The 9,000 square foot renovation of the Student Union south dining facility was designed with an updated look. JDRM’s mechanical and electrical engineering design services supported the new area with upgraded systems.
Mechanical design included heating, air conditioning, and ventilation along with piping design.
Electrical design encompassed both power layout and lighting. Decorative lighting was accomplished with recessed, pendant, and linear indirect fixtures. The lighting system is control with a multiple zone dimming panel.
The new 250,000 square foot suite-style residence hall consists of two five-story buildings. In addition to housing 600 students, the facility houses the Universities’ residence life support offices. Special in-house features include a 200 seat Marche kitchen; 100 seat Cafe style dining service; and family dwelling units.
Mechanical system design includes individual room heating and cooling served by balanced radiant heating and cooling units. Heat recovery systems provide ventilation air. The chilled water loop was generated at the main chiller plant and extended into the facility.
Electrical systems design consists of lightning and surge protection, life safety, and emergency power generation.
The facility is served by four telecommunication rooms, utilizing Category-3 voice and Category-6 data installations including multimode and single-mode optical fiber backbone and CATV service. Wireless access to the LAN is provided throughout the buildings. There are over 1000 communications cabling drops in each building. Building security incorporates CCTV and Card reader systems for access control.
The complete building rehabilitation for the College of Health of Human Services encompassed 140,000 square feet of student classrooms, computer labs, faculty offices, and support spaces.
Electrical engineering design included electrical layout; security/access control; interior and exterior lighting; data/telecommunications; audio/visual; and fire alarm.
Mechanical engineering services included heating and air-conditioning, plumbing, exhaust, and fire protection systems.
The 205,000 square foot renovation and expansion of the former Field House for the College of Health & Human Services includes distance learning capabilities, double classrooms, recreation areas, computer and art labs, teaching kitchens, and facility offices.
Mechanical systems feature an air handling system including seventeen units ranging in size from two thousand CFM to eighteen thousand CFM. The tower water system serving the chillers is designed for either cell of the tower to serve either chiller, allowing flexibility in operation. A variable flow chilled water systems through the chillers eliminates the need for pumps on each chiller.
This 100,000 square foot building provides multimedia display for classrooms (via video monitors); lecture halls (via video projection); and video conferencing (via satellite uplink) that include inputs from video presenters, computers and DVD/VCR’s.
Each video-conferencing room can be operated either at its respective teaching station or remotely from the control room.
The $2,400,000 electrical contract included fiberoptic cabling from the facility to the off-site television station.
Proximity readers limit access to equipment in secure areas (projection and control rooms) while fiberoptic security cables protect equipment in transient areas.