Olathe Community Center

GBA provided structural engineer services for the new 72,000 square foot Olathe Community Center currently under construction at Stagecoach Park in Olathe, KS (scheduled to open mid-2014).  Amenities at the facility include an aquatic space complete with waterslides and a lazy river, cardio and weight training areas, fitness studios, a gymnasium with basketball and volleyball courts, an elevated indoor walking and jogging track, multi-purpose activity rooms, locker facilities, and childcare space. 

 



Rendering of Community Center

The building design features a dramatic wood glulam entrance canopy that flows into the central lobby of the facility with exposed building columns and lateral bracing accented with wood.  The central lobby divides the space between the community wing and the fitness wing of the facility.  The high bay, curved roof for the fitness wing consists long span steel joist girders that clear-span the gymnasium and natatorium areas, supported by load bearing masonry walls.  Roof overhangs are framed with structural kickers that accent the exterior façade of the building.  The curved roof line of the fitness wing is replicated on the low bay community wing by cantilevering the building columns up above the roof line to support the roof overhangs.  The building columns and walls of the facility are supported by drilled pier foundations that extend bedrock, approximately 10’ below grade.