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Town of Anthony Ernie Rascon Memorial Park

The existing Ernie Rascon Memorial Park is full of untapped potential to further enhance the quality of life for all of the Town of Anthony’s residents. The park currently houses a full size baseball and softball field and two multi-purpose soccer/football fields. There is also an open park for various activities such as a skate park and open fields. Parking is currently an issue due to the lack of space and adjacencies are not ideal for utilizing the full area. The new park masterplan not only beautifies the entire site but also enhances the community’s experience and use of the park. Different uses are further enhanced with the inclusion of additional uses such as volleyball courts, tennis courts a new multi-purpose baseball field, mountain bike skills course, memorial park area, playgrounds concession/restroom buildings and much needed parking lot areas. Complete separation between automobile and pedestrian is also achieved for the safety. The new park not only caters to a more diverse public interest but also enhances the experience of the community.

Village of Vinton Visitors Center

Vinton’s first Community Garden and Learning Center located on four acres of Dr. Applegate’s property in the heart of The Village of Vinton. The Community Garden addresses resident’s lack of access to fresh, locally sourced produce while also providing economic opportunities for local farmers and an educational resource for local residents and students. The new Learning Center is to include a new library area, commercial kitchen, offices and restrooms. The Community Garden is to be used for learning about cultivation and apply a hands on learning experience. In addition, all that is cultivated will be used in the commercial kitchen for cooking classes being held in the Learning Center.

Village of Vinton New City Hall

The Village of Vinton is an area of untapped potential when it comes to economic development and growth. This new contemporary and elegant City Hall reflects superior architectural detailing on all of its angles. It will serve as the gateway to the future’s fastest growing sector in the area. The Village of Vinton will be the destination of choice for all families and businesses seeking a new home. The project includes an complete renovation and remodel of the existing 2,500 SF City hall and an new expansion of 6,250 SF. The new renovation and expansion includes City Council Offices, Mayor’s Office, bullpen cubicle area, workroom and a new Council Assembly Area.

Canutillo Independent School District Agricultural Science Facility

Canutillo ISD’s new Agricultural Science Facility includes a 10,543 Sq. Ft. of new construction. The new construction houses office and shop areas for the Career and Technical Education Agricultural Science Department. The facility includes a reception area, office spaces, veterinary classrooms, restrooms/showers and a shop area. The project was constructed through a Design Build delivery method. The key to the success of this project hinged on the close coordination between the head of the Agricultural program, the end users and the contractor. Challenges included the ability to channel all the wants and needs into the design of the facility, and also keeping close control of the budget to ensure the successful delivery of the project.

City of Pecos Baseball Sports Complex

Design and build six new competition baseball fields on a 70 acre site to include a large plaza area, ticket booth build and a 22,200 SF three story building ticket booth building and concessions/restroom facilities. This project has been in design since 2014 and began as a renovation of an existing baseball field. The project grew to what is currently under construction as funds became available to the City of Pecos and has gone through several redesigns due to budget availability and Pecos City requests. Being directly involved with the stakeholders and end users has made this project successful and the community will receive a design that will suit their needs for years to come. Part of the coordination also included the Pecos Independent School District for the possibility of making one of the baseball fields to be considered for their high school baseball team home field.

Texas Tech Transmountain Campus New Family Clinic

The project scope consists of converting an 11,500 SF empty shell space into a medical office within an existing Medical Office Complex at the Texas Tech Transmountain Campus. The space is to have 25 Exam Rooms with three POD areas connecting to each of the Exam Rooms. The POD Areas will have space for 2 Nurse Stations, 6 Medical Assistants Stations, and 6 Resident Doctor Stations. Each of the three PODS will be divided by a Preceptor Area and a Team Huddle Area that will provide space for collaborative opportunities. This project is meant to be a Family Clinic with the goal of streamlining the process to be able to attend an entire family within a fraction of the time of a normal medical office. Another main function is to provide Resident Doctors an opportunity to develop their skills by providing areas to help guide and teach them. The layout of the design is clean and efficient, which will help its patients to help them find their way around the office and into their Exam Room.

ICON Custom Homes Corporate Office

Icon Homes is the most successful and reputable custom home builder in the El Paso area. They have excelled in the world of luxury home builders, building high-quality and beautifully designed modern homes in the community. With their home building reputation came the need to design and build their new corporate office that is up to par with the expectation their clients have with their new homes. The new 13,000 SF modern two-story building includes various offices, main design area, color selection areas, conference rooms and addition expansion areas for future growth. This project is designed with two main things in mind, the client designing their new home and the Icon Home Builder design team. The client needs to feel that Icon Homes is really taking care of their design needs and experience when visiting the office. In addition, the Icon Home Builder design team needs to have a state-of-the-art facility where they feel right at home and their working environment lends itself to promote creativity and passion for design. Large open design spaces and the inclusion of nature into the design will help promote this successful design environment.

