURTESY SANDIA NATIONAL LABS


5. Route 66 Casino 



Completion Date: Sept. 2003 

Owner: Laguna Development 

Corporation 

GC: Jaynes Corporation 

Architect: Rick Bennett Architect 

Subcontractors: Pace Iron Works Inc.; 

Beaty Construction Co.; Chaparral 

Electric Co.; F & R Painting; Franklins 

Earthmoving; Hughes & Associates; 

Yearout Mechanical; Western Glass & 

Panels 

Summary: The Laguna Pueblo Route 

66 Casino is the first Indian mega-casino 

in New Mexico to breakaway from 

the traditional southwestern pueblo 

revival stucco and vigas motif. The 

157,534-sq.-ft. casino features a gaming 

and bingo area with more than 1,200 

slot machines, blackjack, roulette and 

craps tables. The venue also features a 

49,000-sq.-ft. performing arts auditorium 

with seating for 3,000, a buffet 

restaurant and food court decorated 

6. The Embassy Suites 

Hotel & Conference Center, 

Albuquerque 


Start Date: Sept. 2003 

Completion Date: March 2005 

Owner: John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc 

GC: KCC Contractors, Inc. 

Architect: Butler Rosenbury & 

Partners 

Subcontractors: Romero Excavating; 

Condore Construction; TLC Company; 

G & H Construction Co.; ConDeck; 

Forney Welding; Rocky Mountain 

Roofing; Midwest Partitions; Miller 

Bonded; Lynx Electric Co. 

Summary: The 283,000-sq.-ft. hotel 

includes 261 rooms, an indoor pool and 

water feature, an atrium with three architectural 

skylights and a large convention 

center space. The structure of the building 

is post-tensioned concrete compo- 

with a giant cowboy with a 100 gallon 

hat, meeting rooms and employee locker 

room area, an 8,150-sq.-ft. Porte 

nents, cast in place concrete and structural 

steel, with exteriors of synthetic exterior 

stucco covering. The first floor of the 


PHOTO COURTESY JAYNES CORP. 

Cochere and valet parking booth. The 

themed casino highlights the glory days 

of old Rt. 66. 

PHOTO COURTESY KCC CONTRACTORS, INC. 

nine-story building will have an in-house 

gift shop, sports bar and an outdoor seating 

area with a large adobe fireplace.

7. Los Alamos Burn Area 

Reconstruction 


Start Date: Sept. 2003 


Owner: Incorporated County of Los 

Alamos 

GC: AUI, Inc. 

Design: URS Corporation; Camp 

Dresser & McKee 

Subcontractors: BSN Santa Fe; 

McDade-Woodcock, Inc.; MR Tafoya 

Construction, Inc.; Heads Up Landscape 

Contractors; DH Underground; Excel 

Excavating; Aimone-Martin Assoc.; 

Action Safety Supply; Geo-Test Inc. 

Summary: Reconstruction of approximately 

8.5 miles of residential roadway 

and water distribution and transmission 

lines including paving, curb and 

gutter; sidewalk; drainage improvements; 

earthwork; trenching; backfill; 

compaction; waterlines; valves; pressure 

reducing valve stations; electrical 

under grounding system; street lighting; 

residential utility services; horizon- 


PHOTO COURTESY AUI, INC. 

tal directional drilling; jack and bore 

and other miscellaneous items. >>


8. Lea County 

Detention Facility 



Completion Date: Dec. 2004 

Owner: Lea County 

Program Manager: White 

Construction Company 

Architect: Hellmuth, Obata + 

Kassabaum LP; DCSW Architects Inc. 

Prime Contractors: Reid and Gary 

Strickland Co.; ISI Detention Systems; 

Century Fire Systems; Rhoads 

Company; Bowers Electric 

Subcontractors: Moyer Masonry; 

Concrete Structures, Inc.; Gate 

Concrete; Armstrong Construction 

Summary: The Lovington, N.M. 

located facility will provide housing for 

400 adult inmates and 32 juvenile 

inmates, with future expansion to 500 

inmates possible. We have a combination 

of direct and indirect supervision 

PHOTO COURTESY WHITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 

pods with a strong emphasis on programs 

and treatment components. The 

design allows natural light to flood dayrooms 

and deliver filtered light to cells 

and other locations in the facility. The 

project also includes an exterior 

mechanical access perimeter, a large 

community room, a medical unit and a 

classification unit. The juvenile unit 

will include a classroom, open air recreation 

and office space for the probation 

department.


Start Date: Aug. 2003 

Completion Date: Oct. 2004 

Owner: New Mexico Department of 

Transportation 

GC: Nielsons Skanska, Inc. 

Design: North Sound Consulting 

Summary: The last of a three-phase 

project to reconstruct the Pojoaque 

Corridor, Project, the first two phases 

built by FNF Construction were profiled 

in last year's Top Projects. 

