miracle league at american tobacco – durham, NC

The Durham Bulls Miracle League Field at American Tobacco is being developed for the Miracle League of the Triangle. This program and field are specifically designed to serve children and adults with special needs through the game of baseball. The Durham Bulls, The American Tobacco Campus and WRAL's parent company, Capitol Broadcasting, are partners in the project. The new facility is set to open at 461 Morehead Ave., across the street from Durham Bulls Athletic Park, making it just one of the two Miracle Leagues in the country to have a direct connection to minor league baseball.

NEMA was engaged to lead the design and construction effort of this fantastic project in downtown Durham.  NEMA was engaged as the owner’s agent focusing on budgeting, municipality approvals and permit expediting, coordinating and procuring the owner provided items including, IT, AV, and Security. NEMA also coordinated early investigations of the site with geotechnical and utility studies and participated in the design throughout the process and is overseeing the construction.

NEMA coordinated with all jurisdictions having authority to procure all necessary permits. NEMA will manage separate contractors for site development and building construction. NEMA is coordinating utilities including the City of Durham Department of Water Management - Utility Engineering Division, the City of Durham Public Works Department and Duke Energy.