Education

Dartmouth College

Structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering services to support campus facilities and operations with upgrade, deficiency, renovation, and improvement projects. Projects include:

Dick’s House Renovation and Electrical Upgrades. Electrical evaluation in preparation for renovations to a 22,720-sf facility housing Dartmouth College’s Health Services.

Alpha Phi Sorority. Electrical design for girls dormitory including interior/exterior power distribution and energy efficient lighting, fire alarm, and security system.

Dartmouth College Central Annunciator. Electrical design for campus wide central annunciation system.

Alumni Gym West Renovation. Assessment of existing 150,000 sf complex prior to a $15M renovation. Included design and construction phase services.

Floren Varsity House Lighting Support. Structural Engineering for installation of roof mounted lights.

Memorial Field, West Stands Emergency Lighting. Electrical design for power, data/communications, normal and emergency lighting related to renovations to the 91-year-old concrete stands, which were demolished and replaced while preserving the ivy-covered, brick façade.

Floren Athletic Training Complex Facility Design. Structural design of new 46,000-sf, three-story building and adjacent stadium seating. Project received LEED Silver Certification.

Steam Tunnel Manholes. Design of remedial measures to restore the structural integrity of manholes that are part of central heat plant steam tunnel system.

Hopkins Center for the Visual Arts, Emergency Lighting Upgrades. Engineering for emergency lighting upgrades at historically significant building.

Suite 205 Assessment, Tuck School of Business. Assessment of HVAC options with a special emphasis on proposed renovations and conversion of mezzanine area to offices for graduate fellows. Final design included new centralized HVAC system for mezzanine level and selective plumbing modifications.

Community College of Vermont Academic Addition

Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services for a new 2-story, 12,000-sf addition and improvements to existing spaces in the Community College of Vermont Academic Building. The new building houses nine classrooms plus additional support service offices.

Mechanical services included new high efficiency boilers with variable speed pumps, variable refrigerant flow heat pumps, general and specialty exhaust system requirements, and DDC temperature controls. The design of the new heating and air conditioning systems interconnected with those in the existing adjoining building. Plumbing services included improvements to the primary water service entrance and extension into the new building with new water conservation fixtures.

Electrical services included modifications to the primary power service entrance and re-feeding to the existing main panel in the existing building, new high efficiency lighting, controls, and expansion of the fire alarm system.

Brattleboro School Energy Efficiency Upgrades

DuBois & King provided electrical and mechanical design services for energy upgrades for the renovation and expansion of the Brattleboro school, a grade 6-12 education facility. Services addressed deficiencies in existing buildings and provided engineering for new building construction. Efficiency upgrades included daylighting controls; occupancy sensors; heat recovery system; high efficiency air conditioning system; wood chip boiler technology for primary heat source; CO2 sensors; VFDs on select air handling heat pumps; and DDC technology to optimize HVAC equipment operation to establish setback schedules and monitor energy usage. Provided design, permitting, bidding, and construction phase services, and total energy modeling for 336,000 sf campus in conjunction with Efficiency Vermont.

DuBois & King’s design experience for education includes K-12, university, public, and private institution projects. Assignments include assessing and addressing aging infrastructure, design for new campus construction, and multidisciplinary engineering for facility expansion projects. In our approach, we consider energy usage, sustainability, cost, maintenance, environmental resources, and other factors that contribute to the design of long-lived educational institutions that serve the needs of students and faculty and integrate with the community.

Services

Site Evaluation/Planning/Design
Mechanical, Electrical, and Structural Engineering
Stormwater and Drainage Design
Wetlands and Habitat Review
Landscape Architecture
Utilities Design
Access Roads
Corridor and Traffic Studies
Pathways and Sidewalks
Parking Design
Permitting
Topographical Survey and Mapping
Property Line/Boundary Survey
Deed Research and Preparation
Stakeout
Cost Estimates
Bid and Construction Phase Services

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