Senior Thesis
e-Studio

Electrical
The building’s electrical room is located on the ground floor.  The panels for the retail spaces are located in the spaces while the meters are located in the ground floor electrical room.  The theater is feed by 480/277 3 phase 4 wire system.  There are 4 transformers in front of the panels used in the theater.  The feeds to each residential and penthouse unit are 120/208V single phase 3 wire system on 2500A bus.  Each of the residential floors have a separate electrical closet that houses the meters for the individual residential units.  Each unit has its own panel for its individual needs.

Lighting
The parking levels are illuminated by metal halide pendant fixtures.  The ground floor of the theater is illuminated by recessed 7” fluorescent down light fixtures.  The main corridor of the theater is illuminated by recessed 6” fluorescent down light fixtures fixtures.  Recessed fluorescent 4 lamp 2’x4’ troffers illuminate the theater mezzanine level.  Corridors of the mechanical level are illuminated by 1’x4’ fluorescent ceiling mounted fixtures while the other spaces are illuminated by fluorescent strip fixtures.  6” recessed down lights illuminate the residential units and penthouse suites and the corridors are illuminated with decorative down lights.

Mechanical
The 10 auditoriums are serviced by individual water source heat pumps that supply 2000 to 4000 CFM.  These heat pumps operate on a 460V 3 phase feeder.  The theater lobby is conditioned by an 8000 CFM heat pump.  Two rooftop air conditioning units of 7000 CFM each service the residential unit of levels 5-10 as well as the penthouse level (11).  The heat pumps are located and vented adjacent to the entry door for each residential unit.  The retail spaces have 460 CFM unit heaters spread throughout the areas; 2 in retail space 1, 3 in space 2 and 1 in retail space 3.  These units run on a 120V single phase, 60 Hz feeder.

Structural
The foundation is a system of continuous footings and isolated footings.  The level 2 parking floor is 9 inch cast-in-place slab spanning an average length of 20 feet.  The theater floor is a 14 inch slab that spans 40 feet.  A 16 inch slab supports the mechanical floor spanning 40 feet on average.  The mechanical floor is supported by 14 inch shear walls.  The residential floors, fifth-eleventh, are essentially consistent from floor to floor.  The floors are primarily 12 inch cast-in-place concrete slab spanning an average length of 40 feet.  All floors are supported by 16 inch shear walls as well as columns.  The lateral system for Fraser Centre consists of shear walls throughout the building.

Fire Protection
The passive fire protection system is the concrete itself, being thick enough to obtain a 2 hour rating.  The active system contains wet and dry systems.  The occupancy classification for residences is light hazard, ordinary group I for parking areas and mechanical spaces, and ordinary group II for storage.  The dry system is in the 2 parking levels and has a density of 0.15 GPM/ft2.  It is a standard response type with upright, sidewall sprinkler heads.  The pipes are ½” diameter and have a 250 GPM capacity.  The residences, mechanical spaces, and storage areas have wet sprinkler systems.  The density of the systems in those areas is 0.10 GPM/ft2, 0.15 GPM/ft2, and 0.20 GPM/ft2 respectively.  Residence and mechanical spaces have ½” pipes with 100 GPM and 250 GPM capacity respectively.  There are 17/32” piping with a 250 GPM capacity in storage areas.