This project essentially tripled the size of the 302,000-square-foot Civic Plaza and included renovation of the existing spaces. Work also involved the renovation of the 2,600-seat symphony hall – a multi-use performing-arts theater completed in 2005 that is home to the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, the Arizona Opera, Ballet Arizona and Broadway touring companies. The two renovations were approved under two separate bonds but were scheduled simultaneously to realize economies of scale and minimize impact on arts patrons. This project required significant coordination of efforts with the adjacent light-rail project and the need to minimize disruption to the city’s vital downtown environment, while still allowing the project to be completed on time and on schedule. Kitchell previously provided project management services to the Phoenix Civic Plaza in 1985 for its first expansion and again in 1995 for the refurbishment and modernization project.

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Construction Management

• 900,000 square feet of high-tech, rentable space
• Added 600,000 square feet of meeting and exhibition space and 375 new parking spaces
• Features an atrium connecting the two facilities

The Wells Fargo Pavilion is an outdoor permanent structure covered with a Teflon-coated fiberglass fabric. The project involved renovation of approximately 28,000 square feet of an existing theatre and associated office space, and the construction of the 17,000-square-foot outdoor theater tent structure and associated site work. Other construction included a box office, administrative offices, restrooms, and a pavilion promenade. Renovated structures incorporated wood, masonry, and steel construction with new interior finishes. Additional areas renovated included the Sacramento Theatre Company offices, theatre, lobby, and restrooms.

Construction Management
Program Management

• Home to Sacramento Music Circus, a summer stock theatre and the Sacramento Theatre Company
• Built on top of original concrete foundations from the Music Circus tent

The Tempe Center for the Arts is a visual and performing arts center conceived to multiple spaces under one spectacular shell. The center has become a destination in and of itself with breathtaking views of Tempe Town Lake and the Papago Mountains. Featuring a 600-seat proscenium theater, the 88,000-square-foot center is home to the nationally renowned production company “Childsplay” as well as several notable local performance groups. In addition to the main stage, the project included a 200-seat “black box” studio theater, public space, stage support, rehearsal/classrooms, a gallery, a 150-seat cinema, administration offices, mechanical space, retail/café, and central plant.

Construction Management
Program Management

• Includes 17-acre “art park” surrounding the center
• A state-of-the-art computerized control system offers maximum flexibility for theatrical lighting and the latest in audio-video and communication systems technology

This destination for culturally relevant entertainment opened in 2011 to accolades. The impressive 80,000-square-foot facility consists of an 850-seat main stage theater, a 200-seat theater, a 100-seat recital hall, and a recording studio. The grand lobby and mezzanine offer an innovative point of convergence, and a gallery space provides an area for national, regional and local artists. Flexible auxiliary spaces include rehearsal rooms, scene shops, costume shops, classrooms and more. The facility offers the largest recording studio in the capital region.

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Construction Management

• Western Council of Construction Consumers Distinguished Project Award
• PCBC Golden Nugget Award of Merit
• State-of-the-art sound and lighting equipment