DESIGN DETAILING

Broncos Training Facility

Structural steel detailing for the Denver Broncos’ indoor training facility.

LocationCentennial, Colorado
ClientMartin/Martin Consulting Engineers
Structural SteelApproximately 1,200 tons
Facility Size115,000 square feet

Project overview

A year-round training environment for the Denver Broncos.

The Pat Bowlen Fieldhouse is the Denver Broncos’ indoor practice facility at the team’s headquarters in Centennial, Colorado.

The 115,000-square-foot building houses a full-length artificial turf football field, allowing the team to train indoors throughout the year. The facility also includes locker rooms, offices, a video production room and a retail store.

Anatomic provided structural steel detailing for the facility’s structural framework, working with Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers on the steel package.

Completed Broncos training facility exterior showing the large indoor training building and entrance frontage. Approx. 1,200 Tons detailed Enlarge view
Completed Broncos training facility exterior showing the large indoor training building and entrance frontage.

Design detailing

Developing the steel model during the design phase.

The Broncos Training Facility was delivered through Anatomic’s Design Detailing approach, bringing steel modeling and detailing into the structural design phase.

Working with the project’s engineering team, Anatomic developed the steel model as part of the design coordination process, helping align structural information with the requirements of steel fabrication.

This early involvement supported the development of coordinated detailing information for the facility’s approximately 1,200-ton steel structure.

Project team and technical details
Engineer
Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers
General Contractor
Saunders Construction, Inc.
Project Period
2013–2014
Primary Scope
Structural steel detailing
Delivery Method
Design Detailing
Facility Type
Indoor professional football training facility

Model to field

From structural steel model to completed training facility.

The structural model illustrates the steel framework detailed for the Pat Bowlen Fieldhouse.

Alongside photographs of the completed facility, it provides a view of the structural steel behind the building’s full-length indoor practice field.

Overall structural steel model of the Broncos training facility with its large-span roof and adjoining framed areas.01 / Coordinated model
Overall structural steel model of the Broncos training facility with its large-span roof and adjoining framed areas.
Completed indoor Broncos training field beneath the exposed long-span steel roof structure.02 / Fabrication & field
Completed indoor Broncos training field beneath the exposed long-span steel roof structure.