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UNR Redfield Campus Site Plan |
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University of
Nevada, Redfield Campus
The University of Nevada, Redfield Campus, is a satellite campus that will provide cooperative facilities for the University of Nevada, Truckee Meadows Community College, and Western Nevada Community College. The campus encompasses 60 acres on the south side of the Mt. Rose Highway, west of the future extension of the I-580 freeway. The master plan envisions 500,000 square feet that will probably be divided into eight different buildings. CFA has worked on this project since its inception and prepared the initial feasibility study and on- and off-site cost estimates. Subsequent work included special use permit approval through Washoe County, preliminary civil engineering and landscape architecture, Development Standards Handbook, and a cost-sharing agreement to fund off-site improvements. CFA also prepared the final improvement plans for Wedge Parkway, which is the primary access to the campus. Two buildings have been constructed with accompanying roads, parking lots, utilities, and landscaping. CFA prepared the civil engineering and landscape architecture construction for both buildings and the accompanying access roads, parking lots, and infrastructure.
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UNR Journalism
Building
CFA provided landscape/irrigation services as a subconsultant to Lundahl & Associates for the perimeter of the Journalism Building, the east courtyard, and compatibility with the south plaza.
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UNR Sports Medicine Facility
CFA designed the landscape and irrigation plans for this facility, including the west patio, seat walls, and paving.
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Pennington Medical Library and
Education Building
CFA worked with the project architect, Lundahl and Associates, to prepare demolition, site, grading, utility, and landscape plans for a new three-story, 65,000 square foot signature building for the University’s Medical School. The building contains lecture halls, class rooms, library/media center, and administrative spaces. The project was built on a tight schedule and within an $8,000,000 budget. The project was completed in fall 2001.
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Washoe County Schools
CFA has been responsible for site investigations, planning, landscape architecture, surveying, and civil engineering for several new schools in Washoe County. The various schools that CFA has worked on are described below.
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Incline Village Elementary
School
 Award-Winning
Project
Incline Village Elementary School opened in fall of 2003, after two years of design, permitting, and construction activities. CFA was responsible for site investigations, planning, landscape architecture, surveying, and civil engineering. The 10-acre school site includes a 43,000 square foot, two-story building, bus lane, parent drop off area, visitor parking areas, and approximately 1.2 acres of field and playground areas.
The 43,000 square foot Phase 1 building houses classrooms, administration, and multi-purpose spaces. Phase 2 will add more classrooms, a library, a science wing, and support spaces. All of the facilities were designed and constructed to minimize the removal of existing trees and create the least environmental impact. The project site includes a Sensitive Stream Environment Zone, which required coordination with an environmental consultant. The Stream Environment Zone is crossed with pedestrian and vehicle bridges. All on-site storm water runoff was designed to be captured, treated, and infiltrated on-site in an effort to protect Lake Tahoe. Landscape design was used to protect sensitive areas and direct pedestrian traffic on the site.
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Jessie Hall Elementary School
CFA’s landscape architects worked with Sheehan Van Woert Bigotti Architects on this new elementary school in Spanish Springs. Plant materials were selected that are free from flowers, fruits, and thorns, with limited pollen production for control of allergies. Screen trees for existing homes in the area were added to the school perimeter. Lawn areas between class wings will allow students a place to sit and relax. The remainder of the play fields are decomposed granite, typical for elementary schools in this area. The school is scheduled to open in fall 2006. |
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Bernice Matthews Elementary
School
This elementary school is situated on approximately 10 acres west of El Rancho Drive and south of Oddie Boulevard. The site is bounded on the north by Paradise Park. CFA was responsible for entitlements, final civil engineering, final landscape architecture, and surveying. The school was completed in fall 1998.
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Ted Hunsberger Elementary School
The Ted Hunsberger Elementary School is located on a 17-acre site in a rapidly growing area of the Southwest Truckee Meadows. Initially, it was anticipated that the elementary school would occupy a site that was approximately 10 acres in size; however, because of the slopes (6 to 8 percent) and an earthquake fault, a larger site was necessary. CFA was responsible for the feasibility analysis, entitlements, civil engineering, landscape architecture, and surveying. The school was completed for a fall 1997 opening. |
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Rio Poco
The Rio Poco Elementary School is located on the western edge of the Bella Vista Ranch in the Southeast Truckee Meadows. The site is approximately 10 acres in size. CFA was responsible for evaluating alternative sites, entitlements, civil engineering, landscape architecture, and surveying. The school was open in fall 1997. |
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Donner Springs Elementary School
The Donner Springs Elementary School is located on the western edge of the Bella Vista Ranch in the Southeast Truckee Meadows. The site is approximately 10 acres in size. CFA was responsible for evaluating alternative sites, entitlements, civil engineering, landscape architecture, and surveying. The school was open in fall 1997.
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Bud Beasley Elementary School
The Bud Beasley Elementary School is located in northern Sparks in the Vistas. CFA worked with Sheehan Van Woert Bigotti Architects on this project, which had some challenges due to the topography and geologic conditions. CFA was responsible for the civil engineering, landscape architecture, and surveying. The school was completed in fall 1996.
