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Building Name: |
Suburban Community Wellness Center |
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Building Location: |
20500 Seneca Meadows Parkway, Germantown, Maryland |
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Building Occupants: |
HealthTrax and Suburban Hospital Healthcare System |
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Building Function: |
Fitness Center and Physical Therapy |
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Size: |
64,800 Sq. Ft. |
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Height: |
2 Stories and 28'-8" tall at lowest grade elevation |
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Dates of Construction: |
Decmeber 2001 to November 2002 |
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Project Cost: |
$7,600,000 |
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Project Delivery Method: |
Design-Bid-Build |
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Project Team |
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Owner: |
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Owner's Representative: |
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Architect: |
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Structural Engineer: |
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MEP Engineer: |
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Civil Engineer: |
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Construction Manager: |
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Architecture |
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Description: |
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The prominent theme for the design of the Suburban Wellness Center was synergy. The first floor of the mixed-use medical facility includes racquetball and basketball courts, multiple exercise equipment rooms as well as an olympic sized lap pool. The second floor houses medical offices, MRI Rooms, X-Ray rooms and physical therapy suites. Several of the areas on the second floor are open below so when customers visited the doctor's office, see the people below working out and become more inclined to work out themselves. Visitors on the second floor are able to look down into the basketball courts and cardiovascular machine rooms. In the center of the building at the entrance is a large 2 story atrium. The purpose of the atrium was to promote communication between the fitness center and medical offices. To top it off, a clearstory skylight was also introduced. This gave natural sunlight to the fitness center patrons and made the spaces below more animated. |
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Applicable Codes: |
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- 1996 BOCA Basic Building Code
- 1996 BOCA Basic Mechanical Code
- 1996 NEC National Electrical Code
- Regulations of the Washington Suburban Sanitary
- Commission (WSSC) Plumbing Code
- 1997 NFPA 1 & 101 Life Safety Code
- 1986 ANSI A-117.1 Handicapped Code
- COMAR 05.02.02 ADAAG
- Montgomery County Zoning Ordinances
- 28 CFR Part 36-Rule Implement, ADA Public Law
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Zoning: |
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The Suburban Wellness Center has been categorized as a type (B) Business facility. |
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Historical: |
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There is no historical data of the Suburban Wellness Center. It is a newly constructed building. |
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Building Envelope: |
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The primary material used in the facade of the Suburban Wellness Center is brick and glass. The original design called for a office building design in case the use of the building were to change in the future. Steel members cover the structural component so the facade acts as a curtain wall and doesn't actually provide any structural support. Brick was used as not only because it was cost effective but also because it blended well with the residential area that surrounded the wellness center. Since the buiding is over 400 ft and only two stories high, ascent bricks were used to break up the building into sections.
The roofing system is made up of a metal decking with rooftop asphalt on top. A clearstory skylight pierces through the top to supply sunlight into the building.
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Building Systems |
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Mechanical: |
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Two single packaged combination gas-fired heating and electric, air-cooled cooling units provide conditioned air to most of the building. RTU-1 which is located on the west side of the building supplies to the southwest corner while RTU-2 located on the east side of the building supplies to the east half of the building. A separate air handling unit is used to supply conditioned air strictly to the swimming pool facility. RTU-1 supplies to the basketball court, racquetball courts, group cycling room and the cardiovascular machine room. RTU-2 supplies to the locker rooms, weight training area, circuit training area, fitness center offices and group workout studios. Both of these supply to the spaces using a VAV box system with electric reheat which ensures sufficient individual space conditioning control. A variable speed fan drive is also used to give even more control over the conditioning of the supply air.
The northwest corner of the building which holds the swimming pool facility is conditioned by a dehumidification unit. This unit is separate from the two rooftop units and was added at a later point in the design. AHU-1 supplies to the swimming pool facility which has a four lane wide lap pool, public spa and a therapy pool. This space needed a separate unit because of the above average humidity ratio and temperature that must be maintained. Aside from the rooftop units and air handling units, the building also utilizes unit heaters and electric ceiling heaters to heat the stairwells.
Also located near the swimming pool facility is the main mechanical room of the Suburban Wellness Center. Two 800 MBH gas fired water heaters have been placed in the mechanical room to supply hot water throughout the building. To heat the three swimming pools, one 400 MBH and two 250 MBH gas fired pool heaters have been installed. Especially during the winter months when temperatures drop below freezing, these pool heaters take some of the loading off of the dehumidification unit. |
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Electrical: |
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The Suburban Wellness Center electrical service is distributed from a 480/277V three phase switchboard. The main distribution panel is rated at 2000 amps. The electrical service is installed in the main electrical room located in the central west part of the building. From there, power is supplied from this room to 13 480V panels located throughout the building. Each distribution panel includes a 480 to 208/120V step-down transformer. 480/277V panels serve the main mechanical equipment and 120V or 277V panels serve the building lighting and basic power loads.
For emergency power, there is battery backup power supplied to all of the emergency lighting and critical equipment of the building. |
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Lighting: |
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The Suburban Wellness Center uses a variety of lighting fixtures. The studio rooms, doctor’s offices, weight rooms, swimming pool area, hallways, and locker rooms all have fluorescent lighting with between one and four T-5 lamps. The gymnasium includes thirty sports lighting fixtures with five compact fluorescent lamps each. |
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Structural: |
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The structural system for the Suburban Wellness Center consists of steel columns, beams and girders supporting the roofing system. Steel floor beams support the composite desk of the second floor. These beams carry the load to the girders which connect to the steel columns. The floor slab is 5” slab on grade with 3500 psi concrete placed over a vapor barrier. |
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Construction: |
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The Suburban Wellness Center had a design-bid-build project delivery method. The project started construction in December 2001 and completed construction in November 2002. |
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Fire Protection: |
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The Suburban Wellness Center is protected from fire with a wet pipe sprinkler system. All areas where there is a ceiling have fully concealed pendant type sprinkler heads. Areas without ceilings use upright or side mounted sprinkler heads with a protective cage guard. |
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Telecommunications: |
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The Telecommunication systems for the Suburban Wellness Center include telephone and data outlets installed throughout the building. Coaxial television outlets are also installed in the cardiovascular rooms. |
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Transportation: |
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An elevator in the main lobby area transports building occupants between the first and second floor. Emergency stairwells are also provided on the north and south ends of the Suburban Wellness Center. |
