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Stewarts Creek High School Breaks Ground
October 25, 2011 – Beginning in 2013, the students on the Stewarts Creek Red Hawks campus, which currently consists of a 130,000 square foot Elementary School and 160,000 square foot Middle School, will be joined by their upper classmen, as Rutherford County Board of Education has broken ground on the new Stewarts Creek High School and Athletics Facility.
Designed by Binkley Garcia Architecture & Interior Design, the new high school will be a two-story, 350,000 square foot facility that will accommodate up to 2,000 students. The school will be developed on the western half of a 100+ acre site that had been previously mass graded as part of the 2006 construction of the Elementary and Middle Schools.
BC&A has enjoyed a long and successful relationship with both the Rutherford County Board of Education and Binkley Garcia and was grateful to be selected to provide the civil design services for the high school and athletics facility. Together, this team has successfully completed over 20 new/additions/renovations projects in communities throughout Rutherford County.
The school campus will add over 1,100 parking spaces to serve all three schools and the athletics facility. BC&A’s design will modify the existing detention pond to provide both detention and water quality for the storm water runoff. A 1,300 linear foot public water line extension will complete the water loop on the campus and a 1,000 foot public sewer extension for the Town of Smyrna will provide the necessary sewer services.
The athletics facility will feature a bermuda turf football/soccer field with both home and visitor bleachers and a concessions building. A new synthetic 8-lane running track will surround the new field for track and field events that will also include high jump, pole vault, long/triple jump, shot put and discus. A 200 foot softball field and a 375 foot (center field) baseball field with sunken dugouts and bleachers are also part of the athletic complex.
The $40 million dollar construction contract was awarded to Robert S. Biscan & Company in Brentwood, Tennessee. Once completed, a student zoned for this school can spend his entire primary education on the same campus!
MTSU Student Services Building & Parking Garages
August 15, 2011 - Civil engineering design is underway for a new Student Services Building and two parking garages at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. BC&A is a member of the design team assembled by Tuck Hinton Architects to provide civil engineering design services for the $35 million project that consists of a 65,000 square foot Student Services Building and two 170,000 square foot parking garages on two sites. These projects are scheduled to begin construction in August 2012. The new Student Services Building is being constructed to provide a “one-stop” facility for prospective students that will address all of their needs in one location. Student Services and one of the new parking garages will be located directly across from the Student Union. An elevated pedestrian bridge is planned to provide direct access from the parking garage to Student Services and the Union with one continuous walkway. It will be the first of its kind at MTSU. The other parking garage will be located adjacent to the athletic facilities. The new garages will add approximately 980 parking spaces to the campus.
BC&A is also the civil engineer on the $55 million Student Union Building that is under construction and scheduled to be completed by March 2012. This project is lead by an architectural joint venture consisting of Street Dixon Rick Architecture and Thomas Miller & Partners.
BC&A has enjoyed a long and successful relationship with the Tennessee Board of Regents and Middle Tennessee State University over the past 15 years. Past projects in which BC&A has provided the civil engineering design include the Honors College, Sports Hall of Fame, Nursing Building Addition, MTSU Sports Club Rugby Facility, Scarlett Commons, several parking lots, and a water and sewer master plan. Most recently, BC&A provided the civil engineering design for the renovations to Cummings Hall and Corlew Hall, the addition to the Student Recreation Center and the Behavioral Science Building that was completed earlier this year.
Barge Cauthen's Nashville Office Has Moved!
May 10, 2010 - After sixteen years in business, Barge Cauthen has closed their doors . . . and moved to a new location! The brand new office space is located at 6606 Charlotte Pike on the west side of Nashville.
Little did they know when they scheduled the moving day for Saturday, May 2nd that it would coincide with the Nashville Flood of 2010. The dedicated movers and some of Barge Cauthen's staff teamed together and managed to transfer everything from the old space to the new in about twelve hours. Despite the pouring rain and worrying about loved ones, no one complained and everyone stayed until the job got done. Thanks to everyone for their hard work and perseverance in such challenging conditions!
Barge Cauthen's office is on the second floor of a new 26,000-square foot retail and office building at Hill Center at Nashville West. The 7.6-acre redevelopment also includes a new 45,600 square foot Publix Grocery Store and a Bank of America prototype branch. The 11,000-square foot space for Barge Cauthen features an open and inviting reception area, ample conference and meeting spaces, an employee break room, a team work area, and some room to expand.
Feel free to come by and check out it out! From Interstate 40 West, take exit 201, and head north on Charlotte Pike for approximately 1.2 miles. The office is located on the left, at the intersection of Charlotte Pike and Annex Avenue/ Hillwood Boulevard.