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一个多世纪前，奥马哈伯灵顿车站还是一个繁忙的交通枢纽，指挥着行人和全国各地的商品流通。今天，它正在经历一个转变，最终将建设成为一个通过电视连接世界各地人民的记者的家园。

Ketv是奥马哈收视率最高的电视台，最近购买了这个占地48000平方英尺的双层设施来拓展日益增长的广播业务。为了将它转变成为二十一世纪多媒体插座，KETV选择了Leo A Daly国际建筑/工程公司。该公司在1915年成立，提供建筑、结构工程、土木工程、室内设计和照明设计服务。项目建设的其他成员包括作为承包商的广播建筑公司，DFW咨询集团作为机电顾问和景观建筑师Vireo。

“KETV的力量来自奥马哈的人们还有他们分享的使我们成为更强大的团体的故事“，KETV总裁兼总经理Ariel Roblin这样说。“这个项目是KETV的未来家园，达成这些目标在整个项目中都是具有挑战性的，但也是过程中的一个重要组成部分。我们很高兴能与LEO A DALY合作使伯灵顿恢复生机。”

“这是一个永恒的项目，”达利副总裁和高级项目经理Mark Chalkley说，“社区总是需要学校、写字楼和医院，我们幸运地做了很多这样的设计。但你通常都不会在一个超过100年的建筑里工作，因此我们希望能在100年后再设计一个新的建筑。”

对于涉及到百万美元的重建计划——包括一楼的国家最先进的电视演播室、编辑室、技术控制室以及二楼的管理、销售、服务功能的房间和其他部门。大楼的一部分将作为社区空间展示历史信息和火车站、伯灵顿铁路、电视台的图像。

1898年，伯灵顿车站因跨密西西比博览会的召开而向公众敞开大门，1930年和1954年都进行过改造。直到1971年，它被租给铁路客运公司，为旅客提供车站服务需求。1974年，公司搬了出去，这个车站加入国家史迹名录。此后，房屋的所有权发生了几次变化，众多关于餐厅、商务中心、豪华公寓的计划都未能实现。在过去的30年里，这一建筑是空置、每况愈下的。

“最重要的一点是机不可失，”来自爱尔兰的希拉说，她是项目建筑师和LEED®协调员。“难以置信的是，一个国家注册的建筑被保存在奥马哈社区。就我个人而言，我已经对这座建筑着迷了20年，能有机会在这个项目上奋斗，真是实现了一大梦想。”

该设施预计将在2015年七月竣工，它将为附近的城市、地区增添新的活力，正如其鼎盛时期一般。

“建筑位于充满活力的市中心，奥马哈南北之间的中心位置，对旅客来说，它是我们城市的门户，“Chalkley说道，“因为它的规模和地位，它可以作为一个城市引擎，推动地区的经济增长。伯灵顿车站的振兴为城市经济发展贡献了力量。”

地点：925 South 10th Street，奥巴哈
客户/业主：KETV
总承包商：Broadcast Building Company, DFW Consulting Group, Inc.
景观设计师 : Vireo
项目状态：正在进行中
大小：48000平方英尺
类型：商业、办公
范围：再利用、保护/改造
关键词：再利用、保护/改造

Project Description
More than a century ago, Omaha’s historic Burlington Station was a busy transportation hub directing people and goods across the country. Today this aging beauty is undergoing a transformation and will eventually be home to reporters who help connect people with the world in a different way—via television.
KETV, Omaha’s top-rated television station, recently purchased this 48,000 square-foot, two-story facility to house its growing broadcast operations. To transform it into a 21st century multimedia outlet, KETV chose the international architecture/engineering firm LEO A DALY. The firm, which opened for business in 1915 in the station’s bustling neighborhood, will provide architecture, structural engineering, civil engineering, and interior and lighting design services. Other project members include Broadcast Building Company as the contractor, DFW Consulting Group, Inc. as the MEP consultant and Vireo as the landscape architect.
“The strength of KETV comes from the people of Omaha and the stories they share to make us a stronger community,” said Ariel Roblin, president and general manager of KETV. “This project is as much about the people and history of Omaha as it is the future home of KETV. Balancing these objectives throughout the project is challenging, but an important part of our process. We’re excited to partner with LEO A DALY to bring the Burlington back to life.”
“This is a project of a lifetime,” said Mark Chalkley, LEO A DALY’s vice president and senior project manager. “Communities always need schools, office buildings and hospitals, and we have been fortunate to design many of them. But it’s not often that you get to work on a building that is more than 100 years old and design new life into it—hopefully for another 100 years.”
Plans for the multi-million dollar renovation include a state-of-the-art TV studio, newsroom and technical support rooms on the first floor, and administration, sales, creative services, and other departments on the second floor. Part of the building will be used as a community space showcasing historical information and images of the train station, Burlington Railroad and the TV station.
Burlington Station opened its doors to the public in 1898 for the Trans Mississippi Exposition and was remodeled in 1930 and 1954. Until 1971, when it was leased to Amtrak, the station served the needs of both passengers and freight longer than any other depot in Omaha history. In 1974, Amtrak moved out, and the station was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Since then, ownership of the building has changed several times, and numerous plans for its use—from restaurants to business centers to luxury condos went unrealized. For the past 30 years the building was vacant and deteriorating.
“It was getting to the point where it was now or never,” said Sheila Ireland, project architect and LEED® coordinator, whose graduate thesis project was on the station. “So it’s really gratifying to know that one of the few National Register buildings in Omaha is being preserved for the community. Personally, I have been fascinated with this building for 20 years, and having the opportunity to work on this project is a dream come true.”
The facility, which is scheduled to be completed in July 2015, is expected to have a revitalizing effect on the neighborhood and the city, just as in its heyday.
“The building sits on a central location between north and south Omaha in a vibrant downtown and next door to the Amtrak station, the gateway to our city for rail travelers,” said Chalkley. “And because of its scale and stature, it can be an engine to drive economic growth in the area. The revitalization of the Burlington Station provides the city with a huge economic gift.”

Location: 925 South 10th Street, Omaha, NE
Client/Owner: KETV
General Contractor: Broadcast Building Company, DFW Consulting Group, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Vireo
Project Status: On the Boards/In Progress
Size: 48,000 sq. feet
Type: Commercial, Office
Scope: Adaptive Reuse, Preservation/Restoration
Keywords: adaptive reuse, Preservation/Restoration


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