Erives Enterprises New Corporate Office and Shop

A new 7,000 SF modern and state of the art corporate office and 9,000 SF repair and maintenance shop for Erives Enterprises Logistics company. The new corporate office includes waiting and reception area, administration bullpen office, safety bullpen office, dispatch, various support offices, corporate office/conference area and the main corporate conference room. The new repair and maintenance shop includes 8 repair bays, tire storage area, parts distribution office and storage and an exterior wash bay area. The shop includes all state of the art equipment necessary to handle any size and type of repair and maintenance crucial to the welfare of the fleet. One of the main aspects in the design and distribution of the facility is that safety and security is of the upmost importance. Having the ability of separating normal everyday visitors and the constant flow of truck drivers being received or dispatched was a main concern to the owner. In addition, to the necessary separation between visitors/drivers from the repair and maintenance shop for safety purposes.

Socorro ISD Pebble Hills HS

CIRE3 Architects master planned a new high school for Socorro Independent School District. This school is a 510,000 Sq. Ft. facility sited on a 70 acre site. The unique challenge to this project was its start as a 9th Grade Academy operating in conjunction with El Dorado High School, due to budget considerations. In addition, Socorro ISD requested certain spaces such as the Administration, Media Center, and Kitchen/Cafeteria be completely designed for the full High School to avoid disruptions in operations during future construction. The total square footage for the first three phases is approximately 221,000 Sq. Ft. We also built some of the athletic fields including the football field, track, baseball and softball fields.

St. Patricks Education Center

Texas Tech U Animal and Food Science

The Texas Tech University Animal & Food Science Building included research and teaching labs, animal holding facilities, classrooms, departmental suites, and faculty/ graduate offices and support spaces. The new facility is designed as a 53,000 square foot, two-story laboratory, classroom and office building with a physical connection to an existing meats lab, livestock arena, classroom and office facility. Laboratory functions within the building include spaces for research as well as teaching for animal science and food technology. A food testing facility and a retail outlet serve as support spaces for the laboratories. Classroom functions include spaces for a lecture hall type classroom and an interactive classroom. Office spaces contained within the facility include administrative, faculty, visiting scientist and graduate students. The building is designed for flexibility of future adaptive use and building expansion. The design and siting of the building were developed on the basis of Texas Tech University's Campus Master Plan, with a desire to upgrade the appearance of the existing building that is located adjacent to a multi purpose arena. Exterior materials include Texas Tech blend face brick, simplified cast stone ornamentation, and red Spanish clay tile roofing to reflect a transitional Spanish Renaissance architecture adopted with the Campus Master Plan.

Wayland Baptist University

The Wayland Baptist University McClung University Center included the complete interior renovation of the basement and first floor dining area. The existing facilities were outdated, and underutilized by the student body. The lighting was also inadequate in order for the spaces to be properly utilized or to even provide an inviting atmosphere. The new basement included a new contemporary lounge with a café style servery. The lounge area directly exits out on to an exterior courtyard area which was revitalized under a different project. The new design creates a series of gathering areas. Furniture is moveable to give the space flexibility to accommodate for group gathering spaces or individual study areas. The first floor dining area scope of work included finishes completely redone, new furniture, bar style seating areas, several condiment stations and lighting upgrades. The kitchen and equipment were completely redone as well. This provides better service, increased number points of sale and improved equipment capacities, adjacencies and flow.

YISD Del Valle HS

Ysleta ISD's Del Valle High School Fine Arts Addition included a 31,691 Sq. Ft. addition and renovation of approximately 7,664 Sq. Ft. The new construction houses the main spaces and include the Band/Orchestra suite, Dance Classroom and Art Labs. The highlight of the addition, is the space that intersects between the Band Suite and the Orchestra Suite. This space is designed to be used as an Art Gallery space equipped to handle wall hung artwork as well as 3 dimensional art pieces in display cases found in the space. Natural light filters down from the Clerestory windows of the Art Gallery and provides plenty of natural lighting for the character of the space. The exterior of the addition matches the existing dominant style of the high school which creates a seamlesstransition between the existing and new facility. The renovation portion of the project included converting the old Band Room to the Vocal Music Suite, converting the old Vocal Music suite to the Piano/Guitar Lab and converting the old Dance Room to the Scene Shop for the Theatre Department.

