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Engineering Zoo Habitats

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San Diego Zoo Global Children’s Zoo

Coffman provided electrical engineering and site lighting for the renovation of 452,000 sf of the Children’s Zoo at the San Diego Zoo. Services include all medium voltage power and generator life support service, and...

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Denver Zoo Asian Tropics

Several exhibits are offered within the Denver Zoo's Asian Tropics expansion project. Shotcrete (pneumatically placed concrete) was used for the design to create a natural look for moat walls, waterfalls, pools, barriers, planters...

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San Diego Zoo Safari Park Beckman Center

San Diego Zoo's state-of-the-art Beckman Center is one of the largest zoo-based conservation research centers in the world. The 60,000 sf, two-story laboratory research building features steel framing with exposed concrete floors and...

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San Diego Zoo Elephant Odyssey

This multi-species exhibit includes holding buildings, a restaurant, gift shop, restrooms, aviaries, pump rooms, life support systems buildings, moats, waterfalls, rockwork and “utilitrees”. The Elephant Management Facility includes gates, restraints, catwalks and...

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San Diego Zoo Safari Park Mombasa Village

The Mombasa Village Improvement project included expansion of the existing wood deck over Mombasa Lagoon, several new steel shade structures for guests, a new children's play area in the form of a beached...

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San Diego Zoo Safari Park Tiger Trail

The Tull Family Tiger Trail is a five-acre Sumatran tiger habitat. The structural components of the tiger structures includes a steel...

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San Diego Zoo Safari Park Condor Ridge

The Condor Ridge project marked the first public opportunity to view the California condor. The condor exhibit features an observation deck and interpretive center. The project required a complete remodel, including a new...

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Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Monsoon Asia

The focal point of this project is a Tiger Exhibit, which features a steel-framed overhead viewing structure, walkway and holding building. The project also included an Asian Pig Exhibit with animal habitat, holding...

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San Diego Zoo Absolutely Apes

This project called for the complete remodel of the central heart of the San Diego Zoo. The enormous glass-fronted habitat features numerous trees, steel tree play structures, ropes and sway poles. Site work...

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