Baize Engineering Corp

Baize Engineering Corp is a U.S. corporation wholly owned by its founder and President, James “Jim” Eugene Baize, who is a highly decorated service-disabled war hero.

For more than 50 years, Baize Engineering has been providing engineering and design-build services including mechanical, electrical, plumbing and construction to government, military and veterans’ facilities across the United States.

Our successful projects have gained us national recognition and include both vertical facilities and horizontal infrastructure.

Baize Engineering Corp
Partial Listing of Projects

National Museum – United States Air Force
Dayton, Ohio

Baize Engineering Corp provided engineering and design services to the recently opened $45 million, 224,000 square foot expansion of the National Museum for the United States Air Force at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.  The NMUSAF, which is the official museum for the United States Air Force, has one of the world’s largest collections with more than 360 aircraft and missiles on display.

Project Scope:                  231,000 square feet expansion
Project Budget:                $45 million
General Contractor:          Turner Construction Inc.
Architect:                          BRPH Architects
Project Oversight:             U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
Completion:                       2016

National Museum – United States Air Force
Dayton, Ohio

 

CityWay YMCA
Indianapolis, Indiana

Baize Engineering Corp provided engineering and design services to the recently opened $24 million, 87,000 square-foot CityWay YMCA in downtown Indianapolis.  Able to accommodate 15,000 members, the new YMCA features a four-lane, 25-yard lap pool adjacent to a zero-depth entry, warm-water pool with large Jacuzzi.  Floor-to-ceiling windows providing a view of the sidewalk outside frame one wall of a yoga studio with an exterior sitting area in front of a glass-front fireplace.  There are also three full-size basketball gymnasiums, with a 0.1-mile running track above, affording sweeping views of the city skyline on many sides.  Upstairs, a spacious open area houses the health and wellness facility, while 13,000 square feet on the Northeast side of the building houses medical offices for Franciscan St. Francis Health.

Project Scope:                    87,000 Square Feet
Project Budget:                  $24 million
General Contractor:            Shield Sexton Construction
Architect:                            Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Achitects
Completion:                        2015

New CityWay YMCA

Fort Benjamin Harrison Army Reserve Center
Lawrence, Indiana

Baize Engineering Corp provided engineering and design services to the recently opened $48 million Fort Benjamin Harrison Army Reserve Center.

Project Scope:               224,000 square feet expansion
Project Budget:             $48 million
General Contractor:      Turner Construction Company
Architect:                       RSP Architects
Completion:                  2015

Fort Benjamin Harrison Army Reserve Center

Center Hill Dam Remediation
Silver City, Tennessee

Baize Engineering Corp is providing engineering design services to the $120 million Center Hill Dam remediation project in Tennessee.   The damn was built in 1948 as a means of river control and for production of energy.  Ever growing damage on the sides, rock erosion and caverns destabilized the entire system and leading to water loss.   The U.S. Army Corp of Engineerings and the Bauer Foundation are overseeing the project’s construction.

Project Scope:                          $120 million dam remediation
Contractor:                               Bauer Civil/Bauer Foundation
Engineering:                             Baize Engineering Corp
Public Oversight:                      U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
Estimated Completion:             2016

Center Hill Dam Remediation Project
Silver City, Tennessee

The Coil Mixed-Use Development
Broad Ripple Village
Indianapolis, Indiana

Baize Engineering Corp is providing engineering design services for the new 151 high-end luxury apartment and mixed-use project in the heart of the vibrant, eclectic Broad Ripple Village in Indianapolis.  This marquee project will create an iconic gateway into the Broad Ripple Village.  Residents will  have the added luxury of immediate access to the new 33,500 square foot specialty grocery store anchoring the site. The project also includes a parking garage for Coil residents and customers of the grocery.  The Coil apartments and specialty grocery store are expected to open in 2016.

Project Size:                   347,000 Gross Square Feet; 34,000 S.F. – Specialty Retail
Residential:                    151 Luxury Apartment Units
Investor                            Browning Investments
Architect:                        Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf
Contractor:                      Midwest Constructors, LLC

Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf  Architects
Vision for the New Coil Mixed-Use Complex

North Hall Student Housing
Indiana University – Purdue University
Indianapolis, Indiana

Baize Engineering Corp has provided engineering design services towards the construction of the new $48 million, 173,000 square foot IUPUI North Hall Student Residence.   North Hall is a traditional co-ed residence hall accommodating 700 first-year and upper-division students in single and double occupancy rooms.  It includes two large courtyards for resident activities and programming, state-of-the-art fitness center, computer labs and a game room.

Project:                          IUPUI North Hall Student Housing
Architect:                       KWK Architects
Construction:                 Messer Construction Corp
Project Cost:                  $48 million
Completion:                   2016

Design for the new North Hall Student Housing
Indiana University – Purdue University
Indianapolis, Indiana

Various Veterans Administration Projects
Designed & Engineered by Baize Engineering Corp

Baize Engineering Corp has provided the Department of Veteran Affairs design and engineering services for many of its various medical facilities.   The following is a partial list of the V.A. projects for which we have provided such services:

V. A. Hospital – Power Plant – Cold Springs Road- Indianapolis, IN
V. A. Hospital – Power Plant – Marion, IN
V. A. Hospital – New Elevators – Marion, IN
V. A. Hospital – Laundry Expansion – Marion, IN
V. A. Hospital – Power Plant – West Tenth Street – Indianapolis, IN
V. A. Hospital – Power Plant – Marion, IL
V. A. Hospital – Power Plant – Knoxville, IA
V. A. Hospital – Power Plant – Danville, IL
V. A. Hospital – Air Conditioning – Indianapolis, IN
V. A. Hospital – Air Conditioning – Building 12 – Marion, IN
V. A. Hospital – Power Plant – Lincoln, NE
V. A. Hospital – Air Conditioning – Cold Springs Road – Indianapolis, IN
V. A. Hospital – Investigate Asbestos Lab and Identify – Marion, IN
V. A. Hospital – Building #42 Renovation – Marion, IN
V. A. Hospital – Automatic Data Processing Center – Indianapolis, IN
V. A. Hospital – Elevator Study – West Tenth Street – Indianapolis, IN
V. A. Hospital – Renovate SICU – West Tenth Street – Indianapolis, IN
V. A. Hospital – Open-end Mechanical Contract – 2 years – Indianapolis, IN
V. A. Hospital – Reverse Osmosis Water System – Indianapolis, IN
V. A. Hospital – Design New Water Softening System – Indianapolis, IN
V. A. Hospital- F- Lead Paint Survey Marion, III