COTTAGE GROVE ICE ARENA ICE SYSTEM REPLACEMENT
Cottage Grove, MN
2 rinks
expansions + improvements
Nelson-Rudie provided engineering services for improvements and an ice room expansion for the existing ice rink structure at the Cottage Grove Ice Arena. The arena consists of two existing rink structures with the first rink built in 1974, and the second rink and link built in 2008.
The small expansion for the existing ice equipment room was designed to create space for new, larger equipment for the full ice system replacement which is located in the original building near the link. The expansion pushed the room 4 feet deeper by 24 feet wide. The exterior walls of the expansion were constructed of masonry block and the roof was framed with precast concrete plank. The remainder of structural work was the design and detailing of new interior masonry walls and lintels, a steel framed platform structure to support an interior mechanical unit and a roof supported steel frame to support a new condenser for the ice system.
Mechanical work included the removal and replacement of the existing ventilation of the refrigeration room. This included the addition of fans for ventilation, heat gain from the ice plant equipment and emergency ventilation as well as heat from a unit heat to temper the space. A new indoor mounted desiccant unit and exhaust fan was provided for the practice rink. Natural gas piping was removed and replaced in the refrigeration room and the natural gas meter relocated outside. Two new emergency shower/eyewashes were also added with the use of reclaimed rejected heat from the ice plant.
The existing main switchboard and refrigeration motor control center in the refrigeration room was removed. A new 1600-amp exterior switchboard was installed to feed the new main service switchboard (MSB) in the new electrical room, and existing motors were re-fed to the new MSB. In addition, new panelboards and a transformer were installed in the new electrical room, a new refrigeration motor control center was installed in the remodeled refrigeration room and office light switches for the north and south ice rinks were replaced with a new lighting control system.
2 rinks
expansions + improvements
MARKET
Sports | Recreation
CORE SERVICES
Structural
Mechanical
Electrical
