By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT With a population of roughly 20,000, Pooler, Ga., has never been a destination city, but that could change with the addition of a family entertainment center that recently opened. Located at Towne Center Drive near well- traveled Interstates I-95 and I-16, the complex was constructed to serve both Pooler residents and out-of-town visitors. The reported $40 million Center features a roller skating rink, a bowling alley and a 350-seat IMAX movie theater with a 40 by 70 ft. screen. Developers also are discussing a 10-acre water park that could be operational by April 2014. According to Tony Coker, pres- ident of general contractor Coker Construction, the site includes Frames and Games bowling alley, the 12-theater Royal Cinema and IMAX, and the Sk8 City skating rink and restaurant. Construction on the 32,200-sq. ft. (2,991 sq m) Royal Cinema began in August 2010 and finished Feb 2011. The addition and the 11,000 sq. ft. (1,022 sq m) IMAX structure were built beginning in March 2012 and completed in September. “As always, the main concerns in construction are deadline and scheduling,” said Coker. “The Royal Cinema has a dinner theater with a nice bar and a large lobby that has an unusual stucco finish that is a real focal point when you walk in. Construction actually went very smoothly, and we fin- ished a month under schedule.” Coker explained, “It takes a lot Lavish Entertainment Center to Bring Pooler Big Business GEORGIA STATE EDITION A Supplement to: Your Georgia Connection: Rich Olivier, Atlanta, GA • 1-800-409-1479 “The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.” Bainbridge Macon Albany Athens Atlanta Augusta Columbus Rome Savannah Valdosta Thomasville Moul- trie Tifton Blakely Cuthbert Cordele McRae Douglas La Grange Ameri- cus Milledgeville Dublin Oak Park Lyons Dorchester Waycross Bruns- wick Pearson Statesboro Swainsboro Griffin Madison Cornella 75 75 75 16 16 20 20 85 59 185 95 85 27 19 441 441 441 441 19 19 27 82 27 82 82 341 341 1 301 301 84 84 84 319 82 1 129 1 The $40 million Center includes Frames and Games bowling alley, the 12-theater Royal Cinema and IMAX and the Sk8 City skating rink and restaurant. see CENTER page 6 October 31 2012 Vol. XIV • No. 22 The one-story IMAX theater is 43-ft. (13 m) high with a price tag of just over $1 million. Crews work on the parking lot at the Center, which the town of Pooler hopes will be fully used by citizens and passersby alike as the Center is expected to be a big draw.
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By Cindy RileyCEG CORRESPONDENT
With a population of roughly20,000, Pooler, Ga., has neverbeen a destination city, but thatcould change with the addition of afamily entertainment center thatrecently opened. Located atTowne Center Drive near well-traveled Interstates I-95 and I-16,the complex was constructed toserve both Pooler residents andout-of-town visitors.The reported $40 million Center
features a roller skating rink, abowling alley and a 350-seatIMAX movie theater with a 40 by70 ft. screen. Developers also arediscussing a 10-acre water parkthat could be operational by April2014.According to Tony Coker, pres-
ident of general contractor CokerConstruction, the site includesFrames and Games bowling alley,
the 12-theater Royal Cinema andIMAX, and the Sk8 City skatingrink and restaurant. Constructionon the 32,200-sq. ft. (2,991 sq m)Royal Cinema began in August2010 and finished Feb 2011. Theaddition and the 11,000 sq. ft.(1,022 sq m) IMAX structure werebuilt beginning in March 2012 andcompleted in September.“As always, the main concerns
in construction are deadline andscheduling,” said Coker. “TheRoyal Cinema has a dinner theaterwith a nice bar and a large lobbythat has an unusual stucco finishthat is a real focal point when youwalk in. Construction actuallywent very smoothly, and we fin-ished a month under schedule.”Coker explained, “It takes a lot
Lavish Entertainment Center to Bring Pooler Big Business
GEORGIA STATE EDITION A Supplement to:
Your Georgia Connection: Rich Olivier, Atlanta, GA • 1-800-409-1479
“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.”Bainbridge
Macon
Albany
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Rome
Savannah
ValdostaThomasville
Moul- trie
Tifton
Blakely
Cuthbert
CordeleMcRae
Douglas
La Grange
Ameri- cus
Milledgeville
DublinOak Park
Lyons
Dorchester
Waycross Bruns- wickPearson
Statesboro
Swainsboro
Griffin
Madison
Cornella75
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The $40 million Center includes Frames and Games bowling alley,the 12-theater Royal Cinema and IMAX and the Sk8 City skatingrink and restaurant.
see CENTER page 6
October 312012
Vol. XIV • No. 22
The one-story IMAX theater is 43-ft. (13 m) high with a price tagof just over $1 million.
