Project: Raleigh Convention Center

Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

Owner: City of Raleigh & Wake County

Architect: O'Brien Atkins

Structural Engineer: Ross Bryan Associates, Inc.

Construction Manager: Skanska/Barnhill JV

Construction Cost: $192 Million

Project Information: This new 508,000 sf center will have entrances on all sides. The building will front onto Salisbury Street with a grand public plaza and a façade of limestone, granite and glass. To save cost, he curtain wall, metal panel and storefront systems were designed to use standard off the shelf systems. The building also contained structural glass wall elements.

Completion Date: 2008