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Projects

Holy Cross Hospital
Physicians Office Building
Floors 3,4,5, and North Addition

General Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease

This multi-phase project included renovation of existing patient room floors and two major additions adding over 185,000 sq ft of space including a new Emergency Room, Intensive Care, Outpatient Services, doctors' offices and a Professional and Community Education Center. Highlights of the project include light gauge framing, radius partition and bulkheads, and custom metal ceilings. All phases of this complex project needed to be completed without interruption to the daily operations of the hospital.

Worldgate Hotel, Health Club, Theatres & Retail Spaces

Developer/Contractor: Charles E. Smith Inc.,
Arlington, VA
Architect: Davis and Carter, Fairfax, VA

This complex in Herndon, Virginia consists of a 250-room Marriott Suites Hotel, 70,000 s.f. Worldgate Health Club, 30,000 s.f. of retail space, and a 10-screen multiplex style theatre.

The scope of work included cold formed metal stud framing, thermal and acoustical batt insulations, gypsum drywall and shaftwall systems, acoustical and FRP ceilings, glass fiber reinforced gypsum shapes, custom aluminum column covers, exterior linear metal ceilings and interior textured spray ceiling finishes.

Westminster @ LakeRidge
Westminster @ LakeRidge

General Contractor: Delaware CanDo Construction
Wilmington, DE
Architect: DMJM, Washington, DC

This interconnected 96-unit assisted living apartment building, 40,000 s.f. Commons building and 64-bed nursing home facility are part of a new retirement community near Woodbridge, Virginia.

The scope of work included cold formed metal stud roof truss framing, thermal and acoustical batt insulations, gypsum drywall and shaftwall systems, acoustical ceilings, interior textured spray ceiling finishes, rough carpentry and glass fiber reinforced concrete column covers. Installation services were provided for all windows, doors/frames/hardware, bath accessories, wood trim, shelving and countertops.

Time Life Headquarters

General Contractor: James G. Davis Construction Corporation, Rockville, MD
Architects: Florance Eichbaum Esocoff King and Keyes Condon Florance Interiors, Wash. DC

This 156,000 s.f. office building in Alexandria, Virginia is a showcase headquarters facility which includes office interiors, health club, cafeteria, and underground parking. The office areas are a combination of: (1) an open plan design with systems furniture and (2) full and partial height drywall partitions for offices, computer, work, and conference rooms. Features include extensive use of radius metal stud and drywall partitions and bulkheads, reveal trims, straight and radius perimeter channel at "floating" acoustical ceilings, as well as open cell ceiling systems. Multi-color wall paints necessitated special attention to drywall finishes.

Montgomery Blair High School

Construction Manager: Bovis Construction Corp.
Architect: SHW Group Inc.

This 380,000 s.f. high school in Montgomery County, Maryland will accommodate over 3,000 students. Exterior work consisted of cold formed metal framing and a six color Exterior Insulation Finish System. The interior metal framing systems include a variety of finish materials including gypsum drywall, fabric wall panels, Tectum wall panels, high impact drywall, metal column covers, and high pressure laminate wood wall panels. Acoustical ceiling systems include standard, fire rated, and black ceiling grids. Among the seven types of ceiling tiles are fiberglass pyramidal sound diffusing panels at music rooms and two custom colors in the public area called "Main Street". Other distinguishing interior features of Main Street are structural stud framed serpentine walls with fabric wall panels and a 35' clock tower.

Longate Shopping Center

General Contractor: Opus East, L.L.C., Bethesda, MD
Architect: Bignell Watkins Hasser, Annapolis, MD

The architects for this 230,000 s.f. strip shopping center in Columbia, Maryland designed a unique facade consisting of detailed cornice work,towers, and entry features constructed of cold-formed metal framing for which we provided engineered drawings and calculations. Some of the well-known anchor stores for which we completed interior fit-outs are Homplace, MJ Designs, Old Navy and Kohl's.

Features include finishes such as SFRC exterior column covers, garcy studs, and acoustical ceilings at Kohl's. Homeplace used a highend open cell ceiling with metal baffles. All of the tenants incorporated the use of FRP panels to varying degrees on the walls of either storage rooms,janitor closets, or bathrooms.

MedImmune Manufacturing Facility

General Contractor: Riparius Construction, Inc.
Construction Manager: Fluor Daniels
Architect: Fluor Daniels

This 90,500 s.f. facility in Frederick, Maryland will be used for manufacturing blood plasma and vaccines. Prior to being awarded this project, Tri-State Drywall was actively involved in the value engineering process. The project consisted of experimental laboratories, Class 10M-100M clean room spaces, bio-secure manufacturing facilities, and support office space. To maintain the high level of cleanliness required for this project, the trash was cleaned as it was generated and swept daily. All employees were required to attend safety training on site before being allowed to perform any work in the building. This project was successfully delivered on schedule under extreme time constraints.

N.R.A. Headquarters

General Contractor: James G. Davis Construction Corporation, Rockville, MD
Architect: Spector, Knapp and Baughman, Washington, DC

A 260,000 s.f. tenant fit-out which includes office space, fitness and locker rooms, museum, cafeteria, and an operational shooting range. The office space is made up of full height and low walls. Wall reveals and 1' x 1' spline ceilings are found in the hallways throughout. Dome ceilings and stepped bulkheads are featured throughout the upper floors. Radius walls and bulkheads are the standard for the museum.

The shooting range is framed with lightgauge framing, which had to be completely isolated from the parking structure in which it was built. The project was fast track with high end finishes that could only be completed with dedication and cooperation from all who worked on the project.