Gernon Brown Community Center

PRIME CONTRACTOR: CDW Services
TYPE: Renovation
VALUE: $1,620,000 SIZE:18,000 Sf/
FINISH: 2014
CONTACT: Yeates & Yeates Architects
504-522-7218
tmancil@yeatesarchitects.com

This project was a total renovation and included extensive repairs and reconstruction of the interior & exterior of the building, which sustained heavy damage from the Orleans Avenue Canal levee breach following Hurricane Katrina. Exterior work included replacing the gym�s metal roofing & drainage systems, repairs to metal framed windows and synthetic stucco entrance structures, reconstruction of a storage building and new lighting for the adjacent parking lot. Interior work included new gym surfaces on first & second floors and repairs to the goals & scoreboards. New flooring, lighting and curtain system for the stage area, renovations to interior restrooms. HVAC, electrical and lighting systems were also replaced.