ATHENS/CLARKE COUNTY Athens Classic Center Athens, Georgia This project is the completion of two Athens Clarke County Unified Government’s 2005 SPLOST project which was funded over a three year period.  By establishing a great project Team, utilizing the Design Build approach, and working with a cooperative government and citizens of the Athens Clarke County Unified Government, this project was constructed in less than a year, met all program requirements and was completed under budget. The project consisted of adding a partial second level of approximately 10,000 square feet to the Classic Center’s existing Exhibit Hall.  On this new level, which connected directly to the main Classic Center meeting rooms, was located two large meeting spaces each capable of being dividing in half, a pre-function corridor, food service spaces, restrooms and ancillary offices.  All spaces were equipped with state-of-the-art lighting controls and audio-video capabilities.  Below this new level, utilizing a system of moveable partitions, five breakout spaces were created each with similar lighting controls and A/V capabilities as the upper spaces. A significant component of this project was the erection of a pedestrian bridge from the new Upper Level, across Foundry Street and tying into the Foundry Street Warehouse which houses additional meeting/breakout spaces.  This bridge connection included an extension of the Warehouse elevator up to the bridge level making, for the first time, an accessible connection between the two Classic Center facilities.

Project Description Renovation to Classic Center Construction Cost:  $5 million Total Project Cost:  $6.2 million   Status Construction Complete November 2006 Principal-in-Charge: Marcus Vess Project Manager: Kenneth Crellen Architect Rosser International Contractor Choate Construction