Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha

Description

Camosy Construction was selected as the Construction Manager at Risk for this project in July 2009. Our services included all phases of the work from Pre-Construction, Construction, closeout, and on through the completion of the two-year warranty period. Camosy completed the construction phase with a spectacular Grand Opening on June 24, 2011. This facility includes an indoor soccer field with artificial turf, a multi-purpose court, a youth/team center, multi-purpose rooms, a kitchen and concessions, a technology room, performing arts, administration and tenant suites, and passive recreation green space. The project was completed in June 2011.

The site for the Boys & Girls Club facility was originally part of an industrial area starting in the mid-1800s. The property underwent multiple industrial uses, including a book bindery operation from the early 1930s, which had been demolished in the 1970s and included documents stating remediation of existing contaminated soils had been conducted. Geotechnical investigations of the site revealed that much of the soils were filled as expected and unsuitable structurally; however, no indication of contaminated soils was indicated. As the Construction Manager, Camosy recommended a contingency fund for potential unsuitable and/or contaminated soils be included in the budget because of the previous industrial history of the site despite the “no contaminated soils” findings. During initial excavations for site utilities, suspect soils were encountered, and a previously unknown heating fuel tank was discovered. The tank was generally intact and had minimal leaking contaminating the soils immediately surrounding the tank to an area of approximately ten feet around the tank in all directions. The contaminated soil contingency fund was used to remediate the soils.