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ANIMAL PROJECTS

 

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN , MARSHFIELD , WISCONSIN

            USDA Animal Holding Facility, 2005

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Design of dairy and freestalls for heifers and lactating cows, nutrient management system, holding facilities and special needs facilities.

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY , AMES , IOWA

            Dairy and Animal Science Education & Discovery Facility, 2005

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Design 400-cow dairy and freestalls for heifers and lactating cows, nutrient management system, holding facilities and special needs facilities.      

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY , AMES , IOWA

            Bilsland Baird Breeding Building , 2005

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Design of swine breeding and gestation facility

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN , PLATTEVILLE , WISCONSIN

            Dairy Research Building , 2005

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Renovation of exiting freestall facilities for better animal management flow and increased usage of freestalls.

USDA/UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN/U.S. DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER

            F & G Barn Renovation, 2004

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Design of a remodel of freestall housing for dairy replacement heifers and dairy milking stock.

PFIZER, VETERINARY MEDICINE, RICHLAND TOWNSHIP , MICHIGAN

            Building 651, 2004

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Consultation and design of animal spaces for high containment research.  Species include swine and bovine.  Activities include handling, confinement, housing, environment, waste flow, feed flow and animal flow.

USDA/NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER, AMES , IOWA

            Renovation of Barn 133, 2003

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Renovation of an existing pre-cast concrete structure to be used for BL-2 Research with bovine and white tail deer.

HY-VAC, DALLAS CENTER , IOWA

            Poultry Research Facility, 2003

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Preliminary design of BL-2 / BL-3 Poultry Research Facility, including structure, material flow, people flow, animal flow and HVAC design

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA , ATHENS GEORGIA

            Animal Health Research Center , 2003

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Consultation and design of animal spaces for high containment (BSL-3AG) research.  Species include bovine, swine, equine, sheep, goats, dogs and rodents.

USDA/NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER, Ames , Iowa

            High Containment Large Animal Facility, 2003

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Consultation and design of animal spaces for high containment (BSL-3AG) research and diagnostics.  Species designed for include bison, cattle, deer, elk, equine, swine, sheep and goats.  Activities include handing, confinement, housing, environment, waste flow, feed flow and animal flow.

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER, Baton Rouge , Louisiana

            Animal and Food Sciences Facilities Renovations & Modernizations, 2003

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Consultation and design of abattoir, animal isolation spaces and waste handling systems.  Activities include diagrammatic flows of animals, waste and air, equipment plans, identification of sanitary and utility requirements and site studies.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS , Champaign , Illinois

            South Farms Relocation, Beef and Sheep Facilities, 2003

                       

AUBURN UNIVERSITY , Auburn , Alabama

            Master Plan for Swine Research and Education Center, 2002-2004

WTA BEEF MARKETING ALLIANCE , London , Kentucky

            Beef Marketing Facility, 2002

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Design, specifications and drawings for beef facility

USDA/NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER, Ames , Iowa

            Building 3, Wing G, Animal Room Improvements, 2002

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Pre-design, design, bid and construction phases for animal room improvements

USDA/NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER, Ames , Iowa

            Buildings 4D, 4E and 3A, 4A Animal Rooms, 2002

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Pre-design, design, bidding and construction observation for upgrade of existing HVAC monitoring systems.

USDA/NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER, Ames , Iowa

Barn 134 Improvements , 2001

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Pre-design, design and bid phase for complete renovation including structural, HVAC, plumbing, electrical and architectural improvements

USDA/NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER, Ames , Iowa

            Penwork Design, 2001

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Pre-design and design phases for improvements to animal housing facilities and specification of animal handling equipment

WOODLAND FARMS, Mike Hermanson, Story City , Iowa

            Turkey Building Foundation, 2001

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Design of structural foundation for turkey buildings

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN , Marshfield , Wisconsin

            Heifer/cow facility, 2001

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Design of housing, animal flow and manure/waste handling facilities 

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN , Platteville , Wisconsin

            Swine Research Building , 2001

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Design of farrow to finish swine research facility, including schedules and support areas, with complete manure management design.  

THE MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL , Hershey , Pennsylvania

            Animal and Dairy and Food Processing Center , 2001 and continuing

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Agricultural Engineering design for dairy, large animal, small animal, milk processing (goat and cow), veterinary clinic and horse stables. Includes animal flow and waste/manure treatment.         

AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Auburn, Alabama

Master Plan - Swine Facility, 2001

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Swine research and education center.

USDA-ARS-MWA, NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER, Ames, Iowa

HVAC Monitoring system, 2001

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Pre-design, design, bidding and construction observation for upgrade of existing HVAC monitoring systems.

