Connecticut Tennis Center (Yale University)
Location:
New Haven, CT
Precaster:
Blakeslee Prestress, Inc., Branford, CT
Owner:
CT Tennis Foundation; City of New Haven; Yale University
Architect:
Edward Larrabee Barnes / John M.Y. Lee & Partners
Designer-Builder:
KBE Building Corporation, Farmington, CT
Structural Engineer:
Spiegel Zamecnik & Shah Inc.
Landscape Design:
BL Companies, Meriden, DT
Erector:
Blakeslee Prestress, Inc., Branford, CT
Project Scope
Unique Features
- A temporary 14,000+ seat stadium was built just in time for the 1990 Volvo Tennis Tournament.
- The permanent stadium was built in time for the 1991 Volvo Tennis Tournament.
- With heavily wooded areas to the North, South, and West of the site, dramatic cantilevered stairs were incorporated to preserve the beauty of the project site.
- All exposed precast concrete members were cast with a stone aggregate and lightly sandblasted to obtain a uniform and attractive finish.
- The octants are separated by expansion joints designed to accommodate shrinkage and thermal movements and to prevent pounding of one segment against another in an earthquake.
- The elevation of the site was several feet below the 100-year flood level.
- 80 ton capacity pressure injected footings were chosen for column loads ranging from 50 to 600 tons.
- The foundations were required to take significant seismic loads, and some were designed for substantial moments transmitted from column bases.
