University of Virginia John Paul Jones Arena Men’s & Women's Basketball Locker Room Renovations

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University of Virginia John Paul Jones Arena Men’s & Women’s Basketball Locker Room Renovations

Charlottesville, VA

Owner

University of Virginia

Sustainability

LEED Gold

Timeframe

Men’s: 2017 – 2019; Women’s 2018 – 2019

Size

Men’s: 4,600 SF; Women’s 4,400 SF

Cost

Men’s: $1.9 million; Women’s: $2 million

MEP/FP engineering for the significant renovation of the John Paul Jones (JPJ) Arena men’s and women’s basketball locker room. The upgraded facilities feature a spacious locker room with a cutting-edge sound system, private showers with a whirlpool, a cozy players’ lounge, a high-tech film room with HD projectors and video telestrators, a rest-and-recovery room, taller, more efficient showers, and energy-saving lighting. These improvements are not just luxurious; they are strategic, enhancing the program’s ability to attract top talent and ensuring its long-term success.

Project Goals

Extensive renovations to the John Paul Jones (JPJ) Arena men’s and women’s basketball locker rooms between 2017 and 2019 delivered best-in-class facilities and amenities. These upgrades help support program development and promote both teams’ reputations as elite basketball programs.

Services

2RW provided MEP/FP engineering for these major renovation projects under our MEP term contract with the University. The new spacious and modern locker rooms feature:

Open-format lounges, kitchens, and fuel stations
State-of-the-art sound systems
Film rooms with high-definition projectors and video telestrators
New players’ lounges and rest-and-recovery rooms
Treatment areas with whirlpools
Updated bathrooms with extra-tall private showers and more-efficient fixtures
Energy-efficient lighting

Results

The new MEP/FP systems in the women’s locker room support architectural enhancements with softer finishes, creating a more-tranquil environment which better supports the program’s new identity.
2RW provided critical institutional knowledge which helped keep the women’s locker room project on schedule and on budget. During this project we leveraged our prior experience on the men’s locker room renovation to:
- Efficiently identify the correct placement of slab piping on construction documents.
- Quickly trace deficiencies on the shower testing, adjusting, and balancing (TAB) reports to a dirty air handler, based on TAB reports from the mirror-image HVAC system in the men’s locker room.