2019 CONSTRUCTION RISK PARTNERS BUILD AMERICA AWARD WINNER BUILDING UNDER $10 MILLION RENOVATION STEPHEN AND PETER SACHS MUSEUM RENOVATION

摘要

Tarlton Corporation completed an $8-million restoration of a pre-Civil War building, formerly an herbarium and scientific research facility, that had been closed to the public for the past 35 years. The Tarlton team built a new architectural addition, while restoring the dramatic two-story atrium in the main exhibit hall featuring a precise recreation of a botanical mural on the ceiling. The team uncovered painted portraits of three eminent botanists hidden above a plaster drop ceiling, requiring them to reconfigure plans to install mechanical systems in the floor above. As the museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the design team worked in accordance with preservation principles outlined by the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and the U.S. National Park Service. The new 2,000-square-foot contemporary entry way offers modern conveniences to visitors, while the main floor expansion allows for new exhibit space.