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Experience: Market: Education

Haverford College Magill Library Renovation/New Lutnick Library

Haverford College is working with Perry Dean Rogers Partners Architects on the renovation and expansion of Magill Library to create a center for campus life with a 21st century teaching, research, and academic focus. The library is an intricately complex and varied structure constructed over four eras (1864-1898, 1912, 1941, and 1967) and listed on the historic registry of the Haverford Township Historical Commission. The historic parts of Magill Library will be preserved while a major portion of the existing building will be demolished and replaced with a new addition. The Magill Library closed at the end of the fall 2017 semester and will reopen as the Lutnick Library when construction is complete.

Code Red Consultants developed a comprehensive code report, prepared life safety plans, and coordinated with the design team and Authorities Having Jurisdiction on all code compliance facets of the project. The firm discovered that the older portions of the library building were significantly deficient as related to code compliance. Code Red Consultants evaluated the existing building and helped the design team develop approaches to bring the facility into compliance with current codes. The design required structural adjustments to the remaining parts of the building to re-orient the library and accommodate the building program.

The new library will feature technologically robust spaces, active teaching and learning spaces, a Digital Scholarship Commons, a significantly enhanced Quaker & Special Collections area, collaborative group study rooms, and a café.

Location

Haverford, Penn.

Size

30,570 GSF Renovation, 32,380 GSF Demolition + Addition

Cost

$33 million

Completion

2019 (proposed)

Rendering Credit

Perry Dean Rogers Partners Architects

Haverford College Magill Library Renovation/New Lutnick Library

Haverford College is working with Perry Dean Rogers Partners Architects on the renovation and expansion of Magill Library to create a center for campus life with a 21st century teaching, research, and academic focus. The library is an intricately complex and varied structure constructed over four eras (1864-1898, 1912, 1941, and 1967) and listed on the historic registry of the Haverford Township Historical Commission. The historic parts of Magill Library will be preserved while a major portion of the existing building will be demolished and replaced with a new addition. The Magill Library closed at the end of the fall 2017 semester and will reopen as the Lutnick Library when construction is complete.

Code Red Consultants developed a comprehensive code report, prepared life safety plans, and coordinated with the design team and Authorities Having Jurisdiction on all code compliance facets of the project. The firm discovered that the older portions of the library building were significantly deficient as related to code compliance. Code Red Consultants evaluated the existing building and helped the design team develop approaches to bring the facility into compliance with current codes. The design required structural adjustments to the remaining parts of the building to re-orient the library and accommodate the building program.

The new library will feature technologically robust spaces, active teaching and learning spaces, a Digital Scholarship Commons, a significantly enhanced Quaker & Special Collections area, collaborative group study rooms, and a café.

College of the Holy Cross, Center for the Arts and Creativity

Designed as a new gateway to the College of the Holy Cross campus, the new Center for the Arts and Creativity will provide dedicated spaces for the fine and performing arts as well as spaces and technology to support creative interactions between the arts and other disciplines. Currently under construction, the four-story facility features a 400-seat proscenium-style concert hall and theater, a 200-seat flexible experimental theater space, theatrical support spaces, multimedia teaching rooms, a café, an art gallery, and several outdoor amenities.

Code Red Consultants’ services included development of a comprehensive code report, preparation of life safety plans, and coordination with design team members and Authorities Having Jurisdiction on all code compliance facets of the project, including the three-story atrium at the center of the building. The firm’s consultants utilized performance-based design with fire and smoke modeling to design the atrium smoke exhaust system. The modeling allowed for a smaller exhaust system and less make-up air than would be required utilizing prescriptive calculations in the code. This approach resulted in less costly exhaust fans and a lesser impact on the architectural design of the building.

Diller Scofidio + Renfro is the design architect and Perry Dean Rogers is the executive architect for the project.

Location

Worcester, Mass.

Size

84,000 SF

Cost

$92 million

Completion

TBD

Rending Credit

Diller Scofidio + Renfro

College of the Holy Cross, Center for the Arts and Creativity

Designed as a new gateway to the College of the Holy Cross campus, the new Center for the Arts and Creativity will provide dedicated spaces for the fine and performing arts as well as spaces and technology to support creative interactions between the arts and other disciplines. Currently under construction, the four-story facility features a 400-seat proscenium-style concert hall and theater, a 200-seat flexible experimental theater space, theatrical support spaces, multimedia teaching rooms, a café, an art gallery, and several outdoor amenities.

Code Red Consultants’ services included development of a comprehensive code report, preparation of life safety plans, and coordination with design team members and Authorities Having Jurisdiction on all code compliance facets of the project, including the three-story atrium at the center of the building. The firm’s consultants utilized performance-based design with fire and smoke modeling to design the atrium smoke exhaust system. The modeling allowed for a smaller exhaust system and less make-up air than would be required utilizing prescriptive calculations in the code. This approach resulted in less costly exhaust fans and a lesser impact on the architectural design of the building.

