Entertainment/Hospitality Services Brochure

ENTERTAINMENT/ HOSPITALITY

C&S has a diverse portfolio of more than 200 projects at hotels, restaurants, theme parks, and attractions. From condition assessments and tenant fit-outs to large-scale design and integrated project delivery, our multi-disciplined team has the skill and experience to handle almost any assignment. We are known for delivering quality, responsive service, while being flexible and minimizing impacts to current operations. Our clients are some of the largest entertainment and hospitality companies in the industry. We develop meaningful relationships with clients’ engineering and creative staff and foster an environment of communication and collaboration. They appreciate our staff’s creativity, engagement, and accountability, and trust us with their important infrastructure projects. Our decades of experience, combined with our professional staff’s educational background and advanced technical training, allows us to provide a broad range of engineering services for our entertainment and hospitality clients:

TOOTHSOME CHOCOLATE EMPORIUM & SAVORY FEAST KITCHEN

As part of a design team, C&S provided the mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP), fire protection, and structural engineering design for a complete interior fit-out renovation and exterior alterations of a restaurant at Universal Orlando’s CityWalk. The renovation consisted of over 18,000 square feet of front-of-house space, an exterior and patio renovation, and nearly 4,000 square feet of back-of-house storage and office space. Structural efforts included the expansion of the entry way of the facility, along with extensive façade modifications and prop support. Within the facility, several second floor areas were infilled to provide more second floor space and another area opened up to allow for a thematic stair. Areas of the roof were raised to allow for further theming above and intricate theming hung below.

Mechanical, electrical, fire protection, and plumbing efforts included fully remodeled kitchens, new bar service, additional roof drainage and modification to existing rain leaders, all new HVAC equipment, revised thematic lighting, coordination with several themed element vendors, and a new fire sprinkler layout.

CARIBBEAN BEACH RESORT RENOVATIONS

As a full-service engineering team, C&S was tasked with acting as the engineer of record for all major building trades (structural, mechanical, plumbing/fire protection, & electrical) in completely renovating Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort. The project was comprised of an existing 47,000-square-foot lobby/restaurant “main building”, and a new detached 8,400 square foot restaurant on the same 2-acre site.

The main building, built in the 1980s, required extensive work to be brought up to the current building code. The aesthetic of the building included multiple wall types, roof lines, and building lines to create a visually interesting complex, set in a Caribbean environment. As a result, the structure was a challenging mix of traditional steel, CMU, and several roof framing systems comprised of wood and bar joists. The main building also housed a 6,000-square-foot kitchen that was

relocated within the footprint of the facility. The size and function of the food service operations required the upgrade of all MEP infrastructure that supplied it. Six hood ventilation systems with automatic wash-down and integrated fire protection were coordinated with a densely-packed ceiling space, and sloped grease ducts routed to the roof out of sight of guests. The detached restaurant building was programmed into the middle of a highly-visible promenade along the water. A new boardwalk was built, complete with integrated lighting and concealed fire protection. All utilities, including a dedicated grease trap and lift station, were successfully installed out of guest view in a very tight service yard. In addition to the two larger buildings, C&S provided engineering services for several ancillary buildings throughout the resort.

CRUISE TERMINAL

Commerce and tourism growth has steadily increased at Cape Canaveral. In concert with this growth, the Canaveral Port Authority has been expanding its facilities to meet this demand, and prepare for the next generation of cruise ships with global itineraries. Having all engineering trades in house, C&S was selected to provide the following design services for the Cruise Terminal 3 facility: ♦ Structural ♦ Plumbing

♦ Mechanical ♦ Fire Protection ♦ Electrical

The $60 million facility was programmed to be 190,000 square feet, with the capacity to process 6,000+ guests. The terminal structure is comprised of steel members with a composite floor system, with the exterior constructed of tilt-up or precast concrete panels.

The large fluctuation in building occupants required an HVAC system that could easily modulate from heavy to very low cooling loads—all while keeping up with humid coastal conditions. For this reason, a centralized chiller plant, supplying cooling water to several air handlers was designed to serve the facility. Variable frequency drives were employed throughout to add further system control and energy systems. LED lighting and low-flow plumbing fixtures were implemented for additional savings, and simplified maintenance costs. A wet-pipe fire suppression system serves the facility, with VP, auxiliary dry-pipe systems where required on the exterior.

