Recreation and Fitness Center
2020 NIRSA Indoor Outstanding Sports Facilities Award Application
The following information completes the application for the 2020 NIRSA Indoor Outstanding Sports Facilities Award. Photographs, executive summary, and blueprints/renderings can be found below and by using the left navigation.
The Recreation and Fitness Center won the Associated Builders and Contractor’s top award for an “Institutional Project over $10M” to be presented on December 5, 2019.
Selected Photos
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Exterior
View from Highway 21
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Exterior
View from the North East
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Exterior
Windows showcase features and activities inside
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Exterior
Direct view of main entrance
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Exterior
Pedestrian paths connect the building to campus
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Main entrance
Custom branding welcomes students
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Studio 1
A multi-purpose space for a variety of fitness formats and events
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Studio 1
Set for spin
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Main Strength Area
Free weights and plate loaded equipment
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Studio 2
A multi-purpose studio adjacent to strength room
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Adventure Recreation Center
Graphics feature map of local outdoor attractions
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Indoor Pool
Features lap lanes, leisure area, vortex and separate whirlpool
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Indoor and Outdoor Pools
Incorporate leisure and lap swimming with vortex
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Outdoor Pool
With adjacent bathhouse
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Patio
features seating, fire pit and bocce court
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MAC Courts
Integrated AV for events
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Main Gym
3 courts feature two different custom branded designs
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Main Gym
View from 2nd level
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HIIT Cardio and Racquetball Courts
Located on 2nd level
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Main Cardio
Located on 2nd level with views to climbing wall, main gym and outside
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Selectorized
Located on 2nd level with views to indoor pool and cardio
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Studio 3
A multi-purpose studio with views to main gym
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Track and Climbing Wall
1/8 mile track features views to outdoors, climbing wall and main gym
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Climbing and Bouldering
Tallest hybrid climbing and bouldering wall in the state of Alabama
Architectural Renderings
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Exterior
main entrance
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Exterior
leisure pool
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Main Entry
with views to lounge, studios and climbing wall
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Social Areas
gaming lounge, study areas with lookout into gym
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MAC Court
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Cardio Wing
located on 2nd level
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Climbing Wall
view from second level
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Main Gym
view from 2nd level
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Track
looking to cardio and outside
Construction Timeline
Construction of the new Recreation and Fitness Center is in response to the JSU strategic plan to enhance the quality of campus life and to recruit and retain students.
- 2016: Brailsford & Dunlavey engaged with JSU to plan, design, and construct the new Recreation Center.
- September 23, 2016: Paul Brailsford, co-founder and CEO of Brailsford & Dunlavey, and Jeff Sessine, Senior Vice President of Centers, present to the JSU Board of Trustees.
- January 2017: BOT unanimously approves proposal to build a new 101,000 square foot fitness and wellness center through a public private partnership with the JSU Foundation.
- July 24, 2017: CENTERS begins management of current recreation operation.
- September 23, 2017: Ground breaking ceremony held for new Recreation Center.
- April 10, 2018: Turner Construction holds “topping out” ceremony to celebrate the construction milestone.
- January 14, 2019: Soft Opening of the Recreation and Fitness Center.
- January 21, 2019: Recreation and Fitness Center begins operating under normal hours.
- January 28, 2019: Grand Opening of the Recreation and Fitness Center.