Noah J. Ashbaugh

Arts & Humanities Instructional Building Statistics

Part 1: Building Statistics

Building Name: Arts & Humanities Instructional Building

Location: 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway
                Columbia, MD 21044

Building Occupant: Howard Community College

Function: Mixed Occupancy, classrooms, offices, theater space, gallery space.

Size: 77,800 sq.ft.

Stories above grade: 2 stories

Primary Project Team:
    • Owner: Howard Community College
    Website: www.howardcc.edu
    • Architect: Design Collective, Inc.
    Website: www.designcollective.com
    • Construction Manager: Riparius Construction, Inc.
    Website: www.ripariusconstruction.com
    • Structural Engineer: Smislova, Kehnemui & Associates
    Website: www.skaengineers.com
    • M/E/P Engineer: Mueller Associates, Inc.
    Website: www.muellerassoc.com
    • Theater Architects: Wilson Butler Lodge, Inc.
    Website: www.wilsonbutlerlodge.com
    • Acoustical Consultants: Shen Milsom & Wilke
    Website: www.smwinc.com
    • Lighting Consultants: Lighting Design Collaborative

Construction Timeline:
           Start: September 2004
           Completion: July 2006

Cost Information (Budgetary)
        • Overall Project Cost: $20 M

Delivery Method: GMP with Construction Manager at Risk

Architecture:
The new Arts & Humanities Instructional Building (AHIB) is going on the small Howard Community College campus. The intent of this building is to provide the students with state-of-the-art classrooms, an auditorium, and gallery space to display artwork. The architecture of the new building is consistent with the other buildings on campus with a more modern approach. The building’s design is unique from the other buildings on campus because of the larger windows and a curtain wall system. The AHIB has a large 2-story lobby with a glass-covered bridge located on the second floor. A 100 seat music multimedia lab with a stage is located on the first floor along with two dance studios, classrooms, and a 3000-square-foot black box theater. A gallery space is located on the first floor to display student artwork. The second floor consists of classrooms and music practice rooms.

Applicable Codes: International Building Code 2000
                              International Mechanical Code 2000
                              National Standard Plumbing Code 2001

Zoning: Commercial

Historical: No historical requirements

Building Envelope:
Masonry, curtain wall and pre-finished aluminum panel façade. The roof system includes a 4-ply built-up roof membrane, a standing seam metal roof and an EDPM roof membrane.

Part 1: Building Statistics

Construction:
There are a few key concerns for the construction of the new AHIB. The most important is the safety of the faculty and students on the campus. This must be a main concern of the construction manager and the college. Also, the new AHIB is being connected to an existing structure, the Smith Theatre. Demolition of the existing entrance lobby to the Smith Theatre is required and a new larger lobby will connect the AHIB to the Smith Theatre.

Electrical:
The main power enters the building at the basement mechanical room and is stepped down to 480Y/277V by the primary transformer. The power is then fed to the main switchboard. The main switchboard distributes the power to the mechanical equipment and to transformers to further step the power down. The majority of the sources in the building require 208Y/120V which is achieved by the secondary transformers feeding the individual panel boards.

Lighting:
There is a wide variety is of lighting fixtures used in the AHIB. The many different applications including gallery space, dance studio space, and theater space, all require different and unique types of fixtures. The primary fixtures are a combination of recessed and pendant. To light the many classrooms, standard tube fluorescents and compact fluorescents are used in addition to the day lighting from the curtain wall system. Stage lighting mounted on a catwalk is used to illuminate the theatrical stage.

Mechanical:
There are four air handling units located on the roof. The 12,200 cfm AHU is dedicated to serving the theater. A 40,000 cfm AHU serves the studio spaces as well as the classrooms and offices. A 9,000 cfm AHU serves only the black box theater. Another 33,500 cfm AHU serves the lobby and art gallery. A 380 ton cooling tower is located on the roof to provide chilled water. Two gas-fired boilers are located in the basement to provide heated water to the building.

Structural:
The foundation wall in the partial basement is a 14” cast-in-place concrete wall on 12” deep cast-in-place concrete spread footings. The entire building rests on concrete spread footings. The portion of the building with no basement is supported primarily by structural steel with a 3” poured concrete on a metal deck system composite system. The structural steel system is comprised of approximately 28’ x 28’ bays. Interior concrete block walls rest on a slab on grade and support the second floor. The roof is framed with open web steel joists.

Fire Protection:
The AHIB is fully sprinkled with an automatic wet pipe system. The building is primarily classified as light hazard. A few areas are considered ordinary hazard including the mechanical, and electrical rooms as well as the ceramics, glazing and plaster studios. The water is supplied from the domestic water line entering the building.

Transportation:
There are two hydraulic elevators in the AHIB, one in the eastern and one in the western portion of the building. The elevator in the western portion of the building serves the basement up through the roof, while the other elevator serves only the first and second floors.