More than 1,000 Native American students representing 105 tribes attend Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. To retain these students and recruit more, the university built a LEED-certified Native American Cultural Center that includes a gas fireplace, a computer lab, a study area, meeting rooms, a kitchen, an events hall for up to 217 occupants, and a “Story Room” where students can hold traditional ceremonies. The center also houses the university’s Native American Student Services.
Fisher Engineering, Inc. (FEI) was engaged by lead architect Studio MA Architects to provide a review and report on fire sprinklers that were to be provided in a suspended fabric ceiling at the center.
Owner
Northern Arizona University
Client
Studio MA Architects
Location
Flagstaff, AZ
Services Provided
- Code consulting
Size
12,000 SF
CONSTRUCTION COST
$7 million
Completion Date
2011
Fifth Third Bank Stadium (known as Kennesaw State University Stadium until 2013) is a soccer and football stadium near Kennesaw, Georgia that opened in 2010. Constructed as a soccer-specific stadium, it also hosts lacrosse, rugby, and now football games. The stadium’s original capacity for soccer was 8,318 seats. When the school decided in 2010 to implement a football program, the stadium was expanded to accommodate 10,000+ seats. It has a stage at one end to facilitate concerts and can hold up to 16,316 for that purpose.
The US Veterans Administration (VA) constructed a new Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Savannah, Georgia. HCS Group PC (HCS) is providing engineering services for the project as part of the design/build team. HCS asked Fisher Engineering, Inc. (FEI) to provide fire protection engineering, life safety design, and construction administration services as part of the design/build team.
To create an outpatient clinic offering healthcare services to veterans, the U.S. Veterans Administration partnered with Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to renovate and expand an existing building that had housed the Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center, which was moved to Parkview Regional Medical Center. The one-story building was expanded from 25,000 square feet to 33,000 square feet, 25,000 of which are used to provide direct medical care. The remainder is used for offices and mechanical functions.
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site at Moton Field in Tuskegee, AL, commemorates the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen, America’s first black airmen. Constructed in 1941 as a new training base, Moton Field was the site of primary flight training for the pioneering pilots and is now operated by the National Park Service.
Peachtree Summit is a 31-story skyscraper in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Built in 1975, Peachtree Summit is known for its triangular shape. The building was constructed on a lot bordered by three streets: Atlanta’s Downtown Connector, West Peachtree Street, and Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard—hence its unusual shape.
On behalf of the Georgia Department of Corrections, The GEO Group, Inc. constructed a new, 1,500-bed correctional facility in Milledgeville, Georgia. New South Construction engaged KSGW to provide architecture services as part of a design/build team; in turn, KSGW asked Fisher Engineering, Inc. (FEI) to provide performance-based fire protection system design services and life safety analysis as part of the team.
To replace and consolidate two outdated school facilities, McNair and Murray Elementary Schools, at Fort Bragg, a large, 251-square mile U.S. Army installation, the USACE Savannah District elected to construct a new elementary school. The two-story, approximately 139,038-square foot school, now known as McNair Elementary School, accommodates about 800 students in grades pre-K through 4 and a staff of 93. Designed to meet the 21st Century education requirements of the DoDEA (Department of Defense Education Activity), the school incorporates a variety of 21st Century School concepts such as flexible learning spaces, technology immersion, and environments to support performance-based learning.
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a 246-square mile U.S. military training facility in Jacksonville, North Carolina. In 2011, Atlantic Marine Communities Corporation proposed to construct a new elementary school serving Kindergarten through fifth grades at Camp Lejeune. The one-story, approximately 60,000 SF school will house about 450 children. Woolpert was selected to provide architectural and engineering services and requested Fisher Engineering, Inc. (FEI) to provide fire protection engineering (sprinkler only) and life safety design and construction period services as part of the design/build team. The school is targeted for LEED Silver Certification.
Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River is a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter and tilt-rotor base in Jacksonville, NC. As part of an initiative of the DoDEA agency, which manages schools at U.S. military bases, DeLalio Elementary School at MCAS New River is being replaced with a new, one-story, 66,000-square foot facility. The 50-year-old school was undersized for the number of students it served and had an aging utility system that generated excessive maintenance costs.