Several university projects in Maine have been moving forward with design and construction despite pricing escalation and labor shortages the industry has faced throughout the pandemic. Here’s a look at how these projects are faring:
Project:Ferland工程教育与设计中心
Location:University of Maine, Orono
Cost:$78 million
尽管在2020年4月开始大流行时进行了建设，但该项目最近达到50％的完成，并计划于2022年8月完成。MattTonello，Consigli Construction的项目主管Matt Tonello说，该团队“进入市场，几乎没有材料购买，进入了市场。…当担心时，在2021年和2022年不会有太多工作。”他补充说：“现在，随着钢铁价格的巨大升级，该项目的钢价可能会比我们购买时高30％。”
The 108,000-sq-ft. Ferland center will house the Biomedical Engineering Program and the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and teaching laboratories for the Mechanical Engineering Technology Program, in addition to collaborative learning classrooms for the entire campus, and workspace for UMaine engineering majors.
Because biomedical engineering requires dedicated outside air, the team built mechanical systems that bring in air and exhausts 100% of the air, Tonello notes. To assist with this process, crews are installing a sophisticated heat recovery system, which pulls heat out of the exhausted air and returns it to the building through thermodynamic exchange using a refrigerant system.
在设计lab space for the facility, Thornton Tomasetti’s structural team considered what type of equipment and design criteria to use to mitigate vibration concerns. “Depending on the area of the building, this impacted our structural steel support sizing,” says Jessica Kandel, Thornton Tomasetti business development manager.
In mid-May, “the team got final sign off on all above-ceiling coordination, a process that took six and a half months and is motoring ahead to install prefabricated systems as soon as our slabs are in place,” Tonello says.
Project:Portland Campus Development Project
Location:University of Southern Maine, Portland
Cost:$99.4 million
The 580-bed hall will be the first student housing on the Portland campus designed to international passive house certification. The project includes “a high-performance thermal exterior envelope and low-energy use mechanical systems,” says Mike Leonard, vice president of construction operations, PC Construction.
该项目预计将使用代码建造的建筑物减少50％的能源，“正是“成为美国第二大大学被动房屋建筑，也是该国任何类型的第七大无源房屋建筑”大学发言人。
于5月20日开始建设218,000平方英尺的LEED SILVER目标住宅大厅，预计到2023年6月，该建筑物将包括四个翅膀，其中两翼将是五层高的翅膀，其中两辆将是八个翅膀故事。翅膀将形成一个平行四边形，封闭半英亩的半私人住宅庭院。
该团队目前正在演示现有的设施，并在混凝土基础上工作，包括桩帽以及各种基础和地面改进，例如刚性夹杂物，石柱，岩石锚和螺旋桨铸件。
伦纳德指出，在毗邻的42,000平方英尺职业和学生成功中心的工作中，“斜坡内导管的强烈建筑信息建模协调”将使它被隐藏在该中心的“暴露的大量木材”部分中。他说，该协调还将“允许用槽和切口制成的交叉覆盖的木板铺设导管并安装接线盒。”
Elkus Manfredi Architects is serving as the design architect while SMRT Architects & Engineers is the architect of record. John Martin, principal at Elkus Manfredi, says “USM’s vision as conveyed to the development and design build team, was to have two new buildings that would manifest the university’s commitment to all three aspects of holistic sustainability – environmental stewardship, social equity, and economic prosperity. As such, the team worked diligently to make the student rental rate affordable by leveraging PC Construction’s intimate knowledge of the subcontractor market and efficient materials sourcing in a pandemic-challenged economy.”
Project:College of Osteopathic Medicine Medical Building
Location:Portland, Maine
Cost:$70 million
新英格兰大学正在进行建造一座新的四层楼，116,000平方英尺的整骨医学医学大楼的计划，该大学将在波特兰的一个校园中将所有UNE医学教师和学生团结在一起。SMRT Architects＆Engineers教育总监Nick Vaughn说：“此举将创造许多效率，为大学创造新的家园。”
Currently in schematic design, the project is expected to begin in 2022 and last more than 18 months on an occupied campus. “We understand the challenges that will arise and how to overcome them to ensure the construction has the least amount of disruption for the faculty and the students,” says Peter Reynolds, project manager for Ledgewood Construction in Portland.