Dona Ana County Fleet Maintenance

Designed a new Fleet Maintenance Facility for Doña Ana County to replace the outdated and outgrown existing facility. The approximate square footage of the new main shop and office area is 18,000 Sq. Ft. This project commenced with a facility assessment of their existing facility in order to determine current and future needs. An Inventory of all existing spaces, equipment and furniture was well documented. The new building included the relocation of existing equipment as well as the specification of new equipment. The new facility included offices, light and heavy duty maintenance bays, parts storage, general storage areas and a fleet carwash bay. The design also included master planning and provisions for future expansion.

Northeast Regional Park

The scope of work for the Northeast Regional Park included a new master plan. The master plan consisted of total development of the 59 acre site located at McCombs Road and North Gateway Boulevard. This included four lighted softball fields, four lighted soccer fields, six unlit soccer fields, walking trails, playground, a children's garden maze, a skate park, concession and restroom buildings, internal circulation roads, parking and site landscape enhancements were all designed in this phase of the project. All improved areas of the park are irrigated with reclaimed water from the local water utility and native "wildscaping" was used to create inviting and pleasant landscapes that demand little water.

Paso Del Norte Facility Improvements

A renovation to improve the way-finding aspects, promote a welcoming experience and shortening the wait times for people entering the United States. Informational signage was strategically placed for pedestrian users to have the most exposure to important requirements and information without stalling traffic behind them. With the amount of traffic the port receives every day, utility usage to keep the building heated or cooled was a major issue due to entrances and exits being open at all times. Large revolving doors replaced the existing entrances, not only to provide the throughput requirements but also to help reduce the amount of conditioned air leakage. Desert colors and native plant/landscape photography was utilized as “Art in Architecture” to soften the rigidity and stressful experience of the immigration process andpromote a more enjoyable and welcoming experience.

Paso Del Norte Wayfinding

Improve the way-finding aspects, promote a welcoming experience and shortening the wait times for people entering the United States. Informational signage was strategically placed for pedestrian users to have the most exposure to important requirements and information without stalling traffic behind them. With the amount of traffic the port receives every day, utility usage to keep the building heated or cooled was a major issue due to entrances and exits being open at all times. Large revolving doors replaced the existing entrances, not only to provide the throughput requirements but, also help reduce the amount of conditioned air leakage. Desert colors and native plant/landscape photography was utilized as “Art in Architecture” to soften the rigidity and stressful experience of the immigration process and promote a more enjoyable and welcoming experience.

Tornillo-Guadalupe Toll Plaza

The new Tornillo/Guadalupe International Port of Entry was built on the USA-Mexico border, in close coordination with the federal government. El Paso County was approved to design and construct a new toll facility for the use of the international crossing. New, state of the art, toll collection booths were installed under a heavy structure canopy for further protection from the elements. The building includes several office spaces, breakroom area, a reception area and storage rooms. The project also consisted of providing a high security collection and counting room to provide a safe and secure collection area and adequate space to house all toll counting equipment. State of the art video surveillance equipment and high security multi-step access into the building is included in the project. The project is designed to provide expansion capabilities in the future. Infrastructure was provided to provide additional toll lanes and the IT room provides the capability of doubling its capabilities.

Westside Community Park

Imagined as an oasis at the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert, the Westside Community Recreation Center within the Three Hills (Mulberry Dam) Park in El Paso acts as a gateway to hiking the adjacent undeveloped terrain.  The 21,200-Sq. Ft. recreation center and associated outdoor amenities are the first phase of the master plan. Sited on a remnant parcel of flood control land, the project includes a gym, basketball and volleyball courts, athletic fields covered playgrounds, weight lifting areas, and recreation areas.

4501 Mesa Clinic

Chelsea Clinic

Our project scope was to demolish an existing dental clinic and convert it into a new general medicine clinic consisting of a main reception and waiting area, 4 new offices, 6 exam rooms, a procedure room, a lab area, vitals area, conference room and storage rooms. Various structural upgrades were also required to support a new HVAC system. Various load bearing walls were removed to ensure the most efficient layout was achieved. The project also included a second-floor renovation which provides private offices and a restroom for the doctor.

Dr Colon Medical Clinic

Franklin Peak Medical Complex

The Village at Manor Park

An expansion of over 120,000 Sq. Ft. to The Village at Manor Park consisting of 115 assisted living studio apartments, main activity rooms, cafeteria, television, and game room plus two large dining rooms. Nestled between the towers, is a courtyard which promotes the enjoyment of nature and provides areas for exterior dining and other activities.

La Tequilera

Market-Square

Montana and Rich Beem

Paseo Del Norte Food Hall

The Shoppes by the River