ABE
PSU
Yewon Jang | Mechanical Option
Adviser: Dr. William Bahnfleth
Building
Statistics
PART 1
Renderings Courtesy of EYP Architecture.
GENERAL BUILDING DATA
Renderings Courtesy of EYP Architecture.
2-story
Forum
Original facade featured inside the building
PRIMARY PROJECT TEAM
Owner
The Pennsylvania State University
General Contractor
Construction Managers
Architects
Mechanical Engineers
Electrical Engineers
ARCHITECTURE
SUSTAINABILITY
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LEED Certification
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Green Roof
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Multiple skylighting systems
CODES
BUILDING ENCLOSURE
FACADES
FACADES
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Masonry wall with cold formed metal framing.
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EW-1 Brick Flemish
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Metal Panel with furring engineered support system and cold form metal framing.
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EW-4 Metal Panel
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FACADES
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Cast Stone System with cold formed metal framing.
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EW-6 Cast Stone Panel
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ROOFING
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Metal deck with rigid insulation and roofing membrane (EPDM).
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ER-1 Typ. Roof Assembly
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BUILDING STATISTICS PART 2
PRIMARY ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
CONSTRUCTION
Originally built in 1937, the Agricultural Engineering Building got a major renewal by keeping the building’s original facades and adding new spaces to the back with a modern design. This 4 story building, including basement, is approximately 94,000 square feet. The project delivery method was design bid built. The renewal cost for this building was $44 million, making the cost per square foot about $470. The construction started in August 2016 and finished at April 2018, which includes the demolition of the existing building. During the construction, the parking lot next to the building was fenced off for site staging.
STRUCTURAL
The Agricultural Engineering Building structural system consist of steel columns, beams and girders. Foundation system for the Agricultural Engineering Building has micropiles drilled into the carbonate bedrock and concrete piers on top of the micropile caps. The piers are spaced 26’ by 11’ in the middle of the building and 26’ by 40’ on the outer edge. Typical column sizes are W10, W12 and HSS8 and length ranging from 33 to 79. Typical beams for all floors are W24x55 and W21x44 and the typical girders are W21x44 and W16x26. Roof structure is web steel framing, and the typical joist is 24LH07SP with uplift bridging. Lastly, floors are concrete slab on deck with welded wire fabric on metal decking on top of the wide flange beams.
ELECTRICAL
The electric for this building comes in from the Penn State campus utility loop, and it first enters the medium volt switch with 15KVA, 5” conduit. Then it is connected to the new 1500 KVA, biodegradable liquid filled, primary fused, 12.47 KV delta primary - 480Y277V transformer located outside the building. The transformer is connected to the 2000A, 480/277V main switch gear “MDS” with electrically operated circuit breakers. Then it is connected to a power factor corrector and multiple distribution panels. There is secondary padmount transformer of 30KVA, biodegradable liquid filled, loop feed, 4160V delta primary - 480Y277V for the emergency standby located along with the main transformer outside.
LIGHTING
Multiple lighting fixture types were used for the Agricultural Engineering Building. Laboratory, the large portion of the building, used linear pendant LED 4000K 80 CRI fixture. The classrooms used linear recessed LED with 4000K fixtures and the offices used recessed 6” aperture LED CAN with 6AR EZ10 fixtures. Hallways had either recessed 4” aperture LED CAN or the LED linear strip light with 4000K. The exterior lighting with LED 40K MVOLT. All the lighting fixtures used for this building is LED with 277V. Lighting fixtures in the lab, classrooms and office have dimming controls with daylight harvest (dim to 20%).
There is a strip of skylight at the atrium and 2nd floor forum for the daylight harvest.
MECHANICAL
Mechanical system for this building consist of two air handling units on the roof serve the whole building for the air system. About 100 variable air volume boxes with reheat coils and fan coil units are used as the terminal equipments to distribute air throughout the building. Chilled water and steam comes into the building at the basement level from the central campus utility loops. Chilled water is directly used to the fan coil units and cooling coil at both air handling units. The steam uses two shell and tube heat exchanger to heat up the closed loop hot water system in the building. Then the hot water is used at the reheat coil, cabinet unit heater, and finned tube radiation during the heating season.
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT SYSTEMS
FIRE PROTECTION
The Building Automation System controls the sprinkler system for the entire building. The main sprinkler water enters 6” standpipe control valve at the basement level from the central fire pump and there is riser clamp between every floor. The sprinkler water is distributed throughout the floors from the stair 003 (Z003).
TRANSPORTATION
There is only one elevator that serves this building. The elevator has two doors at 180 degree, that the primary door opens for the basement to 3rd floors, and the secondary door only opens to the mezzanine, which is located between 1st and 2nd floor.
TELECOMMUNICATION
There are total of two tel/data room, located on the 1st and 2nd floor. There are two pull boxes located one at the basement level and other one at the 3rd floor. Each office and reception areas have one port and the classrooms have two ports on the wall. Data/AV poke through and AV floor boxes are located throughout the building, primarily on meeting rooms, laboratory and classrooms.
NEWS FEED
Fall Semester
Aug.2018 - Dec.2018
12.07 Proposal
11.16 Draft Breadth Topics
10.29 Tech Report 3
10.26 Abstract Color and Content
10.17 Building Statistics Part 2 - Posted on CPEP
10.01 Building Statistics Part 1- Posted on CPEP
09.28 Tech Report 2
09.14 Bio Sketch Peer Review & Correction
09.12 Resume Posted
09.12 Bio Sketch Posted
09.10 CPEP Website - Full Menu Functional
09.07 Tech Report 1
09.04 CPEP Home Page Draft
09.04 Mailed AE Dept. Thank You Letters to primary contacts
08.31 Building Statistics Part 1 - Electronic Copy
08.31 Career Fair Hosting/Event Assistance Sign up Complete
08.27 Resume Submitted for AE Career Fair listing
08.27 Obtained Project Documentation
08.27 Turned in Project Initiation Checklist Part 2
08.20 Confirmed Master List Information
08.20 Turned in Project Initiation Checklist Part 1
08.13 Owners Permission Received
Spring Semester
Jan.2019 - May.2019
00.00 Turned In with Studio Key
00.00 Final Thesis Checklist Complete
00.00 CPEP Site Ready for Final Review
00.00 Thesis Research CPEP Page Completed
00.00 ABET Assessment Chart & Reflection Completed
04.09 Presentation / Thesis Defense Completed
04.08 Final Presentation (PPT & PDF) Posted
04.01 Final Report - Posted
03.28 Progress Schedule Milestone 3 Accomplished
03.27 Presentation Outline - with Draft / Sample Slides
03.14 Progress Schedule Milestone 2 Accomplished
02.14 Progress Schedule Milestone 1 Accomplished
01.17 Spring Planning / Project Schedule 1st Submission
01.14 Approved / Updated Proposal