USDA-ARS-MWA, NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER, Ames, Iowa

Building 3 Wing G, Animal Room Improvements, 2001

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Pre-design, design, bid and construction phases of animal room improvements.

USDA-ARS-MWA, NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER, Ames, Iowa

Animal Pen Work Design, 2001

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Pre-design and design of animal pen work. 

USDA-ARS-MWA, NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER, Ames, Iowa

Barn 134 Improvements, 2001

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Pre-design, design and bid phase for complete renovation including structural, HVAC, plumbing, electrical and architectural improvements.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Marshfield, Wisconsin

Dairy Design, 2001

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Design of dairy, includes housing, milking animal flow and manure/waste handling.

THORBECK ARCHITECTS, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Milton Hershey Master Planning , 2001

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Agriculture engineering design for large animal, small animal, milk processing, veterinary clinic and horse stables. Includes animal flow and waste/manure treatment.

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, Ohio

25-year Long Range Planning for facilities in the College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences 1999/2000 and continuing.

 

USDA/NADC, Ames, Iowa

Modernization Plan for Animal Health Facilities, 2000 and continuing.

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Update existing Modernization Plan, develop program of requirements and develop facility and infrastructure modernization phasing plan to combine the current USDA-ARS, NADC and USDA-APHIS, NVSL efforts into one consolidated campus of a ten-year period.

USDA-AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICES, Ames, Iowa

National Animal Disease Center, Animal Research Building (3 BC) Remodel, 1999/2000

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Drawings and specifications for remodeling the animal research areas, change rooms, necropsy and laboratories, including a complete remodel of the air handling in a BL-3 level facility.

GENETIC RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL, Navasota, Texas

Bull stud facility, 2000

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Building evaluation and air conditioning design for bulls used in connection with semen collection.

CENTRAL CONFINEMENT SERVICES, Columbus, Nebraska

6000-cow dairy located in Wendell, Idaho, 1999/2000

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Flush system design for parlor and holding area, freestall barns and transfer lanes. Concrete design for parlor and basement, holding area, freestall barns and transfer lanes and hospital/calf barn.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Princeton, Kentucky

Swine facility and feed mill, 2000

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Consultation and specifications for farrow-to-finish swine facilities and feed mill

MIDWEST DAIRY INSTITUTE, Milbank, South Dakota

800-cow dairy teaching farm, 1998/99

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800-cow free stall housing with sand bedding, double-14 milking parlor, feed center and various support buildings.

WESTFALIA-SURGE, Galesville, Wisconsin

1200-cow milking center prototype development and design, 1999

 

USDA - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICES, Ames, Iowa

National Animal Disease Center, Incinerator building remodel, 1998/99

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Remodeling of ventilation system and ash removal and transfer from BL-4 area.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE, Princess Anne, Maryland

Center for Food Science and Technology, 1998/99

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Provide consultation and design for live animal handling and holding; swine, sheep, goat and bovine slaughter facilities; poultry slaughter facilities; seafood processing facilities; meat processing and cold storage facilities.

USDA - AGRICULTURAL RESEARECH SERVICES, Ames, Iowa

National Soil Tilth Laboratory, 1997/98

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Ventilation system survey and redesign.

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, Curtis, Nebraska

Livestock Pavilion, 1998

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Preliminary design and specifications for design/build bidding. Show arena and animal handling areas for teaching and demonstration.

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, OARDC, Wooster, Ohio

Equine Education Complex 1997/99

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Assisted the University in preparing drawings and specifications for housing, teaching, offices and pavilion for equine education.

USDA - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICES, Ames, Iowa

National Animal Disease Center, Incinerator Building Remodel 1996

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Preliminary study and pre-design of alternate layout of necropsy, office areas and carcass handling.

USDA - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICES, Ames, Iowa

National Animal Disease Center, Animal Research Building (4 BC) Remodel, 1997/99

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Drawings and specifications for remodeling the animal research areas, change rooms, necropsy and laboratories, including a complete remodel of the air handling in a BL-3 level facility

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Lexington, Kentucky

Swine, Beef and Sheep Teaching and Research Farms, 1996/99

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Drawings and specifications for farrow to finish swine facilities, beef cow/calf market and handling facilities and sheep lambing and market facilities.

IONIA PIGS, Ionia, Iowa

Waste permit design, 1998

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Design and site observation of below-floor manure storage for finishing pigs.

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ames, Iowa

Animal Science Teaching Building and Livestock Infectious Disease Facility, 1995/99

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Drawings and specifications for animal manure system.

USDA – AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICES, Ames, Iowa

National Animal Disease Center, Poultry Facility, 1995

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Drawings and specifications for small broiler/layer research and clean bird holding.

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ames, Iowa

Beef Nutrition Research 1995

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Consultant to University Design Services in the preparation of construction documents for a confinement beef feeding research facility.