Nielsons Skanska's phase involves 

moving 450,000 cu. yds of earth and 

135,000 metric tons of asphalt, with 9in. 

of Super Pave 3 laid in three lifts on 

a 6-in. base course, all while keeping 

the roadway open for heavy traffic most 

of the time. 

10. Ishkoteen Tribal 

Justice Center 




Owner: Jicarilla Apache Nation 

Construction Manager: Layton 

Construction Co., Inc. 

Architect: Ray Love Architect, Inc. 

Subcontractors: Allegro 

Development; Concrete Concepts; 

Lumar Steel & Supply; Salmon 

Electrical Contr.; Star Masonry; 

Structural Services 

Summary: The 115,000-sq.-ft. center 

located on a 20-acre site in Dulce, NM 

will serve a broad range of tribal needs 

with facilities that include separate 

adult jail facilities for male and female 

prisoners, holding cells, juvenile 

detention facilities, an infirmary, 

Tribal EMS offices, courts, offices, a 

gymnasium and exercise yard and animal 

control facilities. With a structure 

primarily of steel and masonry, this 

single-story facility incorporates modern 

detention and treatment facilities 

with a design reflective of traditional 

tribal themes. It will be serviced with a 



PHOTO COURTESY NORTH SOUND CONSULTING 

PHOTO COURTESY LAYTON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. 

ground source heat pump to increase 

energy efficiency. >>


11. FBI Building 



Completion Date: 

Owner: M.L. Harris & Co. 

GC: Jaynes Corp. 

Architect: Rees Associates, Inc. 

Subcontractors: Franklins Earthmoving; 

McDade Woodcock; AmFab Inc; Beaty 

Construction; Rodriquez Plastering & 

Lathing; Western Glass & Panels; Yearout 

Mechanical; Jaynes Structures, Inc. 

Summary: The 116,500-sq.-ft. project is 

located on land near I-25 and north of 

Commanche NE. The project also includes 

a 73,500-sq-ft. parking structure designed 

to hold 144 vehicles. The General Services 

Administration plans to lease the building 

on behalf of the FBI for 20 years. 

12. Roy E. Disney Center 

for the Performing Arts 


Start Date: Oct. 2001 


Owner: National Hispanic Cultural 

Center 

GC: Gerald Martin Ltd. 

Architect: FMSM (defunct); Alex Griego 

Subcontractors: 

Summary: A 691-seat proscenium theater 

is the centerpiece of the project, incorporating 

the latest technology. The building 

and site work consists of over 5,200 cu. 

yds. of concrete in the cast-in-place structure. 

Structural steel beams weighing in 

excess of eight tons each were placed using 

one of the largest cranes in New Mexico. 

13. Laguna-Acoma Jr./Sr. 

High School 


Start Date: Jan. 2002 


Owner: Grants/ Cibola County 

Schools 

GC: Gerald Martin Ltd. 

Architect: DCSW Inc. 

Subcontractors: Beaty Construction; 

Hughes & Associates; SW Glass & 

Glazing; Lynx Electric; Brown's Navajo 

Masonry; Miller Bonded; Kenneco

Roofing; Aztec Grading 

Summary: The 133,000-sq.-ft. school 

sits on 100 acres and is organized around 

a central courtyard with a 'village' concept. 

Facilities include 14 regular classrooms, 

various computer, science and technology 

labs, a 1,200-seat gym, locker rooms and 

office space. There is also a large fourtiered 

multi-purpose room with a stage. 

14. New Mexico State 

Office Building 


Start Date: June 2002 

Completion Date: April 2004 

Owner: State of New Mexico - 

Property Control Division 

GC: HB Construction, Inc. 

Architect: SMPC Architects 

Subcontractors: Lynx Electric; Miller 

Bonded; Sound Control; Beaty 

Construction; Lopez Roofing; PCI 

Contractors; Structural Services 

Summary: The three-story project 

also features an underground parking 

garage. Construction included demolition 

of the previous structure, drilled 


pier concrete foundations, slab on grade 

and structural steel. 

15. Joseph A. Fidel Student 

Services Building 


Start Date: Dec. 2003 


Owner: New Mexico Institute of 

Mining & Technology 

GC: Bradbury Stamm 

Construction, Inc. 

Architect: BPLW Architects & 

Engineers 

Subcontractors: Pace Iron Works; 

Moyer Masonry & Const., Inc.; 

Southwest Glass & Glazing; Les File 

Drywall; Gamblin Rodgers Elect. 

Contractors; Formworks Specialists, 

Inc.; A-1 Quality Redi Mix 

Summary: Located in Sorocco, N.M., 

this new 90,312-sq.-ft. student services 

building will consolidate all student services 

functions into one facility.

New Mexico Top Projects

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