Project Name: The BASE (Business, Arts, Sports, and Entertainment)

Company Name: Populous

Project Location: Waco, Texas United States

Project Information/Details: In May, The BASE (Business, Arts, Sports, and Entertainment) opened to the public at the Extraco Events Center, home of the Heart O’ Texas Fair and Rodeo, in Waco, Texas. The $32 million, multipurpose facility was designed by global architecture firm Populous with the goal of bringing more business and tourism to Waco in the diverse form of sports tournaments, concerts, meetings, trade shows and community events. In 2015, Populous issued a 40-year master plan for the site, which involved collaboration with the County, City and School District Stakeholders, and identified the need for a new Expo Center, Livestock and Equestrian Facilities, RV Parking, as well as High School and City Sports Complexes. The BASE is the first project of the master plan to be built, and is the new front door to the site. It is situated next to the existing Extraco Coliseum, and offers visitors 52,000 square feet of clear-span, multipurpose flexible exhibition space. The site was first developed in 1917 by the U.S. Army and, in 1953, was turned into the first Heart O’ Texas Fair and Rodeo, envisioned by the event leaders as an event center for a rodeo crowd of nearly 8,000. Now no longer just a fair ground, the Extraco Events Center is a year-round multi-use destination complemented by entertainment options available to users at the adjacent Coliseum. Its flexibility and ability to create spaces to scale via divisible walls allows for personalized regional and traveling tournaments, weddings and other celebrations, private meetings and more. “For The BASE, every decision was tested with the 40-year vision,” said Bill Bourne, an Associate Principal at Populous who oversaw the project. “The debt service will be paid out over a 40-year period, so we wanted to give the most value to the County for what we know they need today, but also to allow the venue to adapt and accommodate future events that don’t yet exist. With a focus on longevity, the materials we incorporated are durable enough for farm and equipment shows, but warm enough for weddings and private events. This meant a lot of masonry, which is great, as this allowed us to showcase the skill and craftsmanship of the local contractors.” Populous devised a compelling design for The BASE that makes the site feel like a campus. From the moment you arrive, the edges are softened by the beautification of the building’s exterior and landscaping, which features ample spaces for people to gather and sit in the shade. The parking lots of The BASE were created for flexibility as well, with the integration of power, water and sewer to allow for farmer’s markets, vendors, and to enhance amenities for the Fair’s carnival midway and livestock and equestrian competitors. Nearly every inch of The BASE can be used or leased to a client for any type of event. The facility features an outdoor front porch area which can be used for breakout space during conferences, a reception or mingling area during social events, or a place for fans and players to take a breather during all-day sports tournaments. A central, open concept, food service area also links this outdoor space with the event hall. Portable points of sale and operable walls allow the experience to be customized to size of event, but also allows for operational efficiency. Daylighting is brought into all public spaces via a mix of translucent panels and windows. Infrastructure is in place to allow the client to control the openings if they need to transform the venue for a black-box event. This openness and transparency were important to give event attendees connection to the outdoors and offer a sense of placemaking. Future phases of the master plan include expansion and addition of facilities for equine and livestock events. The Extraco Events Center has space for 1,000 horses and will become one of the biggest venues for horse and livestock shows. Populous also recently completed the Resch Expo in February, which replaced the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena in the Village of Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, and adjacent to the iconic Lambeau Field. Other relevant projects include new livestock and equestrian facilities for the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo in Denver, as well as redevelopment of the Pimlico and Laurel Racing and Community facilities in Maryland. For more information, visit our website or contact [email protected]

Project Name: Campus Arrival District

Company Name: Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T)

Project Location: Rolla, Missouri United States

Project Information/Details: Missouri S&T’s 2020 Campus Master Plan seeks to build upon the previous 2014 Master Plan and 2017 Update while also addressing the 2018 Strategic Plan and Chancellor Mo Dehghani 's bold plan of growing the school’s enrollment by 50%. The physical campus will play an important role in helping the University achieve this goal. Improvements to the overall campus experience as well as new and improved physical spaces will be instrumental in addressing the priority areas, including Missouri S&T's new Arrival District. The Arrival District will dramatically connect the entry of campus off Interstate 44 (Missouri) to the main academic campus through a series of landscape and building projects that also includes making synergistic connections to adjacent districts. The realignment of University Drive will unlock opportunities for the development of new space north of the realigned University Drive as well as south of University Drive and west of Highway 63 in the area currently providing off-campus housing units and retail services. The Arrival District will provide S&T a front door fitting of its academic reputation. Key new facilities will support the goals of the arrival district and serve to reflect the energy and innovation of the University out to campus visitors and passersby. The associated landscape, site, and wayfinding interventions will create a much safer and more amenitized environment for the campus community. The creation of this district directly addresses some of S&T's recruitment challenges by providing a simplified wayfinding experience for prospective students arriving to campus for the first time. They will arrive to this area, park nearby, and easily navigate to the welcome center. The experience of arrival will be memorable and inspiring, and its excellence will be reflective of the caliber of university they are visiting. Views as prospective students walk to the welcome center will include S&T's research on display as well as the student experience center. ARRIVAL DISTRICT PROJECTS 1. Welcome Center 2. Student Experience Center 3. Future Academic Building 4. Rolla Hall Renovation 5. Future Housing and Student Life Facilities 6. Hotel and Conference Center & Parking 7. Childcare Center 8. Small Retail 9. New Electrical Sub Station 10. Widened HWY 63 Pedestrian Underpass 11. University Drive Realignment 12. New Pedestrian Bridge and Landscaping More information can be found at masterplan.mst.edu/arrivaldistrict Contact Person: Velvet Hasner Email: [email protected]  

Project Name: The Eight

Company Name: Skanska

Project Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States

Project Information/Details: Skanska invests approximately USD 476M, about SEK 4.0 billion, in The Eight, its newest office development project in Bellevue, Washington, USA. The construction contract is worth about USD 270M, about SEK 2.3 billion, which will be included in the US order bookings for the second quarter 2021. Located at the intersection of Northeast 8th Street and 108th Avenue Northeast in Bellevue, Washington, Skanska plans to develop and build a 25-story, 50,300 square meter office tower. It will include a private rooftop deck that measures 300 square meters, seven alternating indoor/outdoor exterior balconies, 1,100 square meters of ground floor retail space and four-levels of below-grade parking that will include valet services and charging stations. The project will target LEED Platinum and Wired Platinum certifications. The Eight represents Skanska’s sixth development project in the Greater Seattle Area and its second project in Bellevue since it began development operations in the region in 2011. Skanska purchased the land for The Eight in July 2018 and received administrative design review and approval at the end of 2020. Skanska expects to begin construction in June 2021 and the project is scheduled to be completed in fourth quarter of 2023. Since 2009, Skanska’s U.S. commercial development operations has invested a total of USD 2.8 billion in commercial and multi-family projects, creating more than 92,900 square meters of sustainable and community focused developments in select U.S. markets. Skanska is one of the leading construction- and project development companies in U.S., specialized in building construction, civil infrastructure and developing commercial properties in select U.S. markets. Skanska USA had sales of SEK 66 billion in 2020 and had about 7,600 employees in its operations.