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Madrid, Iowa

Bilsland Swine Breeding Farm, 1995/96

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Drawings and specifications for a 48 sow farrowing - Nursery with a sow wash area and observation room. Approximately 8,440 square feet. Two 600 head Grow/Finishing buildings were also designed as naturally ventilated buildings with mechanical winter ventilation. Approximately 11,700 square feet.

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, Michigan

Swine Facility, 1993/96

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A 200 sow, farrow-to-finish Swine Facility with an individual intensive lab for farrowing and nursery. 41,800 square feet of production facilities including a solid-liquid manure separation system, compost building and load-out area.

Poultry Facility, 1993/96

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A 48 pen, 1150 Turkey Research Facility complete with work room. (8,120 square feet).

Beef Handling Facility 1993/96

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A 1,600 square foot Beef Handling Facility with a handling chute, scale, squeeze chute, outside holding pens and dual height loading chute and working corral.

Intensive Dairy Metabolism Facility 1993/96

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A 3,650 square foot Metabolism Facility complete with feed room, milk center and sample prep lab.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Wooster, Ohio

Poultry Teaching/Research Facility, 1993/95

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Consultant to Prime Architect on a 20,600 square foot Poultry Facility.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, Brookings, South Dakota

Swine Grower/Finishing Biostress Research Facility, 1993/94

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Drawings and specifications for a 400 head grower/finishing facility with feed storage/handling support rooms. Approximately 7,000 square feet.

USDA-AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICES, Ames, Iowa

National Pig Research Center, 1993/94

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Preliminary design of a 600 sow farrow-to-finish swine facility. Three site production with the design of a waste management system for each site. Consultant to prime architect. Approximately 71,000 square feet of production facilities.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Open Front Beef Facility, 1993/94

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Drawings and specifications for a 180 head open front wood post-frame beef facility, including quarters and feed bunk layout. 10,800 square feet.

AMERICAN CYANAMID, Princeton, New Jersey

Swine Research Facility 1992/1993

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Drawings and specifications for a 40 sow farrowing-nursery facility and 200 head grower-finishing facility with animal labs, handling area, feed storage, and office. farrow/nursery facility has approximately 15,500 square feet, and the grower/finishing facility has approximately 10,800 square feet.

USDA-NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER, Ames, Iowa

Animal Shelter/Feed Building, 1991/1992

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Drawings and specifications for 40 cow individual feeding barn with electronic feed gates and tubs. Project incorporated approximately 5,000 sq. ft. post-framed barn addition and pre-engineered roof system for approximately 5,800 sq. ft. existing dairy research building.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, Brookings, South Dakota

Sheep Lambing Barn, 1992

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Building program refinement, drawings and specifications for 600 head sheep unit with lambing facilities, office, laboratory and feed supplies storage. 17,300 square feet.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Crookston Campus, Minnesota

Agricultural Operations Management Center, 1991/1992

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Drawings and specifications of animal facilities including 24 sow swine unit, beef and sheep building, hay-shavings storage building, and manure storage bunkers and liquid slurry tank. Consultant to prime Architect. 15,680 GSF.

ALMAR FARMS, Middlebury, Indiana

Dairy Planning and Waste Management System, 1991

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Facility planning for 200 cow dairy operation. Design of Waste Management System including manure tank and earthen storage basin.

21ST CENTURY GENETICS, Shawano, Wisconsin

Production Barn, 1991

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Preliminary plans for bull stud housing barn addition. 7,750 GSF.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, St. Paul Campus, Minnesota

Animal Physiology Research Facility, 1991

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Building program refinement, schematic design and design development of animal housing areas and equipment for prime architect on campus research laboratory. Facility to meet AALAC requirements. 14,470 GSF.

LANDMARK GENETICS, INC., Watertown, Wisconsin

Isolation Barn, 1991

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Preliminary planning and schematic design for Bull Stud housing barn to isolate bulls and semen collection for international market. 4,700 GSF.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Wooster, Ohio

Dairy Maternity and Calf Barn Facility, 1991

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Drawings and specifications for replacement maternity facility including 14 maternity pens, 32 head calf nursery, 54 head growing heifers, hay storage building and manure storage bunker. Performed in association with local Engineering firm. 17,650 square feet.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, Brookings, South Dakota

Swine Research Facility, 1991

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Drawings and specifications for swine research facility including 60 head gestation housing, 24 farrowing stalls, and 28 single litter size research nursery pens. Equipment bid separately. Performed in association with local Engineering firm. 7,300 square feet.

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, University Park, Pennsylvania

Dairy Research Unit, 1991

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Independent review of design development documents prepared by Architect. 550 head dairy facility complete with individual feeding barn, intensive research barn, milking parlor, heifer and milking cow housing.