LeChase has won a Jeffrey J. Zogg Build NY Award for construction of Syracuse University’s National Veterans Resource Center (NVRC) at the Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Building.
LeChase was CM-at-Risk for the 114,000-SF, three-story building. A first-of-its-kind facility, NVRC is a center for research and programs aimed at enhancing the lives of our nation’s veterans and their families. It will also serve as a community hub for student-veterans and the entire Syracuse University campus.
The project involved construction of many unique design elements, including a full glass façade with decorative aluminum fins on the top floor, as well as a rooftop parade grounds. Inside, a towering tree-like feature wall – made up of 8,400 individual planks – arches across the ceiling outside of the Center’s auditorium. An extensive series of ramps in the Center enables visitors to move between the entrances and the upper-level of the auditorium without use of stairs or an elevator.
Images courtesy of Syracuse University.
The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of New York State has conducted the Build New York Award competition for the past 30 years. NVRC was among six winning entries in 2020. A nine-member jury of industry peers selected the winners based on outstanding managing skills, imagination, overcoming challenging and unusual circumstances, scheduling accomplishments and project innovation. The AGC will present the awards at an event in June.
