The Tennessee Aquarium Expansion - Ocean Journey

March Adams provided all of the engineering services for the expansion (e.g. civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, life support and fire protection). The expansion consists of a new 60,000 square foot "sister" building located east of the existing aquarium.  Main features of the new aquarium  are hands-on exhibits, such as touch tanks, a butterfly aviary and a 500,000 gallon salt-water tank.  The expansion opened in May 2005.

$30 Million

PROJECT

Virginia Marine & Science Center, Virginia Beach, VA

DESCRIPTION

A $17.8 million renovation.  We provided civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and life support engineering design services.  This project consisted of several exhibit renovations and exhibit additions, while maintaining the same square footage.  

 The outdoor wilderness exhibit, the Chesapeake Bay tank were renovated and the Ray tank was renovated and moved to another location in the facility.  The new exhibits consist of a Red Sea aquarium, a Komodo dragon exhibit and several various small animal and marine exhibits.  The retail store was also relocated and enlarged

COST OF CONSTRUCTION

$17.7 Million

Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park

March Adams is currently in the process of providing all of the engineering designs for the complete campus renovation of the Chattanooga Zoo.  The 2006 renovation consists of adding several new facilities including an administration building, concessions, patron restrooms, a new gift shop and a carousel.

COST OF CONSTRUCTION

$2.8 Million

Animals introduced into the main aquarium facility are required to process through the offsite quarantine/prep facility.  This 9,000 square foot facility contains all the necessary tanks and life support systems required to support the animals being processed for time periods up to one year prior to their introduction into the main aquarium tanks.  Life support equipment and controls are identical to those of the main facility, though on a smaller scale.  Building HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems are designed to handle the life support systems as well as the building envelope.  Communications systems for the life support monitoring and alarm are connected to the main facility via the internet.

COST OF CONSTRUCTION

$1.2 Million