Diller Scofidio + Renfro is the design architect and Perry Dean Rogers is the executive architect for the project.

Billerica Memorial High School

Designed by Perkins + Will and currently under construction by Shawmut Design and Construction, the new Billerica Memorial High School will accommodate more than 1,600 students from grades 8 through 12 as well as a 200-student pre-k program. The new $175 million high school will be one of the largest in the state, spanning upwards of 325,000 SF. Code Red Consultants served as the code consultant on the project and worked closely with the design team as well as Billerica building and fire officials throughout the design of the project.

This groundbreaking project will be one of the first to be designed and constructed under the new 9th Edition of 780 CMR, which is based on the 2015 International Building Code. In addition to the classrooms, the building also features a three-story atrium under a heavy timber roof in the commons area where Code Red Consultants provided CFD fire/smoke modeling. The performance-based design for the atrium reduced mechanical exhaust rates and lowered make-up air requirements beyond what would have been required using prescriptive code calculations. This atrium approach reduced construction costs and architectural implications on the building design. During construction, the firm will also provide third party special inspection services for the atrium smoke control system.

Location

Billerica, Mass.

Size

325,000 SF

Cost

$175 million

Completion

2019

Rendering Credit

Perkins + Will

Billerica Memorial High School

Designed by Perkins + Will and currently under construction by Shawmut Design and Construction, the new Billerica Memorial High School will accommodate more than 1,600 students from grades 8 through 12 as well as a 200-student pre-k program. The new $175 million high school will be one of the largest in the state, spanning upwards of 325,000 SF. Code Red Consultants served as the code consultant on the project and worked closely with the design team as well as Billerica building and fire officials throughout the design of the project.

This groundbreaking project will be one of the first to be designed and constructed under the new 9th Edition of 780 CMR, which is based on the 2015 International Building Code. In addition to the classrooms, the building also features a three-story atrium under a heavy timber roof in the commons area where Code Red Consultants provided CFD fire/smoke modeling. The performance-based design for the atrium reduced mechanical exhaust rates and lowered make-up air requirements beyond what would have been required using prescriptive code calculations. This atrium approach reduced construction costs and architectural implications on the building design. During construction, the firm will also provide third party special inspection services for the atrium smoke control system.

Amherst College Science Center

Designed to promote interaction among students in the sciences, across departments, and with the campus, the new Science Center at Amherst College creates an open and accessible learning environment for the entire campus community. The program is organized into five building elements: two high energy laboratory wings tucked into the hillside along the east edge of the site, and three pavilions of low intensity program set in the landscape to the west, towards campus.

The lab wings and pavilions open to a glass-enclosed commons that serves as a gathering space and point of connection for the community. A new campus “living room” is the social centerpiece, which is balanced by a science library and a café. A more intimate sunken garden provides respite for quiet study and introspection. The Amherst College New Science Center is a state-of-the-art teaching and research facility containing the departments of biology, biochemistry and biophysics, chemistry, computer science, physics and astronomy, neuroscience, and psychology.

Serving as the project’s code consultant, Code Red Consultants was responsible for developing and presenting the building’s code compliance approach to the Town of Amherst’s Building and Fire Departments. Working with architect Payette Associates, Code Red Consultants’ services included building, fire, accessibility and hazardous materials code consulting as well as performance-based design analysis of the atrium smoke control system using a computational fluid dynamics computer model.

Location

Amherst, Mass.

Size

255,000 SF

Cost

$250 million

Completion

2018

Photography Credit

Chuck Choi

Amherst College Science Center

Designed to promote interaction among students in the sciences, across departments, and with the campus, the new Science Center at Amherst College creates an open and accessible learning environment for the entire campus community. The program is organized into five building elements: two high energy laboratory wings tucked into the hillside along the east edge of the site, and three pavilions of low intensity program set in the landscape to the west, towards campus.

The lab wings and pavilions open to a glass-enclosed commons that serves as a gathering space and point of connection for the community. A new campus “living room” is the social centerpiece, which is balanced by a science library and a café. A more intimate sunken garden provides respite for quiet study and introspection. The Amherst College New Science Center is a state-of-the-art teaching and research facility containing the departments of biology, biochemistry and biophysics, chemistry, computer science, physics and astronomy, neuroscience, and psychology.

Serving as the project’s code consultant, Code Red Consultants was responsible for developing and presenting the building’s code compliance approach to the Town of Amherst’s Building and Fire Departments. Working with architect Payette Associates, Code Red Consultants’ services included building, fire, accessibility and hazardous materials code consulting as well as performance-based design analysis of the atrium smoke control system using a computational fluid dynamics computer model.