Foster Conant to design landscape for new building at First Baptist Orlando

ORLANDO, FL, Dec. 8, 2008 — H. J. High Construction Co. awarded the landscape architectural contract to Foster Conant & Associates for First Baptist Orlando Legacy Center to be located on the Orlando, Fla., campus of the church.(top left photo)

Using the design-build delivery method, Foster Conant is providing the construction and design team with site-specific landscape architectural services that include landscape, irrigation, grading, hardscape, amenities and site lighting layout for the new four-story, 95,000-square-foot administrative and senior adult ministry facility.

According to Foster Conant’s managing principal and lead landscape architect for the project, Richard R. Conant, (top right photo) FASLA, design has begun on the exterior area surrounding the planned building. Design and construction documents are nearing completion. A schedule for construction has not been set.

Other design-build team members include STH Architectural Group of West Palm Beach, Fla., Tipton Associates of Orlando, Fla., KLG LLC, Casselberry, Fla., and TLC Engineering, Orlando, Fla.

Founded in 1969, Foster Conant & Associates is headquartered in Orlando, Fla. The landscape architectural practice has a storied history of designing award-winning, site-specific landscape architecture for high profile public sector projects and private developments throughout the Southeastern U.S.

The 16-person firm is managed by principals Richard R. “Rick” Conant, FASLA, Keith Oropeza, ASLA, René A. Ramos, RLA and John P. Sullivan, III, ASLA. Please visit fosterconant.com for additional information.

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