Over the months leading to our annual Design-Build Conference & Expo, hosted this year in Denver Colorado from November 2-4, we will be posting weekly projects that have earned the distinction as a 2015 DBIA Merit Award winner. These projects, at a minimum, resulted in highly successful delivery and achieved best value while meeting design and construction quality, cost and schedule goals. These projects will also be highlighted during the Design-Build Conference & Expo on November 3 during an Awards Reception. Please join us by registering for the conference here. This week we recognize the winners from our Educational Facilities Category.
Maya Angelou Learning Center
Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed:
The owner chose design-build project delivery to mitigate anticipated phasing, occupational and site utilization challenges by engaging the general contractor early in the process.
Summary:
The See Forever Foundation creates learning communities in under-served urban areas where all students, particularly those who have not succeeded in traditional schools, can strive for academic excellence. Forrester Construction managed the design phase, provided value engineering services and renovated an existing facility to create the Maya Angelou Learning Center. This multi-phased project (pictured in both images above) involved modernizing 115,000-square-foot in the existing Bruce Evans School located at 5600 East Capitol Street, NE, Washington, D.C. Originally constructed in the early 1960s, the building was formerly a District of Columbia Public School which is now being leased from the city by the See Forever Foundation. The completed project houses Maya Angelou Learning Center’s high school program and their Young Adult Learning Center. This LEED Certified facility features new and remodeled classrooms, upgraded science labs, multiple computer labs, a flexible workshop, an improved library, administrative and counselors’ offices, a health suite, a renovated cafeteria and improved common areas.
Merage School of Business, University of California Irvine
Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed:
The alignment between the design and construction schedule was established on day-one with an integrated project schedule that included design, submittal, fabrication, delivery, construction and close-out activities. The Hathaway Dinwiddie team provided an accelerated 23-month completion schedule to allow the building to open for the fall start of the academic year. Over the last two decades, UC Irvine has continued to refine its design-build process to achieve best value through team collaboration and innovative project solutions.
Summary:
The project consists of a 79,500-square-foot (47,840 assignable square feet) addition to the existing Paul Merage School of Business facility, creating a unified business education complex with the following base requirements: outdoor courtyard with food service and a commons space; technologically advanced classrooms, breakout/group study rooms and collaboration spaces; assembly spaces for lectures, symposia and panel discussions; state-of-the-art research space; offices for faculty, graduate students and administration. The University aspired to “effectively and elegantly unify the School around its core instructional and research areas as well as present a sophisticated business image to faculty, staff, students and the broader business community.” The new building interconnects with the existing facility to function as a cohesive whole while reinforcing the broader framework of campus development, circulation patterns and open space.
University of Washington Tacoma- YMCA Student Center
Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed:
While building just one facility, there were two owners with different program needs. The team jointly created a Collaboration Guide that clearly outlined project goals and which was used to guide decisions and actions throughout the project. Additionally, it was a challenging site with unforeseen conditions. The design-build contract clearly and fairly allocated risks, and everyone reacted in a way that best benefitted the project, all while on an accelerated delivery schedule.
Summary:
The YMCA Student Center is a 70,238-square-foot facility that was built adjacent to the University of Washington Tacoma campus in downtown Tacoma, Washington. The facility was jointly developed by the UW Tacoma and the YMCA of Pierce County to serve as both a student/fitness center for UW Tacoma and a new YMCA facility for downtown patrons. The program inside the facility ranged from The YMCA Student Center is a 70,238-square-foot facility that was built adjacent to the University of Washington Tacoma campus in downtown Tacoma, Washington. The facility was jointly developed by the UW Tacoma and the YMCA of Pierce County to serve as both a student/fitness center for UW Tacoma and a new YMCA facility for downtown patrons. The program inside the facility ranged from assembly space, office space and student meeting rooms to locker rooms, strength training, cardio and track components, and a gym able to accommodate one NCAA-sized basketball court. The project delivery timeline was 18 months from the day the Mortenson/McGranahan design-build team was selected until the grand opening in December 2014. Over 48,000 hours were worked on the project with zero recordable safety incidents.