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PROJECT OWNER
The National Constitution Center
The Bourse Building
111 S. Independence Mall East
Suite 500
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Ms. Emily Bittenbender
215-629-1522
COMPLETED:
2003
Total Project Cost: $185M
Synterra Responsibility:$185M
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Dedicated to increasing awareness about one of America's most important
documents, the National Constitution Center is the first ever museum dedicated
to the U.S. Constitution.
Synterra, Ltd. provided construction management services for the National
Constitution Center (NCC) Complex, in Philadelphia's Independence National
Historical Park-America's most historic square mile.
Built of wood metal and stone the 137 million dollar center houses 160,000
square feet including galleries and 67,785 square feet of state-of-the
art exhibit space. The museum includes the story of "We the People",
the Kimmel Theatre (a 350 seat star-shaped theatre), the history of the
Constitution, as well as more than 100 interactive and multimedia exhibits
for all ages, and Signers' Hall which contains 42 life-size bronze statues
of the 39 men who signed and the three who dissented the Constitution.
The construction materials included 85,000 square feet of Indiana limestone.
2.6 million pounds of steel and one half-million cubic feet of concrete.
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