ABQ BioPark Aquarium, North American River Otter Exhibit

Kim Altmire

The River Otter Habitat at the ABQ BioPark Aquarium features a 25,000 gallon pool inside a 3,000 square foot sloping exhibition space. A slide located at the top of the slope allows Chaos and Mayhem, the exhibit’s otters to glide into their freshwater pool. The deep pool has two viewing windows below the water line to allow visitors to enjoy …

Central New Mexico Community College, Max Salazar Hall Central Utility Plant

Kim Altmire

Central New Mexico Community College needed to replace the existing central utility plant located in the Max Salazar classroom building. The new standalone building was designed as an interactive learning space for students and faculty with accessible equipment spaces, monitors for viewing the control systems, and color coded mechanical piping and electrical conduit to promote learning and student engagement. The …

Phoenix Theater

BPCE

Having undergone several renovations and name changes since its inception in 1920, the Phoenix Theater reached new heights in 2013 when the theater not only underwent a renovation, but also opened the doors to a state-of-the-art, 250-seat Black Box Theater. The redesigned main stage consists of a fully realized modern stage house, wing space, fly loft, under-stage traps and auditorium …

Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Rust Medical Center

Kasey Skarsgard

Presbyterian Healthcare Services’ Rust Medical Center underwent a multiphase transformation in which the original 90,000 SF hospital was developed to a multi-building campus with a 535,000 SF hospital, 101,000 SF medical office building, and 11,000 SF central plant. Designed with the patients and convenience in mind, Rust offers all private patient rooms that are adaptable to any level of care, …

Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Administrative Center

Kasey Skarsgard

Designed with the future in mind, Presbyterian Healthcare Services’ Reverend Hugh A. Cooper Administrative Center facility houses over 2,100 employees. Nicknamed “The Coop,” the 320,000 sf headquarters building features the latest effective strategies for workforce productivity, recruitment, and retention and long term operational efficiency for the health plan and clinical support staff. The multi-phase project includes a renovation of the …

Yuma Regional Medical Center Emergency Department

BPCE

Constructed in 1957, Yuma Regional Medical Center is home to a growing community that had outgrown its medical resource, leaving a need for an expansion of the Emergency Department. In three-years, the design team was able to expand the facility to 71,000+ SF, add a three-level parking garage to alleviate pedestrian traffic and parking issues, and relocate the central utility …

New Mexico State Police District 7 Facility

Kasey Skarsgard

The New Mexico Department of Public Safety will soon have a new home for its District 7 state police station. Named in honor of the fallen NM state police officer Glen Huber, the new 8,964 square foot building will replace an aged and obsolete facility that no longer meets the agency’s current demands and needs to effectively serve the community. …

City of Albuquerque, Patrick J. Baca Library

Kasey Skarsgard

Completed in 2015 and the largest branch library in the system, the Patrick J. Baca Library is unique in its own right. The two-story library features state-of-the-art mechanical, electrical, A/V, security and IT systems, all designed by B&P. The library uses an underfloor air distribution/raised floor system which will ease the work of redistributing systems for future expansion. Focusing on …

Department of Veterans Affairs, Grand Junction VA Medical Center

BPCE

The Grand Junction VA’s physical medicine and rehabilitation department needed to expand their space by 50 percent to be able to better serve veterans. This single-story medical building was designed with the future in mind with the ability to add a second story, and includes medical treatment spaces, offices, gymnasium, prosthetics lab, exam rooms and a rehab park. Evaporative cooled …