Best Sports and Entertainment: Osborne Legacy Complex

Osborne Legacy Complicated

Lincoln Neb.

BEST PROJECT, SPORTS/ENTERTAINMENT, and Award of Advantage, Security

Submitted by Hausmann Development

Proprietor: College of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contractor: Hausmann Development

Lead Design Agency: BVH Structure

Structural Engineer: Hatfield Group Engineering

Civil Engineer: Olsson Inc.

MEP Engineer: M-E Engineers

Architect: Populous

Proprietor’s Consultant: Rainwood Improvement Companions LLC

Spanning 315,000 sq ft, this $125-million enlargement of historic Memorial Stadium has introduced new life to the College of Nebraska’s soccer program and its student-athlete amenities via a three-year, two-phase building effort that balanced modernization with preservation.

The undertaking united a brand new soccer efficiency heart and complete student-athlete facilities underneath one roof. The primary section added athletic medication, power and conditioning areas, locker rooms, assembly rooms and soccer workplaces.

The second section delivered an educational heart, a full-service eating corridor and an expertise foyer for guests and recruits.

Constructed on a decent, occupied web site, the undertaking required that work proceed round lively recreation days whereas defending the college’s iconic “Kissing Columns,” which have been relocated to kind a brand new entrance to the stadium.

The development group confronted a variety of challenges, together with unmapped utilities, hazardous coal-contaminated soil, buried railroad particles and greater than 5,000 design clashes—every resolved via 3D modeling and constructing data modeling (BIM) instruments that saved roughly $500,000 and months of delays.

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Sustaining stadium operations throughout three soccer seasons demanded shut coordination with college employees, fireplace marshals and occasion personnel.

When a key stadium gate was blocked, crews constructed a 30-ft-tall scaffold egress tower with ADA-compliant ramps to protect crowd entry. As well as, weekly “recreation day readiness” walks ensured security and code compliance.

With greater than 1.2 million work hours logged and a peak workforce of over 200 tradespeople, the contractor applied enhanced security measures past normal protocols, together with pre-event inspections and steady public-safety monitoring. Regardless of shifting management and materials delays, the undertaking stayed on schedule.

In a proactive transfer, the contractor resequenced building to complete the soccer locker room six months early—aligning with the season begin and demonstrating the teamwork that outlined the stadium’s newest transformation.