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CGA Working With Grinnell College

CGA began its relationship with Grinnell College completing construction staking for the Harris Center on the north side of campus in 1989.  Since then CGA has performed nine surveys, seven site designs, and multiple campus map updates.  Over the years CGA has worked with the college Facility Management staff and various architects and engineers to make each one of these projects successful.

In 2001 CGA worked with Ericksen Ellison and Associates Inc. of Minnesota on the site design of the Boiler Plant.  CGA's work included site layout, utilities, and grading of the site located along 10th Avenue.  The new facility was completed in 2003 and houses boilers and chillers that distribute steam and chilled-water to provide building heating, air conditioning, domestic water heating, humidification and other specialty applications throughout campus.

In 2001 CGA worked with William Rawn & Associates of Boston, Massachusetts on the site design of the East Dormitories located along East Street between 8th and 10th Avenues.  CGA provided utility and grading for the four buildings and assisted in the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification process.  The dormitories were completed in 2003 and 2004.

East Dormitories along East Street

West Side of East Dormitories

In 2001 CGA worked with Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck of Des Moines, Iowa on the site design of the Chrystal Center located on the northwest corner of 6th Avenue and Park Street.  This building was completed in 2002 and serves as the college welcome center housing the admissions office.  CGA's work included grading and utilities on the site.

Front of John Chrystal Center

Back of John Chrystal Center

  In 2003 CGA began working with Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects or New Haven, Connecticut and Sasaki Associates of Watertown, Massachusetts on the site design of the Athletics Facility located on the north side of 10th Avenue.  The first phase of the project was completed in 2005 and includes a gymnasium, a fitness facility and locker spaces.  Phase II, scheduled to be completed in 2010, includes a natatorium connected to the Phase I facility via an underground tunnel and a field house on the north side of the Phase I facility.  CGA rerouted multiple utilities including a 36" storm sewer, 10" sanitary sewer, and 6" water main to prepare the site for the new buildings.  Site design also included grading, paving, multiple utility designs, and coordination for the placement of a geothermal well field.  Both phases of the athletic facility are LEED certified with a number of the credit applications being completed by CGA.

Front of Phase I Facility	Natatorium Looking East
West Side of Phase I, Phase II Under Construction	Field House Construction