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Turner Construction and the University of Kansas have celebrated the completion of a $ 400 million football reconstructionAccording to a statement of August 25 of the New York City Contractor.
Turner provided pre -construction and construction services for the rehabilitation of David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, according to the statement. The reconstruction included the partial demolition and the reconstruction of the stadium structure, the new press boxes, the club and premium suites, concessions, detailed space and a dynamic area of fan experience.
The updated stadium, located in Lawrence, will also support conferences, entertainment, retail and dining room, according to the statement.
The University of Kansas Turner selected as construction manager by 2023. The stadium acts as a key element in School’s District Project of the Schoolwhich aims to transform the north entrance to the campus. In addition to the stadium work, the review adds a 55,000 square feet conference center to the campus, a comfort that the university says that the region is missing.
The project also included work in the Anderson family’s football complex. Turner, who originally built the structure in 2008, was renewed and added to the team offices and the training spaces in the enclosure. The contractor has a long -term collaboration with the university, having carried out 25 projects for the university, including 16 only for Kansas Athletics.
As a whole, the construction team registered more than 1.6 million hours of work on the stadium project, said Jason Brown, executive of the Turner Construction project, in the statement.
“This incredible achievement would not have been possible without the unmatched dedication of our Turner team, our valued commercial partners and the specialized labor force,” Brown said in the statement.
Turner has a story of delivering large stadium projects, included in its origin. In April, the firm, along with joint company partner, Gilbane, went out to the 2.1 billion dollars new Highmark stadiumThe future house of the Buffalo Bills. Prior to that, the contractor came to the pitch for a future home of the New York City Football Club. The Etihad Park of $ 780 million will be the great apple First stage dedicated to football.
