David J. Anderson

Building Statistics

General Building Data

Building name- Clemson University’s Advanced Material Research Laboratory

Location and site- Clemson University 91 Technology Drive, Anderson, SC 29625

Building occupant name- Clemson University

Occupancy or function types- Offices, research laboratories, clean room, conferencing

Size- 111,270 sq ft.

Number of stories above grade/total levels- 2 stories

Primary project team-

• Clemson University (www.clemson.edu) -John McEntire (Director of Capital Projects)
• IDC Architects and engineers (www.idcarchitects.com/)-Ralph Born(project manager), John Henderson(architect), Jim McCoy(structural engineer), Lee Chapman (HVAC engineer), John Daly(Civil engineer), David Groseclose (architect/LEED)
  
• Arbor Engineering (www.arborengineering.com) - James Martin (landscape Architect),
  
• IDC-Portland (www.idcarchitects.com/)-Barbara Springer (interior design)
  
• Manhattan Construction Company (www.manhattanconstruction.com )-Mack Woods (contractor)

Dates of construction- completed 7/04

Actual cost information- $18.5 million

Project delivery method- Design/Bid/Build

 

Architecture

Architecture- Materials such as brick and metal galvalume panels with a Kynar finish.  Interior walls are gypsum dry wall finish.

Major national model codes- IBC 2000

Zoning-Anderson County’s Zoning Ordinance

Historical requirements of building zone- none

Building envelope with roofing system and various types of exterior wall systems- Structural steel frame, interior finish steel studs with gypsum dry wall finish, exterior materials are brick and metal panels.  The metal panels are galvalume metal panels with Kynar finish.  Standing seam metal roofing is galvalume with Kynar finish.  Windows are a mixture of aluminum storefront and curtain wall.  There is a single ply membrane roof over the mechanical equipment room. 

 

Primary Engineering Systems

Mechanical System

Air Handling Units/ Make-Up Air Handling Units

• Fifteen air handling units with three of them having VAV’s and 4 MAH units serve Clemson AMRL.  They provide conditioned air to offices, laboratories, conference areas, and clean rooms.  Table 5 shows the operating conditions for the AHU’s.  The Make-Up Air Handling Units are also shown in table 5.  They were needed to condition the additional space since the air exhausted through the fume hoods would need replaced.


Cooling Towers

• Two 375 ton, 1,125 gpm cooling towers located on site.  The cooling towers provide condenser water for the 15 AHU’s. 
  

Chillers

• Three 266.6 ton, 750 gpm chillers located at the AMRL.  
  

Boilers

• Two 3,348 MBH gas fired boilers and one 4,094 MBH electric boiler located at Clemson’s AMRL. 
  

Energy Recovery Coil

• Clemson’s AMRL uses three energy recovery coils.  They provide cooling for the condenser water loop from the cooling towers and heat for the hot water loop from the boilers. 
  

Variable Air Volume Boxes

• The conditioned air from AHU 8, 10, and 11 is ducted to several variable air volume (VAV) boxes, which are located in the ceiling plenum.  They are selected in ranges of cfm.  There are also different gpm amounts for the hot water reheat coils to each of the VAV boxes.

Electrical System

• 408Y/277V, three phase, 4W service from one 2500kVA Transformer. The system also includes five 30-112 kVA transformers which step the service down to 208Y/120V, three phase, 4W service. There is also one 300 kW diesel fired stand-by generator.

Lighting System

• Flourescent lighting is used throughout the building with some areas incorporated with drop-lighting.

Structural System

• Steel frame with steel truss is used for the structure. First floor is SOG with isolation for vibrations. The second floor is concrete on metal deck. Braced frames are used for seismic vibrations.