{"id":2171549,"date":"2025-11-22T01:03:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T01:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2171549"},"modified":"2025-11-22T01:03:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T01:03:32","slug":"award-of-merit-sports-entertainment-u-s-air-force-academy-falcon-stadium-east-club-renovation-addition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/award-of-merit-sports-entertainment-u-s-air-force-academy-falcon-stadium-east-club-renovation-addition\/","title":{"rendered":"Award of Merit, Sports\/Entertainment: U.S. Air Force Academy Falcon Stadium East Club Renovation &#038; Addition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<style><![CDATA[<![CDATA[\n.scroll{\n   height: 80px;\n   overflow: auto;\n}\n.pullquote{\n   text-align: center;\n   width: 250px;\n   padding: 20px;\n}\n.pullquote a:link{\n   border-bottom: none;\n}\n.pullquote a:hover{\n   border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;\n}\n.pullquote a:visited{\n   border-bottom: none;\n}\n.pullquote h4{\n   font-family: ariel, helvetica, sans-serif;\n}\n.pqfloatleft{\n   float: left;\n   margin: 0 15px 10px 0;\n   border-right: 4px solid #d91920;\n   text-align: right;\n}\n.pqfloatright{\n   float: right;\n   margin: 0 0 10px 15px;\n   border-left: 4px solid #d91920;\n}\n@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {\n      .pullquote{\n           margin: 20px auto 20px auto;\n\n           width: 250px;\n           display: block;\n   }\n\n.pqfloatleft{\n   float: none;\n   border-right: none;\n   border-top: 2px solid #d91920;\n   border-bottom: 2px solid #d91920;\n   text-align: center;\n}\n.pqfloatright{\n   float: none;\n   border-left: none;\n   border-top: 2px solid #d91920;\n   border-bottom: 2px solid #d91920;\n   text-align: center;\n}\n}\n.cap {\n   font-size: .85em;\n   font-family: ariel, helvetica, sans-serif;\n   text-align: center;\n   margin-top: 0px;\n   margin-bottom: 35px;\n   color: #595959;\n}\n.line{\n   background-color: #d91218;\n   height: 5px;\n   margin-top: 5px;\n}\n.side ul{\n   padding-left: 20px;\n   font-size: .85em;\n   font-style: italic;\n   margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;\n}\n\n.side h3{\n   background-color: #135783;\n   padding: 15px;\n   color: #eeeeee;\n   text-align: center;\n}\n.side h4{\n   color: #d91218;\n   text-align: center;\n   margin-top: 20px;\n}\n.side {\n\tcolor: #595959;\n\twidth: 300px;\n        display: inline-block;\n        font-family: ariel, helvetica, sans-serif;\n}\n.side p {\n\n\tfont-size: .85em;\n\tcaption-side: bottom;\n\tpadding: 10px 5px 0px 5px;\n\t}\n.floatleft{\n   float: left;\n   margin: 0 15px 0px 0;\n}\n.floatright{\n   float: right;\n   margin: 0 0 0px 15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {\n      .side{\n           margin: 20px auto 20px auto;\n\n           width: 300px;\n           display: block;\n   }\n\n.floatleft{\n   float: none;\n}\n.floatright{\n   float: none;\n}\n}\n.sidebyside p {\n\tfont-family: ariel, helvetica, sans-serif;\n\tfont-size: .85em;\n\tcaption-side: bottom;\n\tpadding: 10px 5px 0px 5px;\n        color: #808080;\n\t}\n.sidebyside{\n   width: 50%;\n   float: left;\n   display: block;\n   display: inline-block;\n   margin-bottom: 20px;\n   padding-right: 5px;\n}\n.clearfloat{\n   clear: both;\n}\n\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {\n\n.sidebyside{\n   width: 100%;\n   float: none;\n   display: block;\n   }\n}\n\n.bigside{\n   background-color: #eaf1f7;\n   padding: 20px;\n   margin: 20px auto 20px auto;\n   border: 1px solid silver;\n   border-radius: 10px;\n}\n]]]]><![CDATA[>]]><\/style>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>U.S. Air Force Academy Falcon Stadium East Club Renovation &amp; Addition<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Colorado Springs<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color:#d91218\"><strong>Award of Merit<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color:#2379b6\">Submitted by<\/span> DPR Construction<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color:#2379b6\">Owner<\/span> U.S. Air Force Academy Athletic Corp.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color:#2379b6\">Lead Design Firm &amp; Structural Engineer <\/span>HKS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color:#2379b6\">General Contractor<\/span> DPR Construction<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color:#2379b6\">Civil Engineer <\/span>Matrix Design Group<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color:#2379b6\">MEP Engineer<\/span> M-E Engineers<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color:#2379b6\">Owner\u2019s Representative<\/span> Nation\u2019s Group<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Falcon Stadium\u2019s east concourse has been replaced with the new East Club, which features 1,200 premium seats and a state-of-the-art club-level experience. Work included a modernized entrance, heritage plaza, open-air hospitality decks, new administrative office areas, significantly expanded restrooms and a new VIP entrance and lobby.<\/p>\n<p>To keep the stadium fully operational for football games, commencements and other major events while construction progressed, the team turned to an unusual phasing strategy that allowed crews to set structural steel and place lower bowl concrete before the season began, enabling safe public access through active construction zones.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 10% over budget in the early stages due to concept-based estimates, the project underwent value engineering at 75% design to bring it back in line without sacrificing key elements.<\/p>\n<p>A complex demolition and abatement of the old facilities and a section of the existing lower concrete seating bowl caused some delays and resulted in additional scope that called for clever sequencing. And before foundation work could proceed, and in order to stay in line with historic preservation requirements, the team had to gain congressional approval.<\/p>\n<p>Completing the facade required a custom-rated scaffold system capable of supporting large equipment and multiple trades simultaneously. At peak activity, up to 12 lifts operated in close proximity on the same elevation. Daily lift plans and detailed schedules ensured worker safety and cross-disciplinary collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.enr.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; U.S. Air Force Academy Falcon Stadium East Club Renovation &amp; Addition &#13; &#13; Colorado Springs &#13; &#13; Award of Merit &#13; &#13; Submitted by DPR Construction &#13; &#13; Owner U.S. Air Force Academy Athletic Corp. &#13; &#13; Lead Design Firm &amp; Structural Engineer HKS &#13; &#13; General Contractor DPR Construction &#13; &#13; Civil Engineer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2171550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[344783,417321,417320,314882],"class_list":["post-2171549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-colorado-springs","tag-dpr-construction","tag-enr-2025-mountain-states-best-projects","tag-sports-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Award-of-Merit-SportsEntertainment-US-Air-Force-Academy-Falcon-Stadium.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2171549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2171551,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171549\/revisions\/2171551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2171550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2171549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2171549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2171549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}