Award of Merit: Safety & Best Sports/Entertainment

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Cross Insurance Center, Bangor, Maine

It took a lot of coordination with local utilities, state agencies and various stakeholders for the team to build this 202,000-sq-ft, steel-framed arena and 27,000-sq-ft convention center. The facility was built just 3 ft away from the foundation of the 50-year-old Bangor Auditorium, which remained in operation during construction before it was demolished.

Detailed logistics planning and daily communication went into the project along with extensive coordination of both deliveries and major work activities. The construction manager says these qualities helped to ensure that the existing auditorium ran smoothly while the new structure was erected and helped to advance the project schedule.

The Bangor facility's exterior shell was comprised of only a thin layer of corrugated asbestos, and the siding was so thin that daylight seeped through the seam of the panels. Demolition included removing the asbestos and other hazardous materials.

The hazardous materials abatement process had the greatest impact on the schedule because of the vast quantity of materials and technical labor involved. The process involved wrapping each piece of asbestos material in plastic and placing it in a special waste disposal location to ensure that particles did not enter the air.

The building was carefully dismantled down to the existing shell before heavy machinery could be used for the demolition.

The carefully executed process paid off as the entire demolition was completed with zero environmental incidents, the construction manager says.

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Award of Merit: Safety & Best Sports/Entertainment