US Highway 54 north of
Alamogordo
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Alamogordo |
NM |
Chavez Grieves provided bridge/structural design services for the 13 kilometer segment of the US 54 corridor south of US 70 at Alamogordo. Specific work on this project includes the design and preparation of design documents for 13 concrete box culvert structures required to accommodate the widening of an existing two-lane facility into a four-lane divided highway. Chavez-Grieves found cost savings for the construction budget by suggesting replacing a four-span concrete slab bridge with a multi-cell concrete box culvert. |
Big I Interchange
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Albuquerque |
NM |
Chavez-Grieves provided bridge structural design services as a sub-consultant to URS Greiner/Woodward Clyde on the largest transportation project undertaken in the history of New Mexico. The project schedule required that the entire interchange be designed in 16 months and constructed in 24 months. The interchange design included 55 bridges, 8 of which were designed by Chavez-Grieves. These eight structures are all single-span, pre-stressed concrete girder bridges founded on spread footings bearing on fill material behind mechanically stabilized earth walls. |
Alvarado Transportation Center Phases I & II
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Albuquerque |
NM |
The Alvarado Transportation Center (ATC) completes the public portion of the overall intermodal transportation center project begun by the City of Albuquerque in 1995. The project consists of a new 20,000 square foot depot building for interstate bus operators, as well as a 7200 square foot maintenance building and a clock tower. The ATC occupies the site of the former Alvarado Hotel complex, which was operated by the Fred Harvey Company for the Santa Fe Railroad from 1902 to 1970. Project design began with scope definition refined through transportation and historic preservation studies. Four site schemes for the intermodal center were developed, with widely varying concepts, during a design charette involving users, the design team and public input. The site scheme selected was based on the Old Alvarado’s historic site plan. The City and public opinion drove the architectural theme to be based on the Alvarado. The site’s strong history greatly influenced the exterior appearance of the ATC. The buildings are designed utilizing architectural details and expressions from the Old Alvarado complex, including massive stucco walls, clay tile roofs, open arcades, and brick paved promenades. Three historic buildings from the original complex are being revitalized to house office, retail and restaurant uses.
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Cannon Air Force Base Air Traffic Control Tower
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Clovis |
NM |
Chavez-Grieves engineers completed design analysis on the new Air Traffic Control Tower at Cannon Air Force Base, near Clovis, New Mexico. The new facility will provide an improved working and training environment for controllers to control and oversee air traffic at Cannon Air Force Base. The current tower’s cab was built in 1958 to accommodate three controllers and the standard complement of 1950s-vintage air traffic control equipment. The new facility will accommodate current staff levels and provide state-of-the-art equipment to accomplish its mission. The project is a joint venture with DCSW Architects, Merrick and Company, and Bohannan Huston Engineers. The new facility is a 12-story structure, approximately 143 feet high, with the area containing about 8,200-square feet. Construction cost limitation for the tower is $4.4 million. The design for the main tower is a rectangular shaft of pre-cast concrete. The structural panels have a textural in-fill area inset between pre-cast concrete corner elements. These visually powerful pre-cast concrete corner columns are aligned with the facets of the hexagonal upper form. The elevations feature a vertical metal strip in the middle of the concrete in-fill panels. These metal strips serve as a vertical feature and provide an organizing element for the windows. The catwalk is pre-cast concrete with a horizontal steel railing.
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| Lea County Airport |
Hobbs |
NM |
This project consists of a new stand-alone airport terminal and new administrative offices that are connected to the existing control tower. The approximate size of the new addition is 3,000 square feet with the construction budget set at $2 million. The structure for the airport building consists of custom designed built up beams at the roof with long span metal deck. Other components of the building include standard bar joists with metal deck, a structural steel frame exterior metal stud wall and a spread footing foundation with a concrete slab-on-grade. The administrative offices will be steel bar joist with metal deck over a structural steel frame supported by concrete spread footings and a concrete slab-on-grade. |
