EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

As the centerpiece for Fordham University’s new campaign dedicated to enhancing the overall student experience, the new campus center will be bigger, both literally and in concept, than its current incarnation. The first phase of the project entails the construction of a roughly 75,000-square-foot addition in the area in front of the existing McGinley Center. The sleek glass and stone addition will be connected to the existing structure via a two-story glass arcade, with elevated walkways between the two buildings. The glass canopy-topped main entrance will beckon visitors into an airy space between the Rose Hill Gym and the new addition.

Major renovation of a former dining hall, servery and kitchen building built circa 1969. The work involved the complete demolition of the second floor interior framing and replaced it with new two story steel frame structure while retaining the exterior brick facade. A full height clerestory at the center of the building was created to form as part of the full building height atrium which also required carving out a curve opening at the existing first floor waffle slab. A fist floor column was removed to create a large classroom that required the use of double wide-flange steel girders attached to the existing adjacent columns that required steel angle jacketing to enhance their capacities.

Three stories arts and interactive multimedia building within The College of New Jersey campus. Slabs are normal weight concrete on composite metal deck that sits on steel girders supported by CMU bearing walls. CMU bearing walls serve a dual purpose to act as the main lateral structural system and as backup walls to the brick veneers resulting in cost savings for the project. With two different construction types in masonry and steel frame, proper detailing to allow for smooth construction sequence were essential to the success of the project. As an IMM building, floor framings were fine-tuned to accommodate a recording studio right next to the main corridor to ensure no structural vibration disturbances could occur. Portion of the building has to support industrial overhead crane for equipment used in the pottery room.