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Cold Springs Middle School
The Cold Springs Middle School is located east of U.S. Highway 395, approximately 10 miles north of Reno, at the intersection of Savannah Drive and Cody Court within the community of Cold Springs. CFA worked on this project with Lundahl and Associates. The Cold Springs Middle School project is an excellent example of community cooperation and consolidation. This project is a master-planned effort between the site design team, the Washoe County School District, the YMCA, the Washoe County Parks and Recreation Department, and the Woodland Village residential and retail developers. These public and private entities came together to formulate a plan to share essential site facilities, such as ball and play fields, parking areas, walking paths, and open space. Sharing of these facilities eliminates redundancy and reduces overall site area. CFA’s scope of services included preparation of a special use permit, overall site grading and drainage, topographic verification, site utility design, site hydrology, and site landscaping/irrigation design. Construction started in June 2005 and the school opened in fall of 2006. |
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Double Diamond Middle School
The Double Diamond Middle School is located on the southeast corner of Wilbur May and South Meadows Parkways. CFA developed preliminary landscape plans for this new middle school prototype developed for the Washoe County School District by Sheehan Van Woert Bigotti Architects. The 10-acre site includes outdoor classroom space, an amphitheater, soccer field/track, and baseball fields. Construction will start in 2008 and the school will be ready for occupancy in the fall of 2009. |
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Yvonne Shaw Middle School
The Yvonne Shaw Middle School is located on a 20-acre site near the northwestern corner of the intersection of Eagle Canyon Drive and Alena Way in Spanish Springs. This 127,000 square foot, single-story building was designed for 1,100 middle school students grades sixth through eighth. CFA was responsible for project approvals, final civil engineering, landscape architecture, and surveying. Construction began in June 2003 and was completed in time for a fall 2004 opening. The construction cost was $17,200,000. |
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Lou Mendive Middle School
The Lou Mendive Middle School and park occupy 20 acres at the southwest corner of Vista Boulevard and Del Rosa Way in Sparks. The property is larger than a typical middle school site because this is a joint-use facility between the Washoe County School District and the City of Sparks. CFA was responsible for the civil engineering, landscape architecture, and surveying. This school was completed in fall of 1995. |
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Incline Village High School
The high school is preparing for a new football stadium to replace the existing turf field. Artificial turf and a new rubberized track surface were proposed, with bleacher expansion for additional seating. The project funding will require a fundraising effort from the public. CFA prepared a colored display map for School District review, preliminary cost estimate, and a listing of potential building products. The project will require TRPA approval and additional “coverage” from off-site to replace the new artificial impervious football field surfacing. |
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Spanish Springs High School
CFA worked with Ganthner Melby Architects on the landscaping for a building addition to this existing high school. As a condition of approval, the county required new landscaping along the school perimeter and erosion control on slopes throughout the site. CFA met with county planners to reach a consensus on required plant coverage, plant spacing, and plant sizes. Plans were prepared to convert the existing irrigation system to reclaimed water. Construction of the final phase will begin in summer of 2007.
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Damonte Ranch High School
Damonte Ranch High School is the newest high school constructed in Washoe County to serve the South Truckee Meadows. CFA’s project involvement included working with surrounding neighbors on landscape buffering and providing construction documents for landscape and irrigation. The project was completed in fall of 2003 and includes three softball fields, one varsity baseball field, a multi-purpose practice field, a football stadium, and associated landscape around the school perimeter. The plant types were adjusted for high levels of salt, pH, and boron in the soils.
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North Valleys High School
Award-Winning
Project
North Valleys High School is located on an 80-acre parcel in Golden Valley. This facility serves up to 2,000 students in the North Valleys area and was constructed in a single phase for fall 2001 enrollment. CFA designed both the preliminary landscaping plan and the final construction and irrigation documents for the new school. Landscaping included two baseball fields, a large practice field, a football stadium, and the school perimeter. Berming and landscape screening was added adjacent to the residential uses on the north and west sides. Erosion control was an important site requirement, especially for the large cut slopes adjacent to the football fields and the detention pond. Plants were selected for drought tolerance and rabbit resistance.
CFA started the landscape plans in spring of 1999 and completed the construction documents approximately six months later. Construction began on the fields in the summer of 2000 and was completed a year later. The landscape estimate was $1.5 million. The contract was awarded at $1.0 million. Change orders totaled $5,980 for the landscape and irrigation. |
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Galena High School
The Galena High School is located on a 70-acre site on the south side of the Mt. Rose Highway. CFA was involved in this project from its inception and conducted the site selection analysis and was responsible for project approvals, final civil and landscape design, and surveying. The sitepresented some challenges due to the topography and the presence of a major drainageway. The school was opened in fall of 1991.
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Sage Ridge School
Sage Ridge School is a private middle/high school located in the Southwest Truckee Meadows. The 44-acre site is located on Crossbow Court, north of the Ted Hunsberger Elementary School. The project consists of a 95,900 square foot school complex, which includes several buildings that will be constructed in phases. Phase 1 included a 14,000 square foot building, improvements to the existing building, and a soccer/baseball field. At buildout, which is anticipated to occur over a 5- to 7-year period, the school will accommodate 600 students. CFA was responsible for all entitlements, civil engineering, landscape architecture, and surveying. The project was controversial and involved an extensive effort with adjacent residents in Thomas Creek Estates and the local Citizen Advisory Board. Computer-generated graphics were used to provide a visual simulation of how the project would appear from adjacent residences. Many concessions were offered by the school's trustees and the project was eventually approved by the Washoe County Planning Commission and by the Board of County Commissioners.
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