Gross Square Footage: 13,000 sq.ft.
Completion Date: 2010
Client: Philipsburg, PA Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Project Manager: Pennoni Associates
Architect: Fernsler Architecture
Engineer: PBCI - Engineering
Contractor: Jack Frost Construction
Project Summary:
At the time of project conception, Philipsburg's Order of Elks was located in a building in downtown Philipbsburg, PA with no golf course of their own. On the other side of town, the Philipsburg country club was in dire need of a major renovation, but lacked the sufficient funds to perform the necessary renovations. As a result, the Philipburgs Elks would absorb the Country Club and its members and build an entirely new club house/lodge and cart building in place of the existing buildings. The club house/lodge would be a new 13,000 sq.ft. building complete with 50' bar, full kitchen, 2,500 sq.ft. dining/banquet area, golf pro shop, meeting hall and offices. The cart building was a 7,400 sq.ft. metal building complete with 54 golf cart charging stations on one half and ground maintenance equipment storage on the other.
Project Highlights:
Although the new club house/lodge was originally planned to be a 20,000 sq.ft. building with 2 full kitchens and 100' wrap around bar, with geothermal HVAC system, the resulting facility was equally as impressive. The HVAC system consisted of 6 furnace/air conditioner units, a 22' exhaust hood and kitchen exhaust system, a 3,500 cfm ventilation air system, and cooling for 1,200 sq.ft. of walk-in cooler space. The plumbing system included a 100 gpm grease trap. The lighting system included 2x4 high efficiency indirect fluorescents, decorative wall sconces and decorative glass pendants along the 50' bar.
Involvement:
My primary responsibility as lead designer for this project was the design of the HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems. In the process, I also created the working construction drawings and prepared code submission documents including ComCheck Compliance Certificates. Upon completion of the project, it was then my responsibility to turn construction red line drawings into official as built documents.