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| United States Olympic Training Center — Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Architect: Lehman Smith Wiseman, Washington District of Columbia |
| Owner: U.S. Olympic Committee - Owner, Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| General Contractor: G.E. Johnson Construction Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado |
This multi-use complex consisted of 17,000 sf Visitors Center, 35,000 sf Administrative Office Building, 50,000 sf two-story gymnasium, 30,000 sf Aquatics Center, 120-unit Housing Complex with Administrative and Dining Facilities, and a 20,000 sf addition to the Sports Center to house Sports Science & Medicine facilities. The buildings are all integrated by lighted pedestrian walkways to form a campus atmosphere. In addition to these projects, ABS has been involved in a number of remodels and retrofits in other buildings at the Training Center. |
A wide variety of mechanical systems were designed for these buildings to meet the unique requirements of each space and to meet the budget constraints of the overall project. The office building will be served by a packaged VAV rooftop unit and a series of hot water fan powered boxes at the perimeter and cooling only boxes for the interior spaces. The visitors center will have an air cooled chiller, a hot water boiler, an indoor VAV air handling unit and a partially exposed duct distribution system with VAV boxes. The gymnasium systems include a gas-fired indirect/direct evaporative VAV air handling unit to serve the auxiliary gym and weight training areas and a series of evaporative coolers and unit heaters in the main gym. The aquatics center has 2 large refrigerated dehumidification units on the roof and an exposed spiral duct loop with slot diffusers to serve the huge pool space and a variable volume-variable temperature system to serve the offices, team meeting rooms and the cycling center. The housing wings are served by a four-pipe vertical stacked fan coil system and the dining complex has packaged VAV rooftop units and some very unique air distribution solutions. |
The electrical and life safety systems were designed starting with new on site utility secondary distribution and an all campus monitoring system for fire detection and security. Each building has its own new distribution system from the new utility company transformers. The gym, pool and dining/administration was fed with 480 volt three phase, while housing and the smaller visitors center and office building was supplied with 208 volt three phase. |
The lighting system for the pool and gym building has to have upgraded light levels so that network television and in-house video could be utilized. |
The fire life safety system consists of an addressable campus system with each building having a stand alone addressable subsystem which reports to a single control security station on site. |
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