Location: 800 South Wind River Drive, in the Douglas Business Park, Douglas, Wyoming
Building Size: Approximately 28,450 square feet; One-story (all new construction)
Lead Designer: GSG Architecture, Casper, Wyoming
Earthwork Package: Concrete Foundations, Inc., Douglas, Wyoming
General Contractor:
Building Package: Clark and Sullivan Construction, Laramie, Wyoming
Estimated Cost: $10,579,735 *
Current Schedule:
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Architectural Design: January 2013 - August 2013
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Construction Bidding and Award Period: August - December 2013
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Construction: January 2014 - January 2015
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Occupancy: February 2015
Commentary
Construction operations on the EWC "Building Package" began in January 2014. Prior to the Building Package, an "Earthwork Package" project was performed at the site. The EWC site was found to have had significant amounts of waste concrete buried across the site. A majority of the buried waste concrete is suspected to have originated from demolishing the World War II Prisoner-of-War Camp in Douglas. The waste concrete stood to adversely affect the building and paved areas for the EWC development. The Earthwork Package site preparation construction is now complete.
Current operations associated with the Building Package include interior building finishes, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing system completions, exterior building finishes, and site plan improvements such as paving and irrigation system installations.
(See "Additional Information" section under this EWC heading for construction progress photographs.)
Higher than expected construction costs resulted in the need for additional project financing outlays including a combination of infusions from Converse County and EWC, as well as performing "value engineering". Value engineering is a collaborative process to identify cost optimization opportunities generally involving minimizing aesthetic features to achieve cost savings.
* Estimated costs include construction and furnishings, architectural and engineering design, construction management, operations and maintenance fund, administrative, and contingency funding.
Additional Information