This high-profile, donor-funded project included the renovation of public areas on the first and second floor of the George Sanchez Building at The University of Texas at Austin campus. It was executed with a fast-track, four-phased summer schedule that allowed completion prior to the start of the fall semester.
The renovation was completed to create open student work areas. Construction scope included abatement, demolition, interior finish carpentry, glass entrances and storefront, along with MEP improvements. The lobby included a faceted wall system with angled walls to display plaques as well as a specialty engineered wood cloud ceiling with integrated lighting.
As is common with work at The University of Texas at Austin Campus, the building remained occupied during the entire construction schedule.
This high-end tenant finish out is located in the Class A Lamar Central building on North Lamar and is the latest in the expansion of facilities for Westlake Dermatology. The space includes exam rooms, procedural rooms as well as retail space.
Designed by Michael Hsu House of Architecture, the space is outfitted with many specialty finishes. Of particular note is the chain curtain within the reception area. Hanging from ceiling to floor, forty feet of curtain was installed by hand, strand by strand.
2016 – Austin AGC Outstanding Construction Award Winning Project
This phased renovation for the Hill + Knowlton consulting firm took place in the Class A IBC Bank Plaza in downtown Austin. To allow for continuous occupation by the tenant throughout construction, the schedule was split over three phases.
A combination of conventional drywall and high end Modernus Demountable Glass Partitions were used throughout the space to give a very polished final product. Construction continued during the annual SXSW festival in downtown Austin, requiring extreme planning and coordination to allow for the continuous operations to maintain the construction schedule.
This project included the partial demolition and historical renovation of the 115 year old Our Lady Queen of Peach Chapel on the active St. Edward’s University campus. The chapel is one of the oldest buildings on the St. Edward’s campus.
The added Campus Ministry Building includes a reception area, community room featuring floor to ceiling windows, conference rooms and offices for the campus staff. Architectural details include the use of MDF doors, galvanized metal fins to deregulate irregular breaks in the HardiePanel siding and detailed finishing throughout. The 65K SF Contemplative Garden upgrade brought in concrete benches as well as a circular steel seep that allows for rainwater collection off of the roof of the chapel.
All work was completed on the fully operational St. Edwards University college campus.
This project included the new construction of a two story, 26,000 square foot ambulatory surgery center and medical office space for Balcones Pain Consultants. The facility includes fourteen exam rooms, a flouroscopy suite, a laboratory, and pharmacy. Within the surgery center, three operating rooms comprise the rear of the suite, with four pre-op beds and five PACU beds in the center of the space. A spacious waiting room and radius stairway make up the entrance and reception area.
The site, exterior and core of the building were designed by Euwer & Associates, while the interiors were designed by Polkinghorn Group Architects. The success of the project was in large part determined by everyone’s ability to communicate and work with each other to make sure that there were no gaps or overlaps in scope.
This tenant finish out split over two floors in the new Colorado Tower in downtown Austin was completed within a tight construction schedule. The open concept space includes two large break rooms, a hospitality bar that serves as Atlassian’s upscale coffee house serving beer and coffee, a game room, numerous open lounge areas, bicycle storage, showers, quiet zones, and two outdoor terraces. To allow the employees to remain flexible and mobile, power/data is distributed throughout the workspace every seven feet from ceiling-mounted power sources.
The staircase, a true focal point of the office, required extensive collaboration between the steel workers and the woodworkers. Due to the extreme size of the steel stringers, the Sabre team coordinated their crane entry through a removed glass panel.
Featured in Refinery29’s “Best Offices in the United States” article, January 2016, we can’t help but agree.
The renovation of CT Suite within the active Dell Children’s Medical Center took place in the summer of 2015.
This project included the replacement of the existing Siemens CT Scan equipment with a new GE Revolution CT X-Ray Scanner and associated equipment within the active Dell Children’s Medical Center. Along with the coordination of the medical equipment installation, new HVAC and electrical service was provided along with updated finishes and the replacement of millwork in the room.
To give the room a more welcoming and relaxing feel to the young patients, colorful themed artwork was applient to the entire room.
ArthroCare is a repeat client whom we have worked for in many previous projects including their corporate offices, manufacturing plant, and multiple laboratories. The scope for this particular project included the construction of ArthroCare’s new 21,050 square foot CMC (carboxymethylcellulose) production facility in South Austin. The finished space included office area, a break room, restrooms, clean rooms, packaging, warehouse and new process lab to manufacture the CMC.
Construction was completed in a tight schedule of only four and a half months. ArthroCare already had orders for the material they were going to be producing at the facility which made meeting the schedule a must. The project team was able to make that happen. Sabre not only completed this project within the schedule, but under budget.
The 54,450 square foot, single story facility constructed in San Marcos, Texas was built as a distribution and storage warehouse for PODS containers. The Design-Build project was built with concrete tilt wall construction with light weight open web steel joists supporting an insulated single ply roof. The flooring was built to withstand the 30 ton rated forklift used to move the storage containers around within the building during operation.
In addition to the warehouse, the City of San Marcos required the owner to double the width of Leah Avenue from Clovis Barker Road to the driveway entrance, approximately one quarter mile. This widening included all new storm drain inlets to match those on the other side along with sidewalk and signage. This work was rolled into Sabre’s construction contract.
2015 – Austin AGC Outstanding Construction Award Winning Project
This 15 week project was commissioned as a way to update a very outdated student events center. The majority of the building remained occupied during construction and Sabre worked in close communication with the current tenants and the university. As we were working in an occupied space with student groups and event teams, our team worked around quiet times, and coordinated with the owner contracted furniture vendor for glass wall installation. Sabre relied on our existing key relationships with building management and occupants to ensure minimal disruption.
Both the original project schedule and budget were met. Some of the more unique items on this project included an ornamental “deer horn” glass chandelier which is one of the centerpieces of the space. Since this project completed we have been awarded many more projects with The University of Texas at Austin, proving that we leave behind very satisfied clients.
2014 – Austin AGC Outstanding Construction Award Winning Project
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