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Cultural Facilities Commission
COSI, Ohio's Center of Science & Industry
Columbus, Ohio
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Project Scope:
Design a next century space facility to empower Ohio's 21st Century Science/Technology Center on the Scioto Peninsula.
Exhibitions and programs include a 250-seat Space Theater, 15,000 s.f. Plant Ocean, 6,000 s.f. Basic Science: The Way Things Work, 4,000 s.f. Ohio Technologies, a 400-seat large format film experience and a temporary exhibition gallery and outdoor Science Park with large-scale physics exhibits.
SAO Project Number: 165-1993-042
Project Completed: 1998 |
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Construction Cost: $53.6 million
State Architect's Office:
Howard Geisler, Project Manager
Liz Foster, Project Coordinator
Barry Strickland, Construction Officer
Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission: Rob Grinch, Project Manager
COSI: Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, CEO
Architect: NBBJ
Construction Manager:
Ruscilli Construction Company, Inc. |
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Contractors:
Cleveland Construction, Inc.
Concrete Technology, Inc.
D.A.G. Construction Company
Danis Building Construction Co.
Ferguson Steel Company
George J. Igel & Company, Inc.
Kirby Electric, Inc.
Miles McClellan Construction Co.
S.G. Lowendick & Son, Inc.
Superior Electric Company
T.G. Banks Special Projects Div.
W.F. Bolin Company
William J. Teepe, Inc. |
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Photographers:
Brad Feinknopf (photos 1-3)
NBBJ (photo 4 - rendering) |
State Architect's Office
4200 Surface Road • Columbus, Ohio 43228-1395
v: 614.466.4761 • f: 614.644.7982
e: StateArchOff@das.state.oh.us
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