Onondaga Community College

Syracuse, NY

Master Plan and Implementation for Multi-Field Athletic Complex.

Prepared schematic site plan illustrating optimum site development for a stadium complex that included a synthetic surface baseball field and softball field.
Prime consultant for the team that included Architects, MEP Engineers, Surveyors and Site Contractor.
Facilitated timely meetings with campus stakeholders to define program, present multiple concept options, and establish construction costs.
Prepared preliminary analysis regarding subsurface soil conditions and storm water management as required by NYSDEC.
Prepared SEQRA (State Environmental Quality Review Act) documentation for agency review.
Prepared final cost estimate for construction and other project costs.
Deliverables included a written report, rendered graphics, and computer generated 3-D animation of the project area.
Master Plan was completed in December 2011.

Appel Osborne, as the prime consultant, provided services for the design and implementation of the Athletic Complex.

$6.2 million approximate construction costs for the development of the multi-field athletic complex which includes a synthetic turf baseball field and softball field.
Stadium entrance with controlled access to both fields, plaza space to promote gathering and circulation, concourse areas along first and third baseline of baseball field for informal viewing/seating and access to softball field.
Baseball field includes sunken dugouts, pitching bullpens, outfield configured for soccer, lacrosse and football as well as team rooms, storage and a centrally located batting cage located under fixed bleachers for 475.
Softball field includes enclosed dugouts, pitching bullpens and bleacher seating for 475.
Additional athletic complex features include open hillside viewing/seating areas in addition to the bleacher seating, press box, perimeter fencing, scoreboard, backstop, bleacher netting protection, outfield safety net.
Site amenities also include concessions with storage, ticket booths, and public restrooms.
Project was completed in 2014.