< Back to Projects Memorial Hermann Hospital Northeast Bed Tower Owner: Memorial Hermann Healthcare System Architect: FKP CannonDesign Size: 146,000 sq. ft. Category: Healthcare (New | Major Addition) The Memorial Hermann Health System has expanded their northeast campus with an additional bed tower. The scope of work included construction of a 5-story patient tower and mechanical penthouse and Beacon feature. In addition, the project included construction of central plant facilities and infrastructure to support the new bed tower and for future redundancies, as well as modifications to the south tower facade and site improvements. The new tower has 90 new inpatient beds, new food services area, new cardiopulmonary department, public circulation space, and MEP support space. The central plant includes 2,000 tons of chilled water capacity with a new 1,600 KVA electrical service. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Christ The King Presbyterian Owner: Christ the King Presbyterian C Architect: Bullock Smith Partners Size: 70,000 sq. ft. Category: Liturgical / Faith Based Tellepsen partnered with Christ the King on the construction of their initial facilities which included a 70,000 square-foot worship center, educational facilities, and administrative offices. This space has helped them fulfill their mission of having a profound impact on the community and becoming a church for the City. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Buffalo Bayou Japhet Creek Park Owner: Buffalo Bayou Partnership Architect: Asakura Robinson Size: 120,000 sq. ft. Category: Parks / Open Spaces To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston East Plant Owner: University of Texas Systems Architect: AEI Affiliated Engineers Size: 65,700 sq. ft. Category: District Energy / CUP This is a 65,700-square-foot facility that provides redundant heating and hot water systems for the campus. The first floor of the East Plant's design is over 25 feet above sea level to provide clearance for traffic below. Installation of a gas & steam turbine engine facilitates power to operate the facility and includes a heat recovery steam generator and a 1-megawatt BLACKSTART generator, which allows for the emergency start of every system in the building during a power outage. Water is provided through a thermal energy tank located adjacent to the building with storage capacity of just over 2 million gallons. The tank provides a three-day backup source of evaporation make-up water for the thermal utility generation equipment and shift electrical demand to off peak hours to reduce the strain on the electric grid. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Houston Community College West Houston Institute Owner: Houston Community College Architect: PBK Architects Size: 144,200 sq. ft. Category: Education - Higher Ed Houston Community College's West Houston Institute is a 144,200-square-foot facility featuring state-of-the-art amenities to support science, technology, and engineering curriculum. The building includes classrooms, group learning rooms, teaching innovation labs, computer rooms, IT support area, K-12 and community engagement space, allied health space, MakerSpace, learning commons, and a conference center. The teaching innovation lab transforms teaching from the bottom up through advanced learning space and technology for experimentation. The MakerSpace is a unique facility that gives K-12 students a chance to become engaged in innovation, design thinking, entrepreneurship, and arts through a variety of workshops, camps, and competitions. The space provides the tools for students and teachers to collaborate together to create manufactured works with hands-on project-based learning opportunities. The West Houston Institute possesses all of the tools to create intersections and networks of learning and innovation. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Harris County Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital Parking Garage Owner: Harris Health System Architect: Page Size: 523,000 sq. ft. Category: Garage / Structured Parking Tellepsen was awarded the construction services for a new 523,000-square-foot, 1,600-stall parking garage at the Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. The timeline is extremely fast paced; and the preconstruction services and project planning will begin immediately. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Texas Hearing Institute Owner: The Center for Hearing and Speech Architect: Inventure Design Size: 49,000 sq. ft. Category: Healthcare (New | Major Addition) The Texas Hearing Institute (formerly known as The Center for Hearing and Speech) is the only full-service resource in Houston to assist children with hearing issues to listen and speak without the use of sign language. The Institute offers both clinical and educational services. The educational side focuses on teaching children between the ages of 18 months to 6 years with hearing loss to accelerate their development of spoken language and to prepare them to enter the public school system. The clinic side provides both audiology and speech services. The new Texas Hearing Institute (THI) building is a 49,000-square-foot, single story campus consisting of administrative offices, audiology clinics, speech clinics, and an educational wing. There is also a partnership with Texas Children's Hospital which has a 2,500-square-foot clinic within the THI building providing additional services to the community. THI has eight sound booths within the building and TCH has one, making this the largest concentration of sound booths in one facility in the United States. