F EAT U RE STORY btl Tom Hale " New State­ of-the-Art Venue Now Making its Mark in Downtown Above: Lookillg south at jobsite as to eventually peak at 600. A tota l of tile cast-in-place concrete superstruc­ 70 tr ad e con tracts will be nec­ ture begins to come out of thegro und. essary to bu ild the five- tor y, 750,OOO-square-foot facility, Blanch­ onstruction of The Field­ & Nichols Inc. and The Sherman R. ard not es. house is starting to take Smoot Co. of Indiana in association shape, wi th the cast-in with J. Beard Management Inc. (a Right: Pouring it on. Thefirst slab place superstructure consultant to The She rman R. pO llrfor indianapolis' new sports coming out of the ground Smoot Co.) is ove rseeing the fast­ and entertainment arena took place Cin downtown Ind ianapolis. The track project for the Cap ital Marcil 5. Fieldhouse, a $175 million sports Improvem ent Board of Marion and entertainment arena , will be County. Scott Blanchard, a nin e­ Bottom: Rendering of The th e ' new home year cons truc tion veteran, is project Fieldho use, the Indiana Pacers ' new when it opens in fall 1999. man ager for HHNIS. home. As designed by Ellerbe Becket The joint -venture construct ion Currently, abo ut 120 workers are Inc., the III ulti-use,ft1Cility will offer managem ent team of Huber, Hunt on site and that nu mber is expected 750,000 squarefeet of space.

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Looking northeast at The Fieldhouse. The project site is situated 0/1 E.

Georgia St. between Pennsylvania \ and Delawa restreets. In the back­ Tile project is 0/1 afast-track construction schedule. gro und is Market Square Arena, which is being replaced by the H agerman Con struction Corp ., concourses to alleviate crowd con­ new arena. Ind ianapolis, con structed the foot­ ges tion, double the concession ings, foundations and perimeter stands, additional retail an d more Initi al work on the jobsite - situ­ w all. restroom facilities, 69 private ated on a strip of land on E. EA. Wilhelm Construction Corp .. suites, and about 2,500 club seats Geo rgia St. between Pennsylvania Ind ianapolis, is now build ing the and Delaware streets - began in cast-in-p lace concrete superstruc­ ea rly Aug us t 1997, as Gradex Inc., ture. The first slab pou r took place Indianapolis, started mass excava­ March 5, and cas t-in-place work (a tion/ dem olition work . The y were tot al of 35,000 cubic yards of con­ foll owed on si te by Schnabe l crete) will stretch over the next six Foundation Co. , Cary, Ill. - in­ months. "Then , we \vill sta rt pre­ stall ers of the earth retention sys­ cast bowl work on the inside, and tem; ERMC O Electric Inc., in Sep tember we should star t put-

Abollt 120 workers are 110W on site and Among the equipment 0 11 site is a that number is expected to peak at 600. Schwing 1200/42 punu), shown delivering CO l/crete to upper level. ting a roof on this place to get it enclosed for the winter," Blanch­ w ill be built. ard says . Other key pla yers involved with The Fieldhouse w ill rep lace Th e Fieldhouse cons truction Market Squ are Arena (an outdated, include: Rat io Arc hitects Inc., m ul ti-us e facility built in 1974), Indianapoli s; MSE Corp ., Cast-in-place work will involve als o located in down town Ind ian apolis - civil en gineering; placement of 35,000 cubic yards of Indianapo lis. As designed by the FRP Inc. (Fink Roberts & Petrie concrete over tile Il e;rt six months. Kansas City, Mo., architectural firm Inc.), Indianapolis - st ructural eng i­ Ellerbe Becket Inc., The Field ho use neering; Mo ore Engineer s, Ind ianapolis - site utility abandon­ will offer: 750,000 square feet, up Ind ianapolis - electrical engineer­ ment and relocation work; and from 290,000 square feet at Market ing; Rowland Ass ociates Inc.. Davis & Associates, Indianapolis ­ Squ are Arena , and 18,500 seats for Indianapolis - interior design; and fencing and barricades for three basketball. The new facility will Blackbu rn Arc hitects lnc., phases of traffic relocation. also feature: larger seats, 'wider Indianapolis - consultant. :J

Construction Digest April 13, 1998