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Benning Construction completes Carmike BigD 12-plex in Winder, GA

Jan 20, 2012

Regional general contractor Benning Construction Company completed a 12-screen theatre for Carmike Cinemas in Winder, Georgia. The 45,000-square-foot facility is now open.

The theatre features Carmike’s signature “BigD Large Format Digital Experience.” The BigD auditorium includes a wall-to-wall screen measuring 60 feet wide and 35 feet tall, luxury seating, 7.1 surround sound and digital projection for both 2D and 3D features.

Since its founding in 1953, Atlanta-based Benning Construction has built more than 200 theatres and 1,000 movie screens.

Artech Design Group of Chattanooga, Tenn., is the designer of the Carmike Cinemas project in Winder.


Benning Construction completes Carmike BigD 12-plex in Winder, GA

Jan 20, 2012

Regional general contractor Benning Construction Company completed a 12-screen theatre for Carmike Cinemas in Winder, Georgia. The 45,000-square-foot facility is now open.

The theatre features Carmike’s signature “BigD Large Format Digital Experience.” The BigD auditorium includes a wall-to-wall screen measuring 60 feet wide and 35 feet tall, luxury seating, 7.1 surround sound and digital projection for both 2D and 3D features.

Since its founding in 1953, Atlanta-based Benning Construction has built more than 200 theatres and 1,000 movie screens.

Artech Design Group of Chattanooga, Tenn., is the designer of the Carmike Cinemas project in Winder.

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