City of Radford High School Baseball Field

T&L provided Designer-Led, Design-Build services to the Radford High School Foundation for a multi-phased development of a new Municipal Baseball Facility in Radford, VA.

The undeveloped 5.8-acre parcel was a former landfill site owned by the city of Radford. Planning was to allow for a multi-phased undertaking as funds became available. To date, Phases 1A and 1B have been completed in 2007 and 2008 respectively. An additional infield drainage system was added in 2011. Phase 2 is for installation of a lighting system for night competitions and Phase 3 will include formal concessions, ticket booth, press box and permanent seating.

Facility highlights include:

90’ diamond with grass infield designed to major league dimensions with 330’ down the lines and 400’ at centerfield;
Complete with concrete dugouts, restrooms, and spectator seating platform with metal bleachers; and
Automatic field irrigation system, bullpens, batting cage, and digital scoreboard.

The facility is considered to be one of the finest high school fields in the state.

The facility serves as the home field for the Radford High School Bobcat Varsity and Junior Varsity teams, and local youth-league teams. The Radford Municipal Baseball Field has also been host to college club baseball, serving Radford University, Virginia Tech and New River Community College. In addition, the field has been chosen to host showcase tournaments, attracting teams from North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and beyond.

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Client:
City of Radford

Service Type:
Designer Led Design Build

Project Value:
$528,633 (Phase I)

Completion Date:
2011

Project Area:
5.8 acres

Somic America Production Facility Addition

T&L partnered with Somic America, Inc., a leading supplier of front end components for Toyota, to design and construct a 100’ X 500’ (50,000 SF) addition to the east side of the existing Somic America plant located in the Wythe County Progress Park. T&L’s construction partner was MB Contractors, Inc, who worked as a subcontractor to T&L.

In addition to providing all Architectural, Structural, and Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Engineering services for the building addition, T&L also provided Civil Engineering and Surveying services, relative to the site development activities including site grading, access roads, loading docks, on-site parking/pedestrian facilities, on-site utilities (water, sewer, gas, telephone, and electric), and on-site storm sewer and related appurtenances.

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Client:
Somic America

Service Type:
Designer Led Design Build

Project Value:
$4.244 Million

Completion Date:
2016

Project Area:
50,000 sf

Bluestone Regional Business & Technology Center Shell Building

T&L partnered with the Tazewell County Industrial Development Authority (TCIDA) for Designer Led Design Build services relative to design/construction of a 40,000 SF shell building and associated site work (utilities, stormwater management, parking/access, earthwork, site lighting) at the Bluestone Regional Business and Technology Center (BRBTC).

The BRBTC is situated on an approximate 680 acre parcel, located adjacent to U.S. Route 460, between Tazewell and Bluefield, Virginia.

T&L developed a 100% Early Site Package along with a 75% level design effort for the balance of the project scope for bidding purposes under our Design Build contract. The successful bidder was DCI Shires of Bluefield, West Virginia, who worked as a subcontractor to T&L.

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Client:
Tazewell County Industrial Development Authority

Service Type:
Designer Led Design Build

Project Value:
$2.32 Million

Completion Date:
2018

Project Area:
40,000 sf

Virginia Tech Batter’s Eye at English Field

Thompson & Litton was commissioned by Virginia Tech to provide design and construction documents, and 3-D imagery for a fabric screen Batter’s Eye at English Field on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.

The purpose of the design was to correct hampered viewpoints due to the recreational field lighting located beyond the outfield fencing at the intramural fields across Southgate Drive. At both night games and practices, the difficulty was the ability to easily and quickly locate the baseball when it is in the pitcher’s hand and during the ball’s path of travel to the hitter. The remedy for this problem was to construct a screen outside of the playing field that is large enough to block the distractions that are in the immediate line of sight for the batter. This screen is commonly referred to as a “Batter’s Eye.”

T&L services consisted of the following:

Screen and fabric research to determine the best suited installation for English Field;
Evaluation of provided Geotechnical Data; and
The development of a three-dimensional Sketch-Up model that depicts the proposed Batter’s Eye in the proposed location.

Production of the 3-D model required topographic mapping and light pole sizes and locations of the baseball field and surrounding area including the intramural fields to be provided by VT.Structural design services included foundations and steel support system for an approximate 32’ x 100’ fabric screen.

Additional services by T&L included bidding and Construction Phase Administrative services based on a 2-month construction period. The development of a 3-D computer model confirmed the size and location of the Batter’s Eye which effectively blocks the light fixtures in the background, improving the line of sight from the batter’s vantage point. In addition, the 3-D model can also be utilized to illustrate the impact of the screen on the VT campus.

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Client:
Virginia Tech

Service Type:
Structural MEP

Project Value:
$300,000

Completion Date:
2011

Virginia Military Institute Earthquake Evaluation and Repairs

T&L provided Virginia Military Institute (VMI) with structural engineering services following the earthquake on August 23, 2011 in which several VMI facilities experienced structural issues which required further inspection and evaluation.

As part of the structural evaluation, T&L performed structural inspections of the areas requested, developed a report of the inspection results with recommended actions or repairs, and provided VMI with construction cost estimates for repairs.

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Client:
Virginia Military Institute

Service Type:
Structural MEP

Project Value:
$35,000

Completion Date:
2011