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Building Statistics

General Building Statistics

Building Name:
Benner Pike Shops

Location and Site:
311 Benner Pike
State College, PA 16801

Building Occupant Name:
Ross Dress for Less, Bed Bath & Beyond,
Fashion Bug, Dress Barn, Mattress Warehouse, Burlington Shoes

Occupancy or Function Types:
Combination of different types of shops

Size (Total Sq. Ft.):
109,122 Sq. Ft. of Total Building Area

Number of Stories Above Grade:
One Story (Heights Vary Throughout)

Primary Project Team:
• Owner: Jules Patt (Developer)
• Architect: Kasun Architect Holidaysburg, PA
• General Contractor: Leonard S. Fiore Altoona, PA
• http://www.lsfiore.com/index1.htm
• Civil Engineers: Keller Engineers, Inc. Holidaysburg, PA
• Structural Engineers: Fando, White, & Associates Altoona, PA
• Fire Protection: D.C. Goodman & Sons, Inc Huntingdon, PA
• Geotechnical Engineers: CMT Laboratories Inc. State College , PA

Dates of Construction (Start-Finish):
Jan of 2005 – Jan of 2006

Cost:
$15,200,000 of Total Cost

Project Delivery Method:
Design-Bid-Build

 

Building System Information

Architecture:

Benner Pike Shops is a shopping plaza consisting of multiple stores congested together side by side. The mall is basically divided into two sections: the new shell building containing two large stores (Bed Bath & Beyond, ROSS Dress for Less), and combination of smaller shops (14 in quantity). Although the building itself could be considered as a one building (since the shops are attached), each shop is unique and has different architectural features to it. In addition, all the stores are one story in height. The new shell building has an interior elevation of 24 feet and the rest with 18 feet in interior elevation. The main goal of designing this facility is to give comfortable feelings and pleasure to the customers coming to the shops. One of the key designing issues is that the building itself is concave in toward the parking space of the mall. This will give the customers better view of the stores and form a space within space. The other designing issue is that the smaller units have uniformity in style exteriorly. The same kind of doors and showcase formations will provide cleaner expression of the shops.

Building Envelope:
To keep the uniformity within the different shops, the majority portion of the exterior of the Benner Pike Shops is finished with EIFS (Exterior Insulation Finish System). The back portion of the building faces are finished with paint over concrete blocks. The openings of the shops are consisted of Aluminum framing with temperature insulated glass. Again, the same type of doors and glass are used for the uniformity reason. Each store has double sliding doors of 3 feet by 7 feet in size with integrated windows of 1 3/4 inches thickness. Decorative column cover is placed consistently at the exterior hallway of the stores. Surface of the roof is flat through out the building, and it is sloped toward the back of the building so when it rains, water can flow and fall behind the building where the customers are not likely to be present. Roofs are finished with membrane roofing with two layers of 2-inch rigid insulation.

Construction:
One of the key issues that were brought up often during the construction of the shops was to work along with several units of shops, because each unit has different features and characteristics in both the surface and the inside (electrical and mechanical). Different electrical and mechanical plans necessitated good organization and formation of the phases of the work and the relationships with number of various subcontractors. As in general contractor’s point of view, it was a stressful job with hard coordination to look at different sets of drawings for each unit.

Zoning and Historical:
General Commercial

Major National Codes:
IBC 2003, BOCA, NFPA

Electrical:
Electrical service system of the building has voltage of 120/208 with three phase and four wires. 60 Hz serves both 120/208 and 277/480 volts. Panelboards are also 120/208 and 277/480 volts, three phase with copper bus system. This applies to both the main panelboards and lighting and appliance branch circuit panelboards. Circuit breaker is 480 volts and has interrupting rating of 64,000 amperes.

Lighting:
All the lamps are manufactured by General Electric and Sylvania, in which include incandescent lamps with 125 volts, fluorescent lamps, mercury vapor HID lamps, metal halide HID lamps, and high pressure sodium HID lamps. Ballasts are provided for fluorescent lamps.

Mechanical:
HVAC system is controlled separately for the stores with AHUs (Air Handling Unit) mounted on the roof. Equipments and ductwork are insulated with rigid fiber glass board and flexible blanket. For the exposed ductwork, aluminum jacket and PVC jacket are used. Packaged forced air furnaces serve the building with systems such as evaporator coil, compressor, and air cooled condenser mounted.

Structural:
Wall footings were projected 6” on each side of wall with 1’ of thickness. Such footings were reinforced with three #4 rods. Slab on Grade had a thickness of 4” and was reinforced with one layer of 6” x 6” #8 welded wire fabric. Based on this, typical 10” x 10” column footings were located in a grid formation through out the foundation approximately 40’ apart from each other. Structural beams were connected to steel joists to support roof with metal roof deck. Typically, W16 x 26 were used through out the span and at the edge of the structure, roof joists were welded to continuous plate. 1-1/2” deep metal roof deck of No. 22 gage, wide rib, type B were provided, and the roof system was designed to hold snow load of 35 psf to get over a strong snow and winter of Centre County region.

Fire Protection:
Wet pipe sprinkler system serves the majority portion of the building. Its heads are semi-recessed, chrome plated, so the heads are exposed to the heat for sensitivity and give faster response. For the spaces with ceiling height less than 8 feet, the heads are fully recessed with white covers for aesthetic reason and to allow better spacious view. Flow switches are provided on risers and also, tamper switches are provided on all control valves including PIVs.

Telecommunications:
An empty conduit system is being provided for owner installation of voice/data cable. Telephone cabinets and fire-treated plywood backboards for mounting of telephone equipments were furnished. Each single telephone outlet would be served by an empty conduit 3/4” in size and it will extend from outlet and stud up through ceiling, and then above corridor ceiling to cable tray location. A 12 gauge 200 pound test galvanized fishwire with 12” of free wire are provided in each conduit.

Transportation:
Since the shops are consisted of one floor, there are no elevators or escalators to be installed in the building. Possible transportation customers could be performed through pedestrian walkways that connect shop to shop.