Projects

The Iowa Events Center, set along the banks of the Des Moines River, is a $200+ million facility, totaling more than one million square feet in size. The three-building complex consists of the 100,000 square-foot Hy-Vee Exhibition Hall, the 17,000-seat Wells Fargo Arena, and renovation of the existing Veterans Memorial Auditorium. This complex is a state-of-the-art multi-purpose facility for sports, concerts, entertainment, trade shows, conventions and exhibits. Waldinger installed over 2.5 million pounds of piping and ductwork on this project!

The 16,500-seat West Haymarket Arena possesses 2,400 tons of cooling and has the potential for future expansion to 18,000 seats. This arena replaces the Bob Devaney Sports Center (13,595 seats) as the new home of the Nebraska Cornhusker Men's and Women's basketball teams. The Waldinger Corporation completed the entire mechanical and plumbing packages including the design-assist phase of pre-construction. We worked hand-in-hand with engineers to create an efficient, constructible and cost-effective design. The Building Information Modeling (BIM) process involved our detailers developing 100% 3D HVAC and plumbing models for coordination, pre-fabrication and field production. This arena is constructed within the confines of an active railroad system so all of our employees on site were trained and certified to work near railroads.

The Waldinger Corporation has been involved in virtually every major capital project at Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino, from the original construction of the racetrack - predating its casino days - to the reconstruction enabling full casino operation. In 2006, we completed a $12 million mechanical project including expansion of the existing central plant, supporting a second-floor casino expansion. That expansion included more room for slot machines and table games, an auditorium that seats 1,200 for concerts and 800 for banquets, a 250-seat buffet restaurant and a 150-seat fine-dining restaurant. Coming soon... the new Prairie Meadows Hotel.

The TD Ameritrade Baseball Stadium features 197,000 square feet of mixed-use space with many areas air conditioned and many open to the elements. This project includes 840 tons of cooling, split slab construction, variable flow volume refrigeration equipment, acid waste poly-fuse seal piping, variable radius elevated ductile iron water distribution, an 8,000 GPM storm water lift station and 13 commercial grade kitchens. We prefabricated 100% of the restrooms offsite and shipped them just in time for installation.