St. George, Utah
This project is a new state courthouse in St. George, Utah, totaling 95,550 sq. ft. with a construction cost of approximately $27 million. Spectrum Engineers provided MEP/T (mechanical, electrical, plumbing and technology engineering), fire protection engineering (atrium smoke exhaust) and acoustical engineering services. Technology systems designed by Spectrum include audio/video, court control, CCTV and security systems. The building houses eight courtrooms with audio/video systems, judges’ chambers, offices (including probation offices), detention, clerk and storage space and a backup data center for the State of Utah Courts System. Spectrum designed backup power systems to ensure the reliability of the data center. The site for the new courthouse was home to an elementary school that had to remain in operation until December 2007, increasing scheduling challenges for the design and construction teams. The courthouse project included coordinating street lamp design, landscape features and pedestrian and vehicle access points with a planned community plaza adjacent to the courthouse site.