2. CALCAL WADSWORTHWADSWORTH
CONSTRUCTIONCONSTRUCTION
 Escalante Grand Staircase NationalEscalante Grand Staircase National
MonumentMonument
 Big Water Visitor Center ProjectBig Water Visitor Center Project
 September 24September 24thth
2001 thru May 242001 thru May 24thth
20022002
 Project Manager: Kevin AbernathyProject Manager: Kevin Abernathy
 Superintendent: Raymond RankinSuperintendent: Raymond Rankin

3. The key to any successful project is to start right and stay right.

4. Initial project excavations.

5. Footings for the walkways and courtyard walls.

6. Showing the curved, unconventional nature of the building.

7. Surveyed marks on top of the footings gave the center of stem wall.
That combined with radius points allowed the precise location of the
building foundation walls.

8. All the cooling ducts and most of the electrical work is located under
the building.

9. There are no square corners and very few straight lines.

10. Crew shots

11. Curved amphitheater under construction.

12. Placement of the forms and adequate bracing provided for
precision and accuracy in the amphitheater wall construction.

13. The building foundation is complete. The care and accuracy taken
in the stem wall placement makes the block masons job easier.

14. Staging block for the masons to begin. The mechanical is
underground as well as the electrical and plumbing.

15. Maintaining plumb and level going up is the only way to lay
block on a radius wall.

16. There are a few short, straight lines,
but not many ~ most are decorative.

17. Project aerial views

18. Local Glen Canyon Construction team.

19. CMU construction topped out.

20. Amphitheater seating

21. Structural steelwork being completed

22. Completion of the building structure and courtyard walls indicates the
complexity of the building design.

23. This wall was a change order.

24. Stampe-crete in progress.

25. Quality performance from the selected roofing contractor .

26. Views indicating high quality of the stone masonry.

27. Exterior Insulation Finish System, steps 1-4

28. More views illustrating quality of the stone masonry work

29. Aluminum storefront and clearstory window installation.

30. Drywall underway.

31. Interior painting underway

32. Carpet and tile installation in progress.

33. AB being laid in the parking lot.

34. Because the flow of water is towards the building, catch basins and daylight
drains had to be placed in strategic locations throughout the courtyard and
around the building for flood control. Precise survey was required.

35. Roughly 70% of the floors inside
the building are sealed concrete
with radiant floor heating.

36. Millwork in progress.

45. Current photos ~ Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument Visitor Center,
Big Water, Utah, 2008

46. Entrance from Highway 89 to Visitors Center

47. Exterior views including solar panels on south side

48. Main entrance and courtyard

49. Main walkway entrance to courtyardMain walkway entrance to courtyard
and amphitheaterand amphitheater

50. Foyer and information desk

51.  Main dinosaur and fossil exhibit areaMain dinosaur and fossil exhibit area

52. Prehistoric mural by Larry Felder:
Dinosaur sculpture by David
Rankin

53. Visitor Center book store ~ lecture room to left