Building a high-end resort on a remote site presents unique challenges.
The Prairie Club, overlooking the Snake River Canyon
near Valentine, Nebraska, is truly a stunning destination
golf resort. Designed to harmonize with the
beautiful natural terrain of Nebraska's Sandhills, The
Prairie Club features two 18-hole championship golf
courses, a 10-hole par-3 course, and a state-of-theart
practice facility along with The Prairie Club Lodge,
a luxurious modern building that all but blends into
the high prairie landscape.
Today, guests of The Prairie Club have every conceivable
amenity close at hand, but when BD Construction
broke ground on the project, there was no electricity
or roads and only a rudimentary workforce in the
area. BD helped the owner solve infrastructure issues,
worked with the Nebraska Department of Roads to
build access to the site, and maintained strict control
of the budget while making alterations and additions.
Among the more unusual challenges, BD had to
work with the Nebraska Department of Environment
Quality (DEQ) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to
help protect the habitat of the endangered American
Burying Beetle by developing a plan to disturb as little
of the natural terrain as possible during construction.
BD overcame the challenges of bringing concrete,
material, and manpower to a remote location, the
40,000-square-foot Prairie Club Lodge and today
includes 26 guest rooms, a superb restaurant and
lounge with magnifi cent views of the river and vast
prairie, a conference room, a full-service golf shop,
locker rooms, and a golf cart garage.
In addition to accommodations in the lodge itself,
guests can choose to stay in one of the many duplex
cabins, each designed with a comfortable living room,
bedrooms, large windows, and a porch or deck to
admire the views.
Meeting all the design criteria while remaining within
an established budget is diffi cult in any construction
situation, but it's especially challenging on a remote
site with minimal outside resources available. With
The Prairie Club Lodge, BD Construction has once
again proven itself more than up to any task.
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