In addition to the terminal structure, a single-story baggage handling building and warehouse facility were also part of the scope. Both of these buildings utilize CMU walls with steel roof structures, and basic MEP systems. All facilities were programmed to operate intelligently, and provide passive savings—both in security efforts and maintenance requirements.

PIZZERIZZO RESTAURANT RENOVATION

The Walt Disney World Resort was in need of greater food service capacity as it geared up for the re-theming of a popular 2-story restaurant located in a prominent area at Hollywood Studios. The goal of the renovation was to expand the facility to accommodate more guests and maintain a high standard of guest satisfaction.

The scope of the project entailed a full kitchen renovation, more than doubling the restaurant’s seating capacity from 400 to upwards of 850 seats, and bringing the 20 year-old facility up to current code and client standards. C&S joined in a poly party agreement with the owner, general contractor, architect and several major trade contractors to deliver the project via IPD (Integrated Project Delivery). C&S provided MEP/FP and structural engineering services, and managed other engineering consultants as they came onboard.

The project kicked off with determining the needs of several client stakeholders and establishing conditions of satisfaction that would result in a successful end-product. After several iterations of concept development, a facility emerged with three major scope areas—the kitchen, the dining room, and a large restroom block to serve the restaurant and surrounding guest areas. Each area presented a unique set of challenges, ranging from lacking space for infrastructure and code deficiencies, to aesthetics and operational logistics. It was quickly determined that the existing space could not physically hold the number of required seats, and ultimately led to the infill of a clear story area and the addition of a 1,600-square-foot balcony. This increased the occupied area of the facility from 5,500 to 11,500 square feet.

STARBUCKS RENOVATIONS

C&S was awarded the opportunity to join a team of consultants to perform mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural engineering services on a project slated to last approximately 2.5 years with a cost upwards of $15 million. This endeavor united the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando with Starbucks Coffee Company.

The original vision of all parties involved was to serve coffee to guests from the largest coffeehouse company in the world in each of the entertainment giant’s four major resort parks. Each Starbucks location would cost approximately $3 million to $4 million to design and renovate in existing spaces in each resort park.

C&S had to overcome various obstacles along the way that included coordinating with numerous specialty contractors and design consultants, along with negotiating between the two owning companies. C&S was also involved during the construction phase to perform various reviews and inspections, and to curb issues as they arose to ensure the project was completed on time and in the most efficient manner.

From the very beginning, everyone involved had extremely high expectations. C&S helped to mold those expectations into a finished product that everyone could be proud of and one which became the highest grossing Starbucks in the world.

SPACE 220 RESTAURANT

The Walt Disney Company conceptualized the idea for an immersive, space themed theatrical dining experience providing guests with a space station view of the Earth and a glimpse of how food might be grown in zero-gravity environments. This 25,000-square-foot facility seats over 400 patrons at a time, and boasts a 6,500-square-foot kitchen with 7 individual cooklines. The dining room is an impressive space with 90-foot-long span joists, providing a futuristic panoramic view that feels as though one is truly several hundred miles above the planet. C&S’s architects and engineers partnered together to produce a facility that the design team, client, and owner could all be proud of. The C&S team provided architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection services. With over 10 years of themed facility experience, C&S was able to leverage its understanding of nuanced codes to balance stakeholder satisfaction among several groups associated with the facility.

This project presented several challenges to the design team right from the start. The facility itself was positioned between two major attractions, in an area with rough terrain and decades of utilities crisscrossing through. C&S collaborated with the civil consultant to ensure the utilities entering this facility were well-suited for the restaurant, and would create minimal impact to the adjacent sites. The facility also annexed a portion of a neighboring building, and the design team successfully addressed the architecture and interior design interface as well as life safety and building separation issues. C&S disconnected and/or re-routed domestic plumbing systems, electrical infrastructure, and fire protection systems such that each space became fully independent from a systems perspective.

Coordination of MEP systems was crucial on this project, as the interior aesthetic is sleek with futuristic lines, soft lighting, integrated HVAC, and hidden fire protection. Our team worked exclusively in Revit to produce a 300 level of detail BIM.