Georgia Tech’s football program has a new indoor practice facility, thanks to a commitment from Mary R. and John F. Brock III. The 88,000-square-foot Georgia Tech Brock Indoor Practice Facility in Atlanta includes a full-size football field in an enclosed space with massive hangar doors that allows easy access to and from the existing outdoor facility. A viewing platform surrounds the field and later, a ceiling mounted camera system will allow players and coaches to review practice film. The facility was designed by Knight Architects, Atlanta, while Barton Malow Construction in Alpharetta, Ga., and May, Moeller, Purcell Construction Co. of Norcross, Ga., served as the general contractors.
Head coach Paul Johnson notes, “It gives us a place here on campus [where] we can practice in bad weather and get in during storms; plus it will help in recruiting.”
The facility required 590 tons of steel to build and features 107 squares of Bossier City, La.- based McElroy Metal Inc.’s 22-gauge MegaRib panels in a range of sizes from 10.66 to 30 inches for the horizontal metal siding. The facility’s vertical walls consist of 220 squares of Lancaster, Pa.- based Fabral’s 22-gauge 4.2 Corrugated panels in Ash Gray, while the roof features 800 squares of Fabral’s 24-gauge Stand N’ Seam 16 roof panels in Bone White. The soffit and door panels are made up of Fabral’s Select Series 12, also in Bone White. The panels were distributed by Orion Associates, Decatur, Ga., while Bristol Engineered Metals, Duluth, Ga., served as a subcontractor.
According to Dan Radakovich, Georgia Tech’s athletic director, “Early in Coach Paul Johnson’s tenure, we discussed the importance of having a place where the team could practice away from the elements. … This new facility will provide us with significantly more efficiency in scheduling our practice sessions.”
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