Escalante, Utah
This $4 million, 12,481 sq. ft., single-story building serves as an education facility for visitors to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and is also used by the Bureau of Land Management as an operations / work center. It includes approximately 1,300 sq. ft. of interior exhibits and about 500 sq. ft. of exterior exhibits and consumes 40 percent less energy than a conventional facility of similar size. Interior spaces include: interpretation and trip planning areas, exhibit spaces, collections and other storage space, 75-seat theater, sales, offices, science labs, public restrooms, lunchroom, workroom and large conference room. Electrical systems include: category 5 voice/data and phone, building access with card readers, closed circuit television and theater A/V equipment. Spectrum provided the electrical engineering and technology design (theater A/V and acoustics).