Projects

Campus Town Student Housing is located in Ankeny, Iowa. It is a 96 unit apartment building with retail and common spaces on the main floor. This project was a Construction Management Project with the proposed cost of $12,500,000. During the construction design phase, the owner asked for a redesign to add an additional of 16 units within the same building footprint. The final project cost was $15,000,000. The project was finished in 2013 and is currently housing students for the Des Moines Area Community College.

Jay Berendzen and Jon Berendzen both were architectural designers for the project. Thomas C. Porter, retired, was the Architect of Record.

The main floor of the building provides the following amenities to their residences: half court gym, theater, weight facility, retail shops, and a café.

The Osage R-III School District contracted with Porter, Berendzen & Associates in 2009 to design an addition to the high school that would connect the educational building with the gymnasium. Prior to designing the addition, PBA performed a comprehensive existing building and campus facilities report. After reviewing the report with the district, our firm (along with the Facilities Committee) came up with a master plan of future projects and prioritized these items in order importance.

The existing campus was comprised of the original 3-story building along with many additions and remodels. Our firm was also tasked with defining and creating fire areas to make the campus safer for the students and staff. Our firm is currently working with the district on a remodel project in the existing building.

Construction Cost: $2,000,000
Completed: 2012
Size: 13,000 s.f. Addition to school

Porter, Berendzen & Associates worked directly with the City of Holts Summit and the Holts Summit Police Department to develop and design the remodel of the existing police department, the municipal center and the addition of the sally port for the police department.

The new City Municipal Center and the police department were housed in the same building and were having growing pains. The design scope was to move the Municipal Center to the existing building next to the existing police department. The police department was renovated and expanded into the existing building. Along with this much needed expansion, a Sally Port was designed as a connection between the two existing buildings.

The Southern Boone County Public Library is located in Ashland, Missouri and is an extension of Daniel Boone Regional Library System. Porter, Berendzen & Associates was the architect for this project. The building is owned by a local developer (McKinney Properties) and leased to the library system. The building is 6,800 sf and houses the public library space, restrooms, break room, mechanical room and a meeting room. The meeting room has a separate exterior entrance for off-hour access by the public and is used extensively.

Porter, Berendzen & Associates worked directly with the developer, the library officials and the City of Ashland to develop, design and oversee the construction of the new building.

Porter, Berendzen & Associates has been working with the New Franklin R-I School District since 1998 and has designed various additions to the campus.

A new 1,000 seat gymnasium is currently under construction. As part of this addition, there will be two new locker rooms, gymnasium lobby, concessions, and restrooms. The district is also paving an existing gravel parking and adding new parking areas. There are also improvements to the storm sewer system as that was a major concern.

Construction Cost: $2,500,000
Completed: Fall 2017 (currently under construction)
Size: 6,000 s.f.

The McKinney Building was designed as an addition and remodel of an existing grocery store in 2005. The building was originally designed for The Home Movie Depot, which transferred movie reels and VHS cassettes to DVD format. The company/property was owned and developed by Gary McKinney (McKinney Properties, LLC). After Mr. McKinney sold his business, he retained ownership of the property and leases the building to several entities. The property now houses the Local YMCA, The Callaway Bank (with a drive-through window), Mizzou Therapy Services and Biz Crossing.

Porter, Berendzen & Associates designed the original building in 2005 and was called upon again by Mr. McKinney in 2014 to work directly with the new businesses to design the appropriate space for their use.

The Van-Far R-I School District selected PBA to design an early childhood addition for the elementary building. The existing elementary building was originally designed as a pod-style team-teaching system. The district determined that this teaching concept needed to be “re-vamped” in order to optimize the teaching environment. Our firm was tasked with re-designing and updating the existing building to better meet the current educational environment.

Construction Cost: $2,000,000
Completed: 2016
Size: 3,450 s.f. Early Childhood Addition, 26,000 s.f. Elementary Remodel

Porter, Berendzen & Associates teamed with Septagon Construction Management to design and construct additions to the District High School. The additions include an 8,500 s.f. Gymnasium and an 8,900 s.f. two story library / classroom addition.

Our firm has also worked with the district on developing a district wide facilities report and master plan for future growth. As a result of this process, we helped the district with a remodel project at the Jr. High campus.

Construction Cost: $3,900,000, $70,000 in approved change orders
Completed: 2016
Size: 17,400 s.f. New construction