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Marathon Petroleum Facilities Program Owner: Marathon Petroleum Corporation Architect: PBK Architects Size: 82,500 sq. ft. Category: Industrial (OTF Building) The Marathon Petroleum Facilities Program in Texas City consists of four buildings totaling 82,500 square feet. There is a 35,000-square-foot Administration Building and a 15,000-square-foot Facilities & Engineering Building that includes meeting rooms, laboratories, and locker rooms. A 30,000-square-foot Shop Building includes two, ten-ton bridge cranes and shop equipment. The program also includes a Security Command Center. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Channelview High School Owner: Channelview ISD Architect: PBK Architects Size: 274,000 sq. ft. Category: Education - K-12 - ISD This is a 274,000-square-foot, two-story steel frame high school containing classrooms, science labs, library, auditorium, gymnasiums, athletic facilities with weight rooms, cafeteria/kitchen, shop, technology labs, and administrative offices. Installed state-of-the-art sound systems, telephone, media, and data retrieval systems to maintain the school's progressive focus. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects University of Houston Interim College of Medicine Owner: University of Houston Architect: Shepley Bulfinch Size: 25,500 sq. ft. Category: Education - Higher Ed The team built out approximately 25,500 square feet of shell space on the 8th and 9th floor of the Health 2 Building, which Tellepsen also completed. The space serves as an interim home for the newly chartered Medical School at the University of Houston until their new building is completed in several years. The two-phase project included classrooms, mock exam rooms and instruction laboratories, faculty offices, student lounge, study spaces, and a gross anatomy laboratory. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital MOB Owner: Memorial Hermann Healthcare System Architect: Powers Brown Architecture Size: 101,848 sq. ft. Category: Healthcare (New | Major Addition) The Memorial Hermann Hospital MOB #3 provides additional clinical and office space to serve patients. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Toyota Center Parking Garage Owner: Harris County - Houston Sports Authority Architect: Prozign Architects Size: 1,000,000 sq. ft. Category: Garage / Structured Parking This 1,000,000-square-foot parking garage nicknamed Toyota Tundra Garage, houses 2,500 spaces, and was built specifically for the Toyota Center. The garage occupies two city blocks directly across the street from the Arena. A skybridge allows guests direct building access. A 50-foot-wide, 800-foot-long loading dock access tunnel starts at one end of the garage and connects to the loading dock at the other end of the Arena. Enhanced vertical transportation systems include two escalators and elevators per floor. The exterior of the parking garage is designed to match the arena aesthetics. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Rice University Tent Structures Owner: Rice University Architect: Sharp Architects Size: 15,000 sq. ft. Category: Education - Higher Ed The project included four enclosed structures, each measuring 3,750 square feet and five additional open side structures at 2,400 square feet each. Components of each of the four enclosed tents included concrete foundations with sidewalks to three entrances; heavy aluminum framing expected to withstand three to five years of use; an exterior layer of Kynar membrane with an interior combined layer of insulation and Kynar membrane; outdoor air handler units with duct sock for supplied air; overhead LED lights and automatic door operators; fully equipped AV capability for presentations and virtual learning. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Brookfield Properties Two and Three Allen Center Owner: Brookfield Properties Architect: Morrison Dilworth + Walls Size: 95,000 sq.ft. Category: Office / Corporate (Reposition) The 2 and 3 Allen Center Repurpose Project consisted of the renovation of approximately 95,000 square feet of the first two floors, elevator lobbies, and elevator interiors, construction a new sky bridge connecting the 2 and 3 Allen Centers, as well as replacing all exterior windows on the first two floors. The entire outdoor plaza was waterproofed as it is positioned directly over a parking garage. Additionally, the adjacent hardscape and landscape were redesigned. Some project highlights include the new skybridge, which was constructed over an underground parking structure that required the installation of a steel platform in order to bring materials into the area, the installation of 160 aluminum fins, which were 35 feet long and anodized to create a feature wall in 3 Allen Center, as well as the two feature stone walls in 3 Allen Center, which are clad with stone from Tunisia, Africa. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next