DEVCON INSTALLS NEW ROOF ON SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY'S LEAVEY EVENTS CENTER

HOME TO SCU BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL & COMMENCEMENT

SANTA CLARA, CA -- Devcon Construction has finished raising the new roof on Santa Clara University's famed Leavey Events Center, home to SCU basketball and volleyball, as well as numerous other athletic and social events. The new 70,000-square foot roof system replaces the landmark air-supported, bubble-topped dome that had covered the Center since its opening in the mid-1970's.

Leavey Events Center now boasts a new video scoreboard over the middle of the new court, as well as an all-glass facade and a completely new lighting system. "No equipment other than roof drains are on top of the new flat roof," said Devcon's Senior Project Manager Andy Schatzman. "Additional construction items include a new elevator, HVAC system, electrical rooms, new lower-level bleachers, and an expansion of both the women's and men's restrooms."

The new structure was designed by EHDD Architecture while the video scoreboard, bleachers and new wood floor were designed by Ellerbe-Becket.

Milpitas-based Devcon is the largest general building contractor based in Silicon Valley, and it maintains a regional office in Santa Cruz to manage projects along the coast. With building experience throughout Northern California, Devcon has constructed industrial parks, commercial centers and landmark office buildings, in all totaling some 35 million square feet of shells and interiors.