General Contractor
C.D. Barnes Associates, Inc. 
3437 Eastern Avenue S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49508
www.cdbarnes.com

Location: 
Fremont, Michigan
Total Square Feet: 28,000
Construction Period: Dec 2001 to July 2002

Construction Team
STRUCTURAL/ELECTRICAL/MECHANICAL ENGINEER: Holabird & root - 300 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60606.
COST ESTIMATOR: C.D. Barnes Associates, Inc. - 3437 Eastern Avenue S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49508

The Dogwood Center is a state-of-the-art theatre for the performing arts on the campus of Baker College in Fremont, Michigan. The center contains a fly tower, orchestra pit, dressing rooms, costume shop, scene shop, green room, stage, black box theatre and seats 420 patrons in comfortable aisle raised seating.

The Dogwood Center’s primary use will be Thespian, but it will also provide accomodations for music, dance, symphony, recitals and other performing arts for the college. It will be used interactively with Baker College to provide classroom training in theatre support, and has space for all productions, including stage set manufacturing.

Completed in July 2002 the center also houses state-of-the-art rigging, sound and lighting systems.

Manufacturers/Suppliers
DIV 03: Concrete Stain: Lithochrome® Chemstain™ by L.M. Scofield Company. 
DIV 07: Single Ply Membrane: Carlisle Syntec; Custom Formed Crimped Clear Anodized Aluminum: Buist Sheet Metal Company, Inc.
DIV 08: Entrances & Storefronts: Tubelite; Locks & Exit Devices: Corbin Russwin; Door Closers: Norton; Weatherseal: National Guard; 
Hollow Metal Doors & Frames: CECO; Special Doors: Overhead Doors; Horizontal Sliding Fire Door: Won-Door.
DIV 09: Resilient: Armstrong; Acoustical Ceiling Panels: AVL.
DIV 12: Multiple Seating: Irwin Seating.