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Contractors announced for Municipal Auditorium project
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Contractors announced for Municipal Auditorium project
from mysa.com
By Jason Buch - Express-News
Zachry Construction Corp. will work with Houston-based Linbeck Group to lead construction and renovation efforts at the Municipal Auditorium, the Bexar County Performing Arts Center Foundation announced Wednesday.
The project will convert the underused auditorium, built in 1926, into a performing arts center that will serve as an event space and provides a venue for local arts organizations.
Choosing a construction team was the last great hurdle in the planning process, preceded by the selection of a project management firm and a design team, said J. Bruce Bugg Jr., chairman and president of the foundation. Bugg said 11 national construction companies partnered with local firms to bid for the project and the team of Zachry and Linbeck was chosen from a pool of four finalists.
“Now we have our construction team put in place, so we have all three of the key components to move this project forward, making the transition to a world-class performing arts center,” he said.
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Zachry and Linbeck will be working with the design team of Marmon Mok Architecture and Seattle-based LMN Architects, and the project management firm is the Projects Group of Fort Worth.
The auditorium's shell will house a new performing arts center with a 1,850-seat performance hall and a rehearsal hall and will connect to the River Walk.
The building's roof will be demolished, but its façade will remain intact, he said.
“The iconic walls and the structure will remain intact. However, based on our current planning we will probably completely demolish the inside of the building,” Bugg said.
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