Mortenson Awarded Polly Rosenbaum State Archives and History Building
November 30, 2006
Phoenix, AZ - The Phoenix office has been selected by the State of Arizona as the construction manager on the $32.3 million Polly Rosenbaum State Archives and History Building.
The State Archives and History Building will be a new 140,000 SF storage facility for state archives, artifacts and public records, which requires special climate controls and protections from environmental and mechanical hazards. The goal of the project is to build a facility that will:
- Conserve and protect unique historical materials now in custody of the State Library, Archives and Public Records.
- Provide capacity to conserve and protect those unique materials not now under custody, but which statutory responsibility is provided to the State Library, Archives and Public Records for preservation.
- Be the first ever major not-for-profit treatment facility for unique historical materials serving Arizona governmental units.
- Provide a state-of-the art laboratory for repair and conservation of unique research materials.
- Enhance research access to unique research materials through use of emerging technologies.
The new facility will include a treatment room (blast freezing/fumigation), a conservation lab (flume hood areas), cold photograph storage, staff work areas, an audio visual room, public hearing room and some public areas. The site for the facility is bound by 19th & 20th Avenue and Madison & Jackson Streets in downtown Phoenix. The project architect is DWL Architects and the project manager is Gilbane. The start of construction begins in January 2007 with a grand opening date of May 30, 2008.