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Clemson University’s world-class Women’s Sports Complex demonstrates its unwavering commitment to equity in sports
A New Standard in Collegiate Women’s Sports
a rowing center renovation and a new 10,000-square-foot elite athlete training and recovery center. Clemson held a groundbreaking ceremony in December 2022. By January 2024, the women’s lacrosse, gymnastics and rowing programs cut the ribbons on their new and updated, state-of-the-art facilities, setting a new US standard for women’s sports and an industry precedent for how fast visionary architecture can be designed and delivered. Fast-track design and construction HNTB and South Carolina-based architectural firm Garvin Design Group were tapped to design and build the new spaces on a fast-track timeline. The HNTB-Garvin project partnership allowed the two firms to complete plans for three new buildings, the rowing center renovation, and the lacrosse stadium in just nine months. To accelerate construction, the design team leveraged the speed and efficiency of pre-engineered metal buildings. The prefabrication
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Within 18 months of introducing two new women’s sports programs— lacrosse and gymnastics—Clemson University had planned, designed, and broken ground on a world-class Women’s Sports Complex. “When Clemson Athletics commits to facilities, best is the standard,” said Clemson Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director Eric Sabin. “The new Women’s Sports Complex reflects our dedication to lacrosse and gymnastics and to women’s sports overall. Our strategy was to design the best in the country for those student athletes.” To ensure that the complex would fit within the athletic district, an area on the west side of campus that is home to all Tiger athletic facilities, the Athletic Department chose a site overlooking Lake Hartwell, adjacent to the women’s rowing building. Project leaders established a scope that included not only lacrosse and gymnastics facilities, but also
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