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Sanibel Island Recreation Center is Southeast Contruction’s Best of ‘08 Sports/Recreation Project

Sanibel Island Recreation & Community Center

Sanibel Island Recreation & Community Center

The new $12 million Sanibel Island recreation center provides the city with an affordable facility in which its residents can exercise, entertain children in after-school programs and hold private events. Peter R. Brown Construction, Inc. of Clearwater, Fla., completed its work on the 186,000-sq-ft center in 15 months. The project includes a gymnasium, weight room, dance/fitness room, locker rooms, meeting rooms, tennis courts and aquatic area with a six-lane competition pool, plunge pool, exercise pool and shallow pool. The team did not seek LEED certification but incorporated many green features, including a hydrochlorofluorocarbon-free air-conditioning system; solar thermal systems; environmentally sensitive building materials; a monitoring system for indoor air quality; daylighting; water-conserving plumbing fixtures; and energy efficient low-e glass to filter out unwanted ultraviolet/near-infrared light while minimizing heat loss/gain. The interior uses special indoor chemical and pollutant source controls and low-volatile organic chemical primers, paints and clear wood floor sealer.
Owner: City of Sanibel, Fla.
Contractor: Peter R. Brown Construction, Inc., Clearwater, Fla.
Architect: Woodroffe Corp. Architects, Tampa, Fla.

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