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for the
General Project Data
Building Name:
Location and Site:
The site that was chosen is atop a hill at the Towson University
Campus in
Building Occupants: Towson Universities
Dance, Music, Theater, and Art Programs.
This includes the students, faculty, and staff
Occupancy or Function Types: The
building will house classrooms; the faculty and staff offices; art studios,
galleries and classrooms; music classrooms; a dance and recital hall; a
theater.
Size: Existing
Structure: 166,000 square feet
New
Addition: 122,000 square feet
Total: 288,000 square feet
Number of Stories above grade / Total Levels:
Stories
above grade: 2 stories
Total
Levels: 4 Levels
Primary Project Team:
Client:
Owner:
Construction Manager: Gilbane Company
Civil & Structural:
Delon Hampton & Associates
Landscape: Mahan Rykiel Associates
Theater And Lighting:
Architects: Design Collective, Inc.
Wilson
Butler Lodge
MEP: Mueller Associates,
Inc.
Geotech: Froehling
& Robertson
Acoustics & A/V:
Acoustic Dimensions
Cost Estimating: Hanscomb Associates
Dates of Construction: August 2003 to August 2005
Actual Cost information: Total Project Budget: $42
Million
Project Delivery Method: CM at Risk
Architecture
Architecture: The
exterior finish of the building consists of metal panels, brick masonry w/
cavity wall, and curtain walls. The
building structure consists of concrete masonry unit (CMU), cast in place
concrete and structural steel.
The shape of the building is a long rectangular section
stretching north to south with a semi-circular façade at the north-east end of
the building. The theater and recital
hall is housed in the rectangular section.
This area also houses a majority of the music department in the north
wing and the theater and theater department in the south wing. In the semi-circular area of the building
there are music classrooms, dance studios, and art studios.
Major National Model Codes: Standard
BOCA codes (1996) were followed in the design and construction
of this project.
Zoning and Historical: The
site is owned by the state of
Building Envelope: The
curtain wall system is a glazed aluminum, double pane system. All pedestrian doors are insulated. All exterior walls are CMU’s with face brick,
metal panels, or the curtain wall system.
The roof is concrete over metal deck.
Electrical
Electrical power is supplied to the
campus at 13.2 kV. The local utility which supplies the power to the
building is BGE. The power is
distributed to the building through an underground medium voltage distribution
system. This distribution system is configured in a series of feeder pairs.
Each feeder in a pair originates on a different bus in the main campus
switchgear. The electrical system is fed by two 2000 kVA
transformers. There are two main switch
boards that service the entire electrical load.
Theses main switch boards are 3000 A, 480Y/277 V, 3 phase. The emergency power is powered by a 125 kW
natural gas generator.
Lighting
There are several different types of lighting
systems in this building. There is
direct/indirect fixtures, fluorescent parabolic troffers,
recessed can down lights, perimeter lighting. There are also several types of
specialty lighting in the building.
These systems are the Theater and Concert hall stage lighting, Dance
studio #1lighting, the Asian Arts Exhibit, the Thesis Gallery, the Holtzman Gallery, and the Recital Hall. Dayligting is also
incorporated in the design of the building.
There is glazing along most of the northern and eastern façades.
Mechanical
The central cooling plant
consists of three refrigeration units piped in parallel for lead-lag
operation. The chillers feed the air
handling units main cooling coils. The
central heating plant consists of two hot water boilers piped in parallel. The hot water boilers feed hydronic radiant flooring through out the building, air
handler primary heating coilers, and reheat terminals. Most mechanical equipment motors are
controlled by two motor control centers.
Many of the motors through out the building are controlled by variable frequency
drives.
Structural
The structural system of the
renovation is post-tensioned concrete columns and beams cast-in-place, there is
also non-post-tension concrete used throughout the project. The roof consists of structural steel. The cast-in-place slabs are cast on composite
floor deck. The walls are primarily
concrete masonry units. The new
structural system is integrated into the existing system.
Fire Protection
The fire protection system is
an overhead, hydraulically designed automatic wet pipe sprinkler system in
accordance with NFPA 13. The sprinkler
heads used are quick response sprinkler heads.
The fire protection system is fed through an existing 6” incoming fire
service. Smoke and heat detectors are
located throughout the building and in the duct work. Manual pull stations activate the system.
Transportation System
There are four hydraulic elevators
that service the building. There are two
existing elevators and two new elevators being added in the new construction.
Telecommunication System
Throughout the facility, there
are internet and telephone connections. The internet service is standard RJ-45
connection. The building has individual
networks as well as a connection to the overall
This page was last updated on Wednesday,
November 3, 2004.
This page was created by Benjamin R. Mitten and is hosted
by the AE Department.