Building Name: Martin Hall

Location and Site: East Halls, University Park, PA

Building Occupant Name: The Pennsylvania State University

Occupancy: Residency

Size: 118,888 square feet

Stories Above Grade: 7

Total Stories/Height: 8 including basement, 85’

Dates of Construction: April 2017 – August 2018

Cost Information: $106 million including furniture

Project Delivery Method: Design-Build

 

Commissioned by

Penn State Operation of the Physical Plant

Design/Builder

ClayCo

Architect

Mackey Mitchell Architects,

DLA+

MEPFPT Engineering

Barton Associates

Structural Engineering

Hope Furrer Associates

Civil Engineering

Sweetland Engineering

Plans retrieved by:

Mike Stauss, ClayCo Senior Project Manager

 

Architecture

Martin Hall, formerly the untitled East Halls New Residence Hall B, is stylistically similar to the current dormitories at East, but slightly more modern. It has the same brown masonry as the surrounding buildings, but has more updated features, such as a curtain wall on the floors above the front entrance. Each floor contains approximately 31 double rooms, two single Resident Assistant rooms, one single and one double, accessible room. The floors also each have five bathrooms with a shower in each, five accessible bathrooms with single showers, and one restroom. New B will be in accordance with the 2009 IBC, as well as Chapter 11 and Appendix E of the 2015 IBC. The 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design will also be used. It is classified under residential group R-2 and, at the ground floor only, A-3. In addition, the building must meet all Penn State standards. According to the State College Borough Zoning, it is classified as a University Planned District. There are no historical requirements for the building.

 

Building Enclosure

East Hall New B’s face will be composed primarily of CMUs, masonry veneer, cast stone masonry, as well as steel, iron, and galvanized metal. The masonry will be finished with primer, the steel and iron will be finished with anti-corrosive primer and semi-gloss, and the galvanized metal will get galvanized primer and semi-gloss. Each dorm room has one single-hung side-load window. The building features glazed aluminum curtain walls on both its north and south sides of floors 2 through 7. They are classified as “lantern” curtain walls because they will be illuminated from within at night. The roofing system is composed of adhered thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) and insulation. The TPO that will be used must survive 2000 hours of advanced weathering testing and impact resistance tests. Polyisocyanurate board insulation will also be used on the roof. Roller shade devices will be utilized in the dorm rooms in this building.

 

Sustainability Features

Since this is a Penn State dormitory, there are not any outstanding active or passive sustainability features of the building. There is not a green roof or anything out of the ordinary. The team is perusing a building that would be able to be LEED Certifiable and the preliminary scorecard currently has the project earning a LEED Silver rating.

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Construction System

Seeing as Martin Hall is sharing a single job site with the renovations to Pennypacker Hall and McKean Hall, the job site is quite large. Similar work, such as MEP, will be done on the buildings around the same time by separate crews because having the crews go building-by-building would take too long. Penn State requires that trees must be protected on site and any trees that could not be protected were transplanted by OPP. ClayCo has a Design-Build contract with Penn State and have lump sum contracts with all of their subcontractors.

 

Structural System

The building is primarily composed of cold formed metal framing which is supported by structural steel at the first floor and the roof. The curtain walls on each wall are supported by wide flange beams, primarily W19X21s. The floors are composed of composite metal deck with cast-in-place concrete. The canopies on the north and south entrances are also framed with wide flange beams. There are a few hollow structural steel columns that go from the first to seventh floors, though most of the columns are wide flange and go from the basement to below the second floor. The first and second floors also contain 10” CFS joists.

 

Mechanical System

Each student room has one water heated/cooled fan coil unit. There are two energy recovery units (ERUs) on the roof. Each bathroom has a 150 CFM exhaust air vent. Supply air is provided in the lounges and public rooms on the first floor and the hallways on the remaining floors. There are three steam/water and one water/water shell and tube heat exchangers in the basement of Martin Hall. Radiant ceiling panels are present in two accessible bathrooms on the first floor of the building.

 

Electrical System

There is a 15 kV three phase pad mounted switch coming from PSU Utility services. The main transformer for Martin Hall is located on grade behind the building It goes between the switch pad and the main switchgear. The main switchgear is 277/480V, three phase, 4W with a 2500A bus. The main distribution panelboard is 277/480V, three phase, 4W with a 1600A bus. The second transformer is between the main panelboard and another distribution switchboard. Each floor of the building has several wireless access points, cable television outlets, and phone and data outlets.

 

Lighting System

Almost all of the lighting in the building will be LED fixtures with a life of a minimum of 50,000 hours. They must also have a power factor of over 90 percent and efficiency of 85 percent or better. The lights in many non-student room areas in the building, such as hallways, study rooms, and storage rooms, will be tied to occupancy sensors in order to be more efficient.

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Fire Protection

There are two sets of fire stairs with fire partitions, one in the north corner of the building and one in the center. They are both rated for two hours. The building utilizes fire alarms with both audio and visual signals. Smoke detectors are present in the hallways, student rooms, bathrooms, and public areas. Flat sprinkler heads are also located in all of the areas. The exterior staircase has a 4” standpipe risers with 2.5” hose valves. The interior staircase has a 6” combination sprinkler system/standpipe riser with a 2.5” hose valve and a 2” drain riser.

 

Transportation

The building has vertical circulation in the forms of both stairs and elevators. There are two elevators located in the pod of bathrooms in the northeast half of the building. A set of stairs is located in the other pod of bathrooms closer to the southwest side of the building. The other set of stairs is located on the north corner of the building. Both sets of stairs have fire-rated partitions.

 

Telecommunications

Like other residence halls on Penn State campus, each room in Martin Hall will have individual cable TV and Ethernet ports in each room. The services are free to use for residents, who are expected to just set them up themselves.