Champlain College Information Center
Burlington, VT
Professional Services Provided
- Civil Engineering & Site Planning
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Structural Engineering
Description of Professional Services
DuBois & King, worked with Champlain College to develop a new library/computer center facility on the campus that combines a traditional library with state-of-the-art technology.
The $4.2 million structure is a four-story, 24,000 square-foot, steel-framed building with a brick facade, designed to blend with the surrounding turn-of-the-century residences. The structure was designed to provide space for a traditional library, a multi-media editing lab with computer work stations, digital cameras and scanners, and the "Classroom of Tomorrow", a video conferencing room where instructors can provide multimedia lectures with PowerPoint, slide presentations, and video clips, while students log into the Internet with 30 recessed computers.
The design also utilized more than 50,000 feet of networking cable connected to 200 computer ports and 70 computer terminals throughout the building. Building design concepts incorporate open space and movable partitions, which requires the mechanical and electrical systems to be flexible enough to accommodate possible spatial changes, while still maintaining proper operation at a high level of efficiency. Ease of operation, and sound and humidity levels were other concerns addressed as part of the design of the mechanical systems. DuBois & King provided the following services for this project:
- Analysis of alternative energy conservation techniques.
- Life cycle cost analyses on mechanical systems.
- Mechanical, electrical, structural and civil/site design services.
- Cost estimating services, including development of the cost model used to support project grant applications and fund raising and which serves as a dynamic, interactive cost management tool throughout the design and construction phase.
- The cost model will be updated and expanded in detail as the project advances through the design phase.
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