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By Cindy RileyCEG CORRESPONDENT
After a tear down and major relocation of services, a $35million student center at the University of Alabama atBirmingham (UAB) is now under construction.“We are very excited about this project, which has been
discussed for many years,” said Harlan Sands, UAB viceprovost for administration and quality improvement. “Ourlong-term strategic plan is to grow enrollments, particularlyin areas where UAB has a national and regional reputation,like some of our pre-health fields, biomedical engineeringand science-related fields. To do that we need more capaci-ty. We must have attractive facilities to recruit students.That’s why having a central location that meets all the serv-ices they require is so important.”The 159,000 sq. ft. (14,771 sq m) building will be four
stories and include a food service and dining area, perform-ance lounge, retail store, book store, outdoor patio dining,coffee shop, 280-seat theater, meeting rooms, office suites,7,000 sq. ft. (650 sq m) multi-purpose room, video gamingstations and an exterior third-floor balcony. In addition, anearby parking lot is being replaced.“The original building was designed in the late 1970s,
when UAB was a different institution,” Sands said. “We hadto back fit it for student functions, dining, gatherings, per-formances, meetings, lectures and student affairs activities.We designed the new building from the ground up. We want-ed a comfortable, inviting space that will enhance the over-all student experience.”Birmingham’s Doster Construction Co. is building the
structure, which replaces the Hill University Center at thecorner of University Boulevard and 14th Street. NCMDemolition & Remediation LP of Marietta, Ga., tore downthe building in August 2013. The scope of the work involveda five-story tower on deep foundations, a two-story auditori-um, bookstore, food service, meeting room and boiler/chillerplant. Workers were dealing with a concrete frame withbrick facade. All shallow foundations were removed and theexisting caissons were cut to two feet below grade and aban-doned in place.Equipment salvaged prior to the demolition included a
chiller, cooling tower, sand filter, pumps, boiler, generator,motor control center, water heaters, exhaust fans, condens-ing units, transformers, a fire alarm panel, security cameras,elevator controls, pendant lights, communications equip-ment, furniture and food service equipment. Materials anddebris that were separated and salvaged included cooper
Work Under Way on $35M UAB Student Center
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Herrington Architects photoAfter a tear down and major relocation of services, a $35 million student center at the University of Alabama atBirmingham (UAB) is now under construction.
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Contractors Work Around 16-Month Construction Schedulewiring and piping, sheet metal, steel, con-crete and brick. This significantly reducedthe amount of debris sent to the local landfill. Doster Construction recently began its
work on the new building, which will keepcrews busy for quite some time.“Doster is responsible for the project from
slab on grade and up,” said project managerDavid Stone. “Some of the major tasks willinclude foundations, concrete poured inplace structure, brick/precast, curtain wall,stairs with glass and aluminum guardrails, aswell as interior finishes.”Stone said the biggest challenge on the
project will be the time frame to completethe work. “A 16-month schedule for this size project
is very aggressive, but we have the team tomake it happen,” said Stone. “Traffic will bea major consideration for construction plan-ning. We are right on the corner of 14thStreet and University Avenue, not to men-tion being on an active UAB campus.”Some of the main equipment being used
on the project includes a tower crane, back-hoe, track hoe, dump trucks, lulls and a sup-plemental crane. Materials used includeroughly 10,000 cu. yds. (7,645 cu m) of con-crete, aluminum storefront, curtain wall,brick/precast, dirt and stone. Although not aLEED project, sustainable design ideas andmaterials are being used throughout the proj-ect.Panera Bread will open one of its first in-
house, on-campus restaurants in the new stu-dent center, while Starbucks will operate acoffee shop on the north end of the buildingwith access from outside the building. Afood court will offer grill and stir fry restau-rants, along with a yet to be announced
eatery. In addition, a full-service technologystore will sell and service primarily Appleproducts.A state-of-the-art visitor center will offer a
3-D, interactive video tour of the campus,while a theater will seat more than 200 andallow for movie watching or various presen-tations. A 600-seat multipurpose room canbe used for large events or subdivided downfor smaller ones. Outdoor gathering spaces
and wifi connections will be incorporatedthroughout. A new student housing project and a stu-
dent health and wellness clinic also areplanned over the next 18 months. In addi-tion, the long-range plan includes an expan-sion of a planned greenway reaching toBirmingham’s popular Railroad Park. Thosedetails are still being worked out, accordingto university officials.
