Arnon L. Bazemore

Construction Management
The Sears Centre Arena
Prairie Stone Business Park
Hoffman Estates, Illinois

This is a student-generated Capstone Project e-Portfolio (CPEP) produced in conjunction with the AE Senior Thesis e-Studio.

Building Statistics Part I

Project Name: The Sears Centre Arena

Building Location:

The Sears Centre Arena
5353 Prairie Stone Parkway
Hoffman Estates, IL 60195

Located in the southwest corner of the 780 acre Prairie Stone Business Park is the site that will ultimately contain the master development for the Sears Centre. The site existing conditions consist of two parcels that will be dedicated for building and infrastructure construction. Lot 13 is a 23.76-acre, triangular parcel bounded to the northwest by Prairie Stone Parkway, to the northeast by Pratum Avenue and to the south by Columbine Boulevard. Lot 14 is a 17.88 acre trapezoidal parcel bounded to the north by Prairie Stone Parkway, to the east by Columbine Boulevard and to the south by Interstate 90.

Building Occupant: CCO Entertainment

Occupancy/ Function Type:

The Sears Centre Arena's primary function will be to provide an indoor venue for multi-faceted concerts, entertainment performances and trade shows in the Northwest suburban Chicago area. In addition to housing large scale events, the Sears Centre will serve as home to several minor league professional hockey, lacrosse and arena football teams.

Project Size:

The overall size of the project constitutes for a total of 35 Acres of land development. Land development will include provision for the multipurpose arena, light infrastructure and landscaping with provision for 2,500 parking spaces.

Total Land Size: ˜ 42 (41.64) acres
• Parcel (Lot 13) 23.76 acres
• Parcel (Lot 14) 17.88 acres

Less Acreage ˜ 7 acres
• Retention Size: ˜ 3 (3.00) acres
• Undisturbed Vegetation: ˜ 4 (3.64) acres
Gross Area of Project: ˜ 35 acres

35 Acres x (43,560 GSF/ 1 Acre) = 1,524,600 GSF

Building Footprint: ˜ 2.41 acres



A 300’-0” x 350’-0” layout contains the footprint. Within this building layout is a 240,000 sq ft. (GSF) arena that contains an upper and lower concourse, forty-two suite boxes, and a multi-functional ice-rank/arena floor. Three above grade stories are dedicated spaces for the concourses and suite boxes. The remaining below grade level consists of the arena floor, team locker rooms and electrical-mechanical service spaces.


Primary Project Team:

Owner(s):

Madkatstep LLC
50 S 10th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Sears, Roebuck and Company
3333 Beverly Road
Hoffman Estates, IL 60179

Architect:

Walsh Bishop
900 Second Ave. South, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
URL: http://www.walshbishop.com

Engineers/ Engineering Consultants:

Civil Engineer/ Surveyor:
V3 Consultants
7325 Janes Avenue, Suite 100
Woodridge, IL 60517
URL: http://www.v3consultants.com
Structural Engineer/ Consultant
Needham & Associates
8417 Santa Fe Drive, Suite 200
Overland Park, KS 66212
URL: http://www.needhamassoc.com
Electrical Engineer
Hyre Electric
2320 W. Ogden Ave.
Chicago, IL 60608
URL: http://www.hyreelectric.com
Mechanical Engineer
Oak Brook Mechanical
961 South Route 83
Elmhurst, IL 60126

 

Key Building System(s) Subcontractors:

Steel Fabricator/ Erector
Lejeune Steel Company
118 W. 60th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55419
URL: http://www.lejeunesteel.com/
Pre-cast Concrete Erector
Spancrete
2340 Arlington Heights Rd.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
URL: http://www.spancrete.com/

Design Build Entity/ General Contractor:

General Contractors
Ryan Companies US, Inc.
Ryan Companies (Chicago-Midwest)
55 Shuman Blvd. Suite 800
Naperville, IL 60563
URL: http://www.ryancompanies.com

Construction Dates:

Construction Duration
315 Working Days


Construction Start Date
7/05/05
Project Turnover COO
9/18/06

Actual Project Cost:


Overall Cost
$ 50,708,000


•Building Cost
- $ 35,030,000
•Site work/ General Conditions
- $ 7,241,000
Soft Cost + (Fees, Taxes and Contingencies)
- $ 4,051,000 + $ 4,387,000 = $ 8,438,000

Project Delivery Method:


Design Build

The delivery method which accurately depicts this project is the Design Build method. Ryan Companies operates as the design build entity for the Sears Centre Project. A special relationship has been create between Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Madkatstep and CCO Entertainment granted joint ownership along with the arena naming rights for five years. As the Design build firm Ryan Companies has the responsibility of submitting preliminary budgets and estimates that are reviewed and revised for owner approval. In house design and engineering capabilities have provided viable options for “fast-tracking” and phase construction if needed.

[Project Delivery Chart and descriptive information regarding the Ryan/ COO-Sears Roebuck/ General Contractor Relationship depicted on sequenced document] Click to view PDM PDF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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