The Hotel Roanoke was built in 1882 by the Norfolk and Western Railroad in Roanoke, Virginia. It’s original 34 rooms grew to 384 rooms by 1989 when it was donated to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In 1995, a major renovation added a conference center, and in 1996, the hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. SKA has been instrumental in the MEP design of the latest 2019 renovations to several of the main hotel social venues. SKA worked with STITCH Design Shop to renovate the main lobby, bars, and kitchen areas at Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center. Design consisted of providing extensive decorative lighting and working with a kitchen equipment vendor to accommodate the new kitchens. The project scope also included converting an existing guest room into additional bathrooms and working with a landscape architect to provide patio, landscape, and site lighting for the new landscape design. The existing Palm Court social space was converted to a bar and the existing Pine Room Pub (casual dining & bar space) was converted to active display kitchen and dining area. Engineers also coordinated services to add pizza oven, grill, fryer and griddle, as well as an outdoor patio area. Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center was built in 1882 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.