Crews work on the parking lot at the Center, which the town of Pooler hopes will be fully used bycitizens and passersby alike as the Center is expected to be a big draw.
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of boom manlifts to build a theater, becausethe ceilings are so high. We had six to 10manlifts on the job site working at all times.It also takes three times as much drywall asa normal building.”The building exterior is a stucco finish,
while the interior is predominantly drywalland paint. “There’s a lot of carpet on the walls and
on the floor. Also, on the floors, there’sstained concrete. The lobby interior is stuccofinished.”Coker said the main challenges were
height considerations and coordinating allthe subcontractors to get the job done.“The bowling alley was very interesting.
It’s a steel building with exterior stucco fin-ish. It took a lot of scissor lifts and manliftsdue to the high interior work. The actualbowling floor consists of six loads of tractortrailer trucks of material. Inside there is aparty room, a large arcade area with laser tagand a grill/bar.“The bowling alley is 36,000 sq. ft. Coker
Construction was involved with every phaseof all these projects. It’s ourjob to coordinate all phasesof each job and finish in atimely fashion,” Coker stat-ed.Coker’s crews also built
the Sk8 City skating rink,with work beginning inMarch and ending in lateSeptember. It features arcadegames, party rooms, abounce area, a DJ booth anda giant viewing screen.There also is a restaurantattached to the edge of therink. Total square footage is28,450 (2,643 sq m). “In the future,” added
Coker, “we will be handlingthe water park and will bestarting the site work soon in the PoolerFamily Fun Center.”Considered a substantial center for com-
mercial development in west ChathamCounty, Pooler has reason to celebrate therecent construction. According to Pooler Mayor Mike Lamb,
“This entertainment center is a very big deal.It’s very important to our communitybecause it gives children and their parentssomething to do, and it will bring peoplehere and create new jobs. “Folks also are asking about the proposed
water park, because there’s not one nearby.That’s going to be a huge deal when all thedetails are worked out. Everyone wants toknow when it will come about. They’realmost standing in line waiting for it to open.
It will mean a lot as far as bringing in rev-enues.”Adam Wall with the Atlanta-based firm
Kronberg Wall Architects pointed out, “Weprovided architectural and engineering serv-ices for the original theater, the IMAX addi-tion and the adjacent skating rink. We firstbegan discussing Phase I of the cinema proj-ect in June 2009, and construction was com-pleted in January 2011. Design for theIMAX addition began in November 2011.We wanted to design a series of buildingsthat really appealed to multiple generations.They had to be active and fun.” One of the biggest concerns for Wall and
his design team was coordinating a varietyof consultants and meeting all the require-ments. “For the movie theater, it was acoustical
engineers, a cinema consultant, lighting,concessions and precise IMAX specifica-tions. For the skating rink, there were skatingconsultants, lighting and audio/visual.”Specifically, the firm’s work involved
designing a contemporary 10-screen multi-plex cinema that was both sophisticated andbudget sensitive. Crews had to incorporate acomplex set of systems and requirementsinto the building design by coordinating withcinema equipment, concessions, interiorsand lighting consultants. They also had toprovide initial site analysis and related cal-culations to assist in multiple design options.Wall and his team were called on to create
a contemporary roller-skating facility thatincluded additional entertainment elementssuch as multiple arcade stations, themedparty rooms, inflatable games areas, a snack
bar and full sports bar andrestaurant. Crews had tocoordinate with the pre-engineered building sup-plier, lighting designer,audio consultant, signageconsultant and roller skat-ing consultant, along withmechanical, electrical,plumbing and structuralengineers.Shannon Kirby, who
issues building permits andschedules all inspectionsfor the city of Poolerexplained, “The skatingrink has a Monkey Joe’s
and a restaurant. The restaurant will have 55seats with a total square footage of 28,348.The height of the building is 37 feet and isone story, and the valuation of the work is$4.9 million. The one-story IMAX theater is43-feet high with a price tag of just over $1million.”Added Mayor Lamb, “It’s nice to be able
to offer our citizens things to do that do notinvolve going to a bigger city and wastingthe time and gas to get there. This new com-plex will be great for kids and adults. It’s notfar from the airport, so it’s convenient forvisitors to our city, while the people ofPooler can stay right here if they’re lookingfor something interesting to do as a family.”
(This story also can be found onConstruction Equipment Guide’s Web siteat www.com.) CEG
Center Features Roller Rink, Bowling Alley, IMAX Theater
Paving crews putting the parking lot, entrances and exits in place at the Center.
CENTER from page 1
The one-story IMAX theater is 43-ft. (13 m) high with a pricetag of just over $1 million.
Tony Coker, president of general contractorCoker Construction explained, “It takes a lot ofboom manlifts to build a theater, because the ceil-ings are so high. We had six to 10 manlifts on thejob site working at all times. It also takes threetimes as much drywall as a normal building.”
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