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XAVIER UNIVERSITY
– Cincinnati, OH
Stephen & Dolores Smith Hall (Williams College of Business) Opened in June 2010, this state-of-the-art four-story concrete-framed 88,000 sq ft building will house classrooms, offices, work rooms, and executive suites. The new home for Xavier’s College of Business, the facility includes a trading room, a data-mining laboratory, a studio for taping and reviewing presentations, and centers for business ethics, entrepreneurship and investment research. Seen in rendering.
Michael J. Conaton Learning Commons The Learning Commons will be the heart of the Hoff Academic Quad and provide a 24/7 high-tech social center for learning outside the classroom. The Commons will support faculty development, provide an array of information resources, a revitalized library, state-of-the-art classrooms, and student computer labs and training space. The Commons is designed as a dynamic facility that can evolve over time without requiring major renovations. This four-story curvilinear steel-framed building has multiple levels that follow the slope of the site.
Residence Halls & Dining Facility Expected to be complete fall 2011, Xavier University’s 535-bed four- to five-story, 240,000 sq ft residence halls and 800-seat dining facility is a sprawling $50 million dollar complex comprised of five separate buildings linked by connecting elements and shared spaces. Additionally, the new building will feature many LEED aspects including a green roof, as well as provide open, common areas to facilitate student community interaction.
All three projects were designed using Revit Structure.
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HIGHLAND LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
– Sparta, OH
High School This new 110,000 sq ft $17.5 million project facility will accommodate 650 students and features a competition gymnasium, an auditorium and technical and agricultural program facilities. The school district is pursuing LEED certification.
Elementary Addition/Renovation & Middle School Renovation These two projects, with a combined budget of $16.3 million and over 180,000 sq. ft. of renovated space, include renovating the existing high school to function as the new middle school, and the existing junior high school will be added on to and renovated to become the main elementary school for the district. Both buildings are currently in the LEED certification process.
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MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
– Montgomery, OH
This new elementary school consists of two- and three-story classroom pods totaling 54,400 sq ft, a 9,800 sq ft gymnasium/cafeteria and a 4,500 sq ft media center. Typical construction consists of 4 inch concrete slabs supported by bar joists and bearing on reinforced masonry walls. Light gage metal trusses with wide ribbed metal deck and standing seam roof make up a majority of the roof structure. Exposed specialty roof trusses were designed with web members forming a monogram “M’ over the gymnasium/cafeteria. The center of the building contains a monumental staircase cantilevered from a single center column.
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SETON HIGH SCHOOL GARAGE / ACADEMIC ADDITION
– Cincinnati, OH
We provided the structural design for the $13.5 million additions and renovations to this academic campus. A new three-story 70,000 sq ft post-tensioned concrete parking garage was built on the southeast corner of the campus. The top level of the garage connects to the second floor of the existing school with a new corridor bridge. The academic addition consists of a new gymnasium, commons area and an administrative wing. In addition, several floors of the existing building were renovated to provide improved academic space including science laboratories. The gymnasium is 15,000 sq ft with masonry walls and bar joist roof framing. The academic addition is 17,000 sq ft using steel moment frames to allow for a continuous curtain wall system and eliminate obstructions. The classroom addition includes renovation of the existing gymnasium into a multi-purpose room.
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SCHOOL FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS
– Cincinnati, OH
Steven Schaefer Associates is providing the structural design for the new School for the Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA). The new school will serve 1,350 students in a four-story 280,000 sq ft facility, providing students the opportunity to major in dance, drama, music, theater, visual arts or writing. The school features state-of-the-art teaching space and three theatres – a 750-seat full production theatre, a 300-seat recital hall, and a 120-seat studio. See complete project description addressing challenges and solutions here.
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MARSHALL UNIVERSITY ROBERT C. BYRD BIOTECHNOLOGY SCIENCE CENTER
– Huntington, WV
The building is 144,000 sq ft of laboratory space, offices for faculty and staff, two auditoria, animal holding rooms, and support services. HVAC equipment is housed on a penthouse level and on an interstitial floor between the first and second floors. The building is framed with composite steel beams, girders and steel columns. Braced frames and moment frames resist all lateral loads. A deep foundation system consisting of reinforced concrete drilled shafts is utilized. A 200 ft long pedestrian bridge connects the building to the existing science building across the street.
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MOUNT ST JOSEPH ATHLETIC FIELDS
– Cincinnati, OH
This complex has an athletic building and sports field with a new all-weather surface and a new synthetic all-weather eight-lane running track that surrounds it. The complex accommodates concessions, locker rooms, showers, equipment storage, and facilities for athletic training.
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