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Final Reports

April 23, 2013

Linked below are the final reports from the UNITUS design team. The reports represent the team's submission to the ASCE Charles Pankow Foundation AE Student Competion, and are thus broken apart by discipline to match the submission categories in the competition.

INTEGRATION

Executive Summary [PDF]

Final Report [PDF]

This report details our team's integration strategies for the submittal. Issues discussed in the report include team alignment, inclusion of the community swimming pool into the design, and our team's design review strategies.

STRUCTURAL

Executive Summary [PDF]

Final Report [PDF]

This report details our team's structural system design for the submittal. Issues discussed in the report include structural analysis and design, inclusion of cellular beams, and framing integration.

MECHANICAL

Executive Summary [PDF]

Final Report [PDF]

This report details our team's mechanical system design for the submittal. Issues discussed in the report include heating, cooling and ventilation strategies, the team's use of combined heat and power (CHP), and mechanical equipment sizing and selection.

LIGHTING / ELECTRICAL

Executive Summary [PDF]

Final Report [PDF]

This report details our team's lighting and electrical plan for the submittal. Issues discussed in the report include normal and emergency power requirements, lighting strategies, and building security plans.

CONSTRUCTION

Executive Summary [PDF]

Final Report [PDF]

This report details our team's construction plan for the submittal. Issues discussed in the report include construction phasing and logistics, cost estimates, and lifecycle cost analyses.

 

 

 

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Note: While great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of CPEP, please be aware that the information contained herewith is considered a work‐inprogress for this thesis project. Modifications and changes related to the original building designs and construction methodologies for this senior thesis project are solely the interpretation of the UNITUS design team. Changes and discrepancies in no way imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed. Differing assumptions, code references, requirements, and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may vary from the original design.

The Capstone Project Electronic Portfolio (CPEP) is a web‐based project and information center. It contains material produced for a year‐long Senior Thesis class. Its purpose, in addition to providing central storage of individual assignments, is to foster communication and collaboration between student, faculty consultant, course instructors, and industry consultants. This website is dedicated to the research and analysis conducted via guidelines provided by the Department of Architectural Engineering. For an explanation of this capstone design course and its requirements click here.

This page was last updated on April 23, 2013 by the UNITUS design team and is hosted by the Penn State AE Department ©2012