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Higher education PORTFOLIO
University of Dubuque – Chlapaty Wellness Facility & Chalmers Field
University of Dubuque, Dubuque, IA
SPECIFICATIONS
LOCATION
Dubuque, IA
SIZE
87,000 SF
CLIENT
Conlon Construction Co.
ARCHITECT
Hastings + Chivetta
CONTRACT AMOUNT
$1.3MM
FEATURED
Daktronics video scoreboard
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Photo Credit: Hastings + Chivetta
The Wellness Center is an 87,000 square-foot facility devoted to student athletics. It includes a 7,000 square-foot student fitness center, a 200 meter, six-lane running track, four multi-use courts, relocated tennis courts, a juice bar, and locker rooms for home and away teams, game officials, and faculty. The work on Chalmers Field included a 4,000 person capacity stadium, press box, coaches’ booths, media booths, a university entertainment suite, addition of 1,000 seats on the opposite field side, new synthetic turf, new field and TV lighting, a Daktronics video scoreboard, and an eight-lane running track. The electrical scope included lighting, power, voice/data cabling, and coaches’ field phone system.