Sports and Entertainment

Carowinds is a 398-acre amusement park, located adjacent to Interstate 77 on the border between North and South Carolina. Since 2012, ESP has been a trusted consultant to Carowinds for a complete range of professional services in support of the planning, design and construction for improvement projects at the amusement park facility.

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ESP provided numerous professional services for the new zmax Dragway project for Speedway Motorsports, Inc. These included: topographic surveys, subsurface explorations, site civil engineering (incorporating NHRA standards), special inspections, materials testing, as built surveys and laser scanning.

This $160 million facility in Charlotte, NC is a shrine to the history and heritage of NASCAR. ESP supported construction activities with extension Level B and A SUE services as well as 3D Scanning for detailed dimensions on display tracks, elliptic walls, and circular elevated balconies for fabrication.

Officer Jeff Shelton Memorial Park was built to honor fallen Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Officer, Jeff Shelton. Working closely with Officer Shelton's family and the City of Locust, ESP designed the park to be a true reflection on how the hero lived his life.

This project consisted of the construction of a 32,000-square-foot, LEED Accredited recreational center, with administrative offices and associated parking and infrastructure. The project had several retaining walls and was constructed on the site of a former community recreational swimming pool. ESP provided Special Inspections, environmental (UST) and construction materials testing services.