Pentagon Wedge 3
Building Statistics
- General Project Information
- Type: Demolition and Renovation
- Building Purpose: Office Space/ US Department of Defense Operations
- Estimated Cost: $367 million
- Contract: Design Build, fast track
- Start Date: June, 2005
- Finish Date: February, 2007
- LEED Accredited: Silver Rating
- History
- Built in 1941
- The core and shell was completed in 16 months
- Over time, the Pentagon had become a confusing maze of interior
spaces, causing:
- Inefficient mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems
- Inefficient use of space
- Structure / Materials
- Cast in place concrete
- The only original steel was reinforcement in the concrete
- Various steel angles and beams have been added for additional
support
- Updates
- Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing systems will be removed and
reconstructed to modern standards
- Structural changes include penetrations and their respective steel
reinforcement to accomodate new systems
- Concrete repair in areas with honeycombing and visible rebar
- Fireproofing for original conduit throught concrete structure
- New elevator and escalator systems
- Open and wide corridors with natural flow
- Efficiency and flexibility in the design of interior spaces
- Type: Demolition and Renovation
- Building Purpose: Office Space/ US Department of Defense Operations
- Estimated Cost: $367 million
- Contract: Design Build, fast track
- Start Date: June, 2005
- Finish Date: February, 2007
- LEED Accredited: Silver Rating
- Built in 1941
- The core and shell was completed in 16 months
- Over time, the Pentagon had become a confusing maze of interior
spaces, causing:
- Inefficient mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems
- Inefficient use of space
- Cast in place concrete
- The only original steel was reinforcement in the concrete
- Various steel angles and beams have been added for additional
support
- Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing systems will be removed and reconstructed to modern standards
- Structural changes include penetrations and their respective steel reinforcement to accomodate new systems
- Concrete repair in areas with honeycombing and visible rebar
- Fireproofing for original conduit throught concrete structure
- New elevator and escalator systems
- Open and wide corridors with natural flow
- Efficiency and flexibility in the design of interior spaces