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Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University Moseley Hall

BGSU - Moseley Hall

Moseley Hall

Bowling Green State University

Location:
Bowling Green, Ohio

Architect:
DesignGroup

Construction Cost:
$14.3 million

Project Size:
41,462 SF

Moseley Hall was constructed in 1916 and is a four-story building, with the lowest level being partially submerged below grade. It is a classroom building with a double loaded corridor. The building size is approximately 142’x72’ with approximately 41,000 square feet in total area.

The slabs are a concrete slab/clay tile rib joist system supported by load-bearing masonry walls. The structure was stripped down to its shell and rebuilt with new finishes and mechanical systems. The structure as new openings for an elevator, fume hood exhaust and ductwork. Existing openings were filled in floors and walls. Steel dunnage was designed for new roof-top mechanical equipment. Some seismic retrofit was required at walls and parapets. SMBH assisted the team in providing structural design for the renovation of the building.

Bowling Green State University Residence Halls

BGSU - Residence Halls

Residence Halls

Bowling Green University

Location:
Bowling Green, Ohio

Architect:
DesignGroup

Construction Cost:
$33.15 million

Project Size:
336,588 SF

Bowling Green State University (BGSU) was established in 1910 and currently has an enrollment of more than 21,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Approximately 7,000 students reside on-campus in residence halls and university-owned houses. In order to keep up with demand for student housing, Capstone Development embarked on the process of constructing two privatized housing complexes on campus. The new community provides housing for 1,318 students in a mixture of private and shared bedrooms.

The development consists of two buildings, each with multiple wings of varying heights and orientation. Large community spaces are placed at the “hub” - providing larger lounges and study spaces, a game area, community kitchen, laundry, and multi-purpose rooms for group study. The structure is a combination of light gauge bearing walls, light gauge joists and structural steel.

Structural steel was included primarily to provide flexibility in the first floor layout. Large public spaces provided at the central first floor areas were located beneath light gauge bearing walls above and, to make this floor plan work, steel beams were needed to support the bearing walls above and transfer these loads to columns.

To meet the needs of BGSU, the entire project was designed and constructed in 20 months. The accelerated schedule required collaboration and communication among the entire design and construction team. It also required multiple, early bid packages. This new community – named Falcon Heights and Centennial Hall - opened in August 2011.

Bowling Green State University Carillon Place Dining Center

BGSU - Carillon Place Dining Hall

Carillon Place Dining Center

Bowling Green State University

Location:
Bowling Green, Ohio

Architect:
DesignGroup

Construction Cost:
$3.7 million

Project Size:
7,640 SF

LEED Certification:
LEED Silver

At Bowling Green State University (BGSU), the future of on campus dining is being realized now with the opening of the Carillon Place Dining Center. The 17,640-square-foot facility – located directly adjacent to the newly opened Centennial Residence Hall – was designed to achieve Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification and set a standard for campus dining. BGSU’s desire to achieve this certification reflects the university’s commitment to the students, faculty, community and environment.

The design of Carillon Place includes a steel joist and wide flange framed roof, a steel framed second floor and reinforced masonry bearing walls. One unique feature of the dining center is an exterior second story seating area with an open, steel framed roof with an asymmetrically cantilevered structure. A series of long canopies and sweeping curves help integrate the two large cisterns located to the west of the structure. The cisterns are used to collect and store rainwater from the roof of the building. Recycled steel was used to contribute to the recycled material content in the building.

In order to provide stability, the high areas of steel over the exterior seating area required some very substantial lateral bracing. Providing a continuous load path for these lateral loads was a challenge due to the changing roof elevations that made the roof discontinuous. Masonry shear walls were also used to resist lateral loads.

The facility opened in time for the start of classes in the fall of 2011, on time.

Bowling Green State University Falcon Health Center Wood County Hospital

BGSU - Falcon Health Center Wood County Hospital

Falcon Health Center

Bowling Green State University

Location:
Bowling Green, Ohio

Architect:
DesignGroup

Construction Cost:
$5 million

Project Size:
20,000 SF

BGSU Student Health Service provides accessible, caring, high-quality, confidential, cost-effective health care services to a diverse student population. The Student Health Service strives to be the health care provider of choice for all BGSU students and to be the nationwide model of a successful, quality student health service. Wood County Hospital collaborated with BGSU to build the Falcon Health Center. This project is a 20,000 square foot, two story Health Center that serves the medical needs of students.

To meet an abbreviated schedule, we quickly identified the critical path components in the building. Structural steel was identified as the main component that had to be on schedule for the building to open on time. The schedule required that structural steel design be done at the same time that the building was being designed. This required the team to make quick, decisive choices about the floor plan and locations of the main structural components so that steel design could be completed. To meet the schedule, the steel was designed in two stages. The main building frame was issued five weeks after programming was completed. The foundation drawings were issued a week later and the balance of the structural steel framing, which consists of items that required coordination with MEP and architectural design, were issued three weeks after the main frame was issued.

Site construction began in January 2013 with an on time completion in August 2013.