Arts / Culture
Speedie & Associates has worked on projects all across Arizona from north to south, east to west. In fact, it's rare when a client inquires about a piece of land we haven't touched in some way since our inception in 1980. We've worked for public and private clients, and our resume of projects is expansive.
Whether it's a major highway project or a small retail building, our experienced staff can provide specific technical expertise to address each project's unique challenges.








The List: Arts & Culture
Statewide
Arts and culture are abundant throughout our state. S&A have been fortunate to be a part of project teams for a wide variety of ground-up construction and renovations of some of Arizona's well-known cultural facilities.
Arizona Ballet Remodel, Phoenix
Arizona Science Museum, Phoenix
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson
Arts Academy, Ph I & II, Phoenix
ASU Gammage Center Additions, Tempe
ASU Nelson Fine Arts Center & Music Plaza, Tempe
Center for Performing Arts, Peoria
Chandler Museum, Chandler
Chandler Center for Performing Arts
Children's Museum of Phoenix Courtyard, Phoenix
Chocolate Kake, Phoenix
CREATE at Arizona Science Center, Phoenix
Desert Botanical Garden Observation Deck, Phoenix
Fox Theatre, Tucson
Hale Theatre, Gilbert
Heard Museum, Phoenix
Heard Museum, Surprise
Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix
Jewish History Museum, Tucson
Mesa Arts Center, Mesa
Museum of Northern Arizona AZ Collections Center, Flagstaff
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff
Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix
Orpheum Theatre, Phoenix
Phoenix Art Museum Expansion, Phase II, Phoenix
Pueblo Grande Museum Artifact Storage, Phoenix
Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts
Scottsdale Community College Performing Arts Center
Scottsdale Museum of the West, Scottsdale
Western Discovery Museum, Tusayan
Yavapai Indian Cultural Center, Prescott
Youth Family Art Center, Scottsdale

Herberger Theater Renovations
Phoenix, Arizona
This project was a renovation of a three-venue performing arts theater in downtown Phoenix, Arizona to improve accessibility and way-finding (ADA), expand patron amenities, refurbish interior and exterior finishes, and upgrade buildings and performance systems. This Center includes the 800-seat Center Stage, 325-seat Stage West, and 110-seat Kax Theater. S&A was contracted by the City of Phoenix to conduct the geotechnical investigation and construction materials testing for the project.

Chandler Museum
Chandler, Arizona
This new 10,000 square foot building and 10,000 square foot exterior courtyard and garden was completed in late 2018 and is the centerpiece of the new museum campus. S&A was contracted to perform the geotechnical investigation for this project.

Mesa Arts Center
Mesa, Arizona
The 178,000 SF Mesa Arts Center features four performance venues, five art galleries and fourteen visual and performing arts classrooms. Multi-use areas are incorporated throughout the campus, both indoor and outdoor, for gathering and presentation spaces. S&A provided construction monitoring and materials testing.

Musical Instrument Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
The Musical Instrument Museum is located in Phoenix, Arizona. Opened in April 2010, it is the largest museum of its type in the world. The collection of over 15,000 musical instruments and associated objects includes examples from nearly 200 countries and territories, representing every inhabited continent.

Hale Theatre Renovations
Gilbert, Arizona
S&A provided CMT services for the newly renovated 350-seat theatre. Hale Theatre Arizona, which was established in 2003, recently completed expansions that began in 2019. The now 22,000-square-foot space encompasses a rehearsal space, dance studio, meeting space, costume/wardrobe department and scene shop on site, plus an all new state-of-the-art, sustainable lighting and sound system.

CREATE at Arizona Science Center
Phoenix, Arizona
CREATE at Arizona Science Center(R) is where science, design, and engineering collide! Inspired by the productivity of an inventor's workshop, the creativity of an art studio, and the experimentation of a lab, CREATE is a 6,500 square-foot community hub for turning dreams into reality. The renovation included extensive demolition and reconstruction to allow for an open and accessible relationship to the existing lobby, redifning the entry experience as a gesture inviting visitors from the public plaza beyond.

Japanese Friendship Garden
Phoenix, Arizona
The Japanese Friendship Garden is about 3.5 acres and includes a tea garden and tea house. It is a joint project of the sister cities of Phoenix, Arizona, and Himeji, Japan.
