For more than 100 years, University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) students of Catholic faith had to improvise host locations for campus ministry programs. That changed in 2016, when Boyd Jones completed the Archdiocese of Omaha’s St. John Paul II Newman Center, an 88,000 SF facility adjacent to UNO’s Pacific Campus. The four-story building provides housing…
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Boyd Jones was involved in a public-private partnership with Bluestem Energy Solutions, Central Community College in Hastings, NE, and a local electric utility to construct a 1.7-megawatt General Electric wind turbine with a tower height of 80 meters near the school’s campus. The project serves a dual role as part of the campus’s new wind…
Construction of this new, three-story building in Dundee required the demolition of an existing structure. Compared to the building it replaces, the new, mixed-use facility is taller and sits closer to the street to maximize space. The space features apartment units on the third floor, a pediatric clinic and offices on the second floor, and…
The Fort Calhoun Junior-Senior High School project consists of a 50,000 SF addition and the complete renovation of the existing 43,000 SF school. The project includes a competition gym, kitchen, cafeteria, administrative offices, fine and performing arts spaces, storm shelter, industrial tech, and a secured entry. The original school was built with an open floor…
Boyd Jones has a long-standing design-build partnership with Airlite Plastics. In 1998, we assisted them in selecting and designing their new 37-acre campus in northeast Omaha, NE. The first design-build project on this campus was the design and construction of a new office and manufacturing facility. This venture won the Project of the Year award…
This single-turbine project features one 1.85 MW, GE turbine. Energy generated at the site is purchased by the City of Valentine in north-central Nebraska.
This project involved the complete renovation of the former St. Richards Church, School, and Rectory into a Community Senior Center, Children’s Emergency Shelter, Outpatient Health Care Center, and Administrative Offices to provide housing for low-income seniors and a community center with therapeutic programming for individuals of all ages. Work included window replacements, the addition of a…
Stephen Center serves homeless and low-income individuals in Omaha. The new four-story, 60,000 SF center houses emergency shelter and permanent supportive housing. The lower level serves as the emergency shelter; including check-in, in-take, offices, laundry, lockers, a large dining room, and kitchen. Men and women are housed at either end, each with a bunk room,…
This project involved the complete renovation of an existing 66,160 SF apartment building for the Family Works residential treatment program for women with children. Renovation work included structural upgrades, window replacements, new MEP systems and interior remodeling. Additions totaling 5,300 SF include stair towers, lobbies, elevator and additional meeting space on the top level. The…
The new 13,000 SF Outdoor Adventures Center houses the University of Nebraska – Lincoln’s Outdoor Adventures program; including classes and clinics, rock climbing walls, bicycle tours and repair services, a challenge course, and a variety of outdoor adventure excursions. Support services include locker rooms, day lockers, storage areas for recreational equipment, offices, kitchen prep, classrooms,…