St. Louis, Mo.-based Hastings & ChivettaArchitects partnered with Birmingham’sHerrington Architects as the design team forthe new student center, which is made ofmostly brick and glass.“The Hill Student Center needed to be a
prime destination on UAB’s campus for thecommunity,” said Hastings & Chivettaarchitect Jim Gabel. “Since the spaces with-in provide a vital part of campus life, thebuilding really needed to be inviting andwelcoming to students and the UAB com-munity in general.”The most difficult challenge, from an
architect’s perspective, involved creating astructure that had a dramatic visual impacton campus, while staying within budget. “UAB really wanted a building that had a
‘wow’ factor,” Gabel said. “Often, that hassevere cost implications. There was a desirefrom UAB’s perspective that this buildinglook different from anything else on campus,but still feel like it was part of the communi-ty. The form was a departure from manymore traditional buildings on campus, but itis still tied to the campus through the use ofsimilar, common materials. It utilizes exteri-or materials that are already on campus —standard brick, precast concrete and glasscurtain wall. “Although this project is not a LEED
project, there were many products andprocesses that adhere to LEED guidelines,”said Gabel. “Some materials used in thebuilding have a high recycled content, andrecycling stations have been incorporatedinto the building. Also, the design team haswritten a construction waste managementoption into the specifications, suggestingways of reducing construction waste for the
UAB from page 1
Herrington Architects photoA Komatsu PC160 excavator is used for undercut.
NCM Demolition & Remediation photoEquipment salvaged prior to the demolition included a chiller, cooling tower, sandfilter, pumps, boiler, generator, motor control center, water heaters, exhaust fans,condensing units, transformers, a fire alarm panel, security cameras, elevatorcontrols, pendant lights, communications equipment, furniture and food serviceequipment. see UAB page 6
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UAB Officials Take Inspiration From Other Student Centers
NCM Demolition & Remediation photoNCM Demolition & Remediation LP of Marietta, Ga., tore down the Hill University Center inAugust 2013.
Herrington Architects photoThe new building is set to open by the fall 2015 semester.
general contractor.”Creating a facility that’s pleasing to the
eye while incorporating the client’s desireswas another concern for Gabel’s firm.“That’s the question every architect is pre-
sented with when designing a building,” saidGabel. “It takes good communicationbetween design team and client, as well asknowledge and experience on the designteam’s part to make a building project suc-cessful aesthetically and functionally. Notonly were two architectural firms involved,but there were acoustic specialists, a foodservice consultant, mechanical and plumb-ing engineers, an electrical engineer and costconsultants who were all vital design teammembers.”Duncan & Thompson Construction of
Birmingham has been responsible for thegrading, storm sewer, utilities, caissons, tiebeams, primary electrical service, retentionwall and retaining wall and steam systemextension. “We began work in early December. The
challenges have included ice, snow, cold andrain, with frozen subgrade to 18 in. belowthe surface, along with bad soils thatrequired undercut and replaced in horribleweather. There were also 160 caissons in ashort duration.”McKinney Drilling of Atlanta used two
new track mounted drilling rigs for the cais-sons, along with a crane to service the drillrigs.In addition, track hoes for undercut, load-
ing trucks and trench excavation; loaders torelocate dirt; trucks for hauling; and backhoeand skid steers to remove caisson spoils havebeen used on the project.Pipelines LLC of Pelham, Ala., was con-
tracted to perform selective site demolition,site grading, storm drainage and duct bankinstallation.“Our work started in December 2013,”
said Pipelines LLC President Paul Bradley.“The only work remaining as of this date isone four-conduit electrical duct bank.”Bradley said abnormal and unknown
underground conditions have been a concernfor crews on the project.“A vast amount of undercut and select fill
replacement was required. Weather was alsoan issue, due to the time of year.”Equipment used has included a Komatsu
PC160 excavator for undercut, loadingtrucks for installing storm drainage, a Cat953 track loader for spreading engineeredfill, a Dynapac CA250 compactor, a JohnDeere 410 backhoe for general support and aJohn Deere 180 excavator for loading out ofborrow pit. Materials include storm drainage15 in. (38 cm) RCP — 300 ft. (91.4 m) and10,000 cu. yds. (7,645.5 cu m) of dirt.Byrd Contractors Inc. of Montevallo,
Ala., is utilizing a track hoe to excavatetrenches and handle steam piping. Hoe ramsfor rock removal also have been required. Inaddition, a total of 209,300 lbs. (94,936 kg)of rebar is needed for the project, whichstretches the entire block between 14th and15th streets and 7th and 8th avenues.
“Superintendent Lane Posey workedextremely long hours to make sure the cor-rect rebar cages and dowels got into the cor-rect caissons, at the correct elevation, andoriented in the correct direction,” Duncansaid. “Since McKinney drilled in the rain and
cold, Lane was there early to late every day,regardless. All subcontractors, the architectand his engineers and UAB reps were veryeasy to work with and cooperated with eachother. It’s been a very smooth project.”For Sands, the new building represents the
future of UAB, although he has a soft spotfor the old Hill Center, