Canham Natatorium

Commercial Renovation

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Infrastructure improvements including roof repair, new lighting, air handling and humidity control, pool lining, and water filtration

This project corrected numerous deficiencies in the original design. An aggressive schedule required JC Beal Construction to develop a “critical path” method using 15,000 square feet of staging platforms located 40 ft. above the pool deck to break the work down into eight overlapping components that were physically separated from one another. This “project within a project” method contributed to JC Beal Construction winning a WCA Pyramid Award for Best Innovation.

Location

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Plan

Infrastructure improvements including roof repair, new lighting,

air handling and humidity control,

pool lining, and water filtration

Team

JC Beal Construction, LLC

U of M Plant Extension

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc.

McNamee, Porter and Seely, Inc.

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Stephen Graham Photography

AWARD:

2000 Pyramid Award – Best Innovation for staging methods and “project-within-a-project” scheduling.

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