Apr Associates:

Architects & Designers for the Communication Industry

For sixteen years APR Associates was the architectural firm for nTelos, formally known as Clifton Forge-Waynesboro (CFW) Telephone Company. During that time APR Associates completed seventy projects and consulted on thirty more projects for the company. APR Associates started with CFW Telephone Company in 1997 and remained the choice architectural firm as the company grew into nTelos in 2000, including both wireline and wireless services. In 2011, when nTelos spun off the company Lumos Networks, APR Associates was there to assist with that transition. That transition alone involved more than 46,000 square feet of renovations, changes in use, additional power, data, and HVAC infrastructure development. APR Associates continued as nTelos’s Architect until 2013 when the company was acquired by a larger company.

CFW Master Plan

CFW Communications Company is a diversified communications company that provides a broad range of products and services to business and residential customers in Virginia. This master plan was a study to consolidate the Administration and Customer Care Center of operations into one site in order to integrate these services with the new PCS facility in a unified “campus effect”. Each building has an identity of its own while also being compatible with the overall site intention. The master plan allowed for immediate development of required space while planning for more growth in the future.

CFW Customer Care Facility

The CFW Communications Company in Waynesboro, Virginia wanted to integrate all their customer care facilities, into one facility and combine this with their professional development program. The building plan incorporated future growth and resulted in a two-story, 2.5 million dollar facility. An open floor plan was utilized to promote interaction between representatives, team leaders, supervisors and management. Completion Date: November, 1998 Area: 31,000 s.f.

nTelos Campus Building Number 4 Corporate Offices

The company needed more general office space for their rapidly expanding communications company. The new facility was designed to house a variety of departments providing a diversity of services for the company. The setting was determined in advance by way of the master planning process previously done by APR Associstes. This new building was to be the fourth on the nTelos campus on Shenandoah Village Drive and it is the centerpiece of a preplanned three building complex. The finished project is three stories and physically connects with the two adjacent buildings to either side.

nTelos Exchange Building Battery Room Addition

This 3,700 square foot addition to an existing 40,000 square foot building was built to house the batteries necessary for nTelos growth of their telephone business for the 10-15 years following the addition. With the company’s growth, the building required a new HVAC system for the 7,800 square foot basement and the 16,100 square foot main level of the building as well as two 750 KW generators. The project also incorporated the increased power capacity and space planning needed for the future growth of the buildings HVAC system. Design and Construction processes for this project were challenged due to the limited space to place the building and stage a construction process.

nTelos PCS IT Data Center Renovations & Modification

When nTelos Corporation divided into two companies, several office buildings required renovations and modifications to prepare for the company division and shifting of personnel. The short time frame and limited budget required fast responses and input while meeting client needs and expectations. Creating two separate companies required the duplication of many departments and an additional data center. Thirty percent of the existing PCS buildings interior was demolished and rebuilt to include a new data center for nTelos Wireless and offices for the supporting staff.

Shenandoah Village Drive Renovations & Modifications

The third floor of the corporate office building required new space planning to accommodate the all the employee reorganization and a separation to create two separate areas. About forty percent of the interior of the floor was demolished and rebuilt with high end finishes and furniture for the executive office suite for nTelos Wireless Corporation. The remaining portion of the floor was reorganized for the company changes and to organize the multiple other departments. New finishes were selected and installed throughout the floor with furniture updated.

Spring Lane Plaza Renovations & Modifications

To create a headquarters for Lumos Networks the entire building required new space planning to accommodate the requirements of the employee reorganization. Approximately seventy percent of the existing interior space was demolished and rebuilt. New finishes were chosen and installed throughout all floors of the building with furniture and accessories updated. APR Associates also diverted from planed interior work to address serious site storm drainage problems discovered after construction began.

A typical year working with nTelos: actually started in the fall of the previous year

APR Associates would assist nTelos with the development of budgets for multiple projects being considered for the next year. Ultimately we would work through the next year designing, managing and otherwise consulting on selected projects ranging from new buildings, additions, parking lot extensions, demolition with renovations and modifications of spaces converting people space to digital space and vice versa. Additionally, we were also involved in upgrading and duplicating HVAC and backup power systems, and even assisting with design of corrective work on existing facilities with site drainage problems, along with roofing and exterior weatherproofing needs, and any other facility or facility management/ownership issues our experience gave us the opportunity to assist with. The end of many fiscal years would conclude with a race to get in one to four surprise projects that would come up and become targets solely due to money left over in one or another departments' budgets.

Complete List of Project

CFW – Customer Care Facility

CFW – D & G Retail Outlet

CFW – Winchester Office Renovations

CFW – Building 4 Corporate Offices

CFW Comm. – New Customer Care Facility

CFW Comm. Extra RFP Services

CFW Communications Master Plan

CFW Communications Preplanning for Customer Care Building

CFW Communications MTSO Facility

CFW Network Operations Center

CFW Parking Entry

CFW Parking Expansion

CFW Portsmouth

nTelos 2001 Entry Parkway

nTelos ADA Parking/ Ramp

nTelos Area of Rescue

nTelos Battery Room Addition & Mechanical/Electrical Upgrade

nTelos Battery Room Conversion

nTelos Break room Renovations

nTelos Building 4 Conference Room Lighting

nTelos Building Layout Upgrades

nTelos CAD File Study

nTelos Carrier Hotel

nTelos Carrier Hotel Stairs

nTelos Charleston West Virginia

nTelos Corporate 3rd Floor HVAC

nTelos Corporate Building

nTelos Corporate Offices 1st & 2nd

nTelos Customer Care

nTelos Customer Care - Fresh Air Modifications

nTelos Customer Care HVAC

nTelos Customer Care HVAC – Upgrade Study

nTelos Customer Care Modifications

nTelos Customer Care Modifications to Three Offices

nTelos DOC Room

nTelos Dumpster Pad

nTelos Ex. Basement Heat

nTelos Exchange Batteries

nTelos Exchange Building

nTelos Exchange Building – Main Level Modifications

nTelos Exchange Building Embankment

nTelos Exchange Building HVAC Alarms

nTelos Exchange Building Mechanical/Electrical Upgrade

nTelos Exchange Building Wireline Modifications

nTelos Exchange Room Drain Leak

nTelos Exchange Sealant Redo

nTelos Exchange Server HVAC

nTelos Frame & Switch Room

nTelos Frame and Switch Room Humidity

nTelos Frame Room - Carl

nTelos Frame Room Humidity Study

nTelos Hoggard/ Eure

nTelos Hopeman Office Space

nTelos Master Plan

nTelos Miscellaneous

nTelos New Building - General Consulting

nTelos New Building 4 – Lobby/Office

nTelos New Fire Suppression System

nTelos New Hope Road Building

nTelos New Hope Road Service Center

nTelos New Hope Road Service Center – Site Drainage Modifications

nTelos Newport News

nTelos PCS Building Generator Relocation

nTelos PCS HVAC

nTelos PCS Ladder Repair

nTelos PCS Modifications – IT Data Center

nTelos PCS n+1 2012

nTelos PCS New Rittal Solutions Rack

nTelos PCS Office Addition – People

nTelos PCS Parking Lot

nTelos PCS Roof Structure Analysis

nTelos PCS Switchroom 1 - Structural Analysis

nTelos PCS, UPS Room Addition

nTelos Real Estate Investment Grant

nTelos Relocation of IT Department

nTelos RemainCo Data Center Feasibility Study

nTelos Roanoke

nTelos Rooftop Guard Fence

nTelos Shenandoah Village 3rd Floor - Board Room Office Wall

nTelos Shenandoah Village 3rd Floor President's Office Acoustics - Hyde Office

nTelos Shenandoah Village Drive – Energy Star Rating

nTelos Shenandoah Village Plaza - 3rd Floor - HVAC

nTelos SpinCo Data Room

nTelos Spring Lane Plaza – Storm Management Study

nTelos Spring Lane Renovations – 1st Floor

nTelos Spring Lane Renovations – 2nd Floor

nTelos Spring Lane Renovations – 3rd Floor

nTelos Spring Lane Renovations – Permit

nTelos SVP North Tower Entry

nTelos SVP Third Floor West Office Modifications

nTelos Switch HVAC, Electric Power & Monitoring Upgrade Charlston WV

nTelos Switch HVAC, Electric Power & Monitoring Upgrade Norfolk VA

nTelos Switch HVAC, Electric Power & Monitoring Upgrade Richmond VA

nTelos Switch HVAC, Electric Power & Monitoring Upgrade Waynesboro VA

nTelos Switch Room Addition

nTelos Technology Lab

nTelos Telecom Switch Facility

nTelos Test Lab Basement Build-Out

nTelos Troutville

nTelos Water Extraction

nTelos WireLESS 3rd Floor Corporate Headquarters Plaza

nTelos Wireless 3rd Floor Payroll HVAC

nTelos Wireless Data Engineering Testing Lab