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This is a student-generated Capstone Project e-Portfolio (CPEP) produced in conjunction with the AE Senior Thesis e-Studio. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Technical Assignment #1 (pdf format) The Residence Inn by Marriott is located at 2345 Mill Rd. Alexandria, VA. It is conveniently located near many government buildings allowing for long term guests on business to be close to work. The site is very constricted and is defined by the two streets that border the site as well as two metro tracks that cut through the Southwest side of the site.The Marriott is owned by Miller Global Properties and operated by Marriott staff. It is a 181 room, 15 story Hotel, post tensioned concrete structure, with 3 levels of underground parking on site. In Alexandria, Virginia, every new building that is designed and built must go through a rigorous approval process. The city must approve the building use, design, façade, exterior penetrations, colors, and each building must have at least 20 LEED points. Technical Assignment #2 (pdf format) This report is intended to analyze key features of the project that affect the project outcome. This report contains a detailed schedule analysis, a site planning analysis of the superstructure phase, an assemblies estimate of the mechanical system, a detailed structural systems estimate, and a general conditions estimate. Technical Assignment #3 (pdf format) This report is intended to outline the ideas and steps needed to conduct my thesis research. This document contains an overview of the PACE Roundtable in the Critical Industry Issues section, my research area in the Critical Issue Research section, Problem Identification of key problematic areas, Technical Analysis Methods describing how to analyze the problems outlined, and the Weight Matrix showing a breakdown of grading. The topics covered at the PACE Roundtable include the benefits of prefabrication, developing the work force, and implementing BIM. These are current issues facing the industry that need to be addressed. My critical research area addresses implementing green building technologies during the early stages of planning as to not increase the first cost of the project. This is also tied into the problem identification area by applying those technologies to the acoustic and mechanical problem, and applying the benefits of prefabrication to the garage construction. The technical analysis method section explains the ways in which these problems will be redesigned and compared to the original systems based on value engineering, constructability, and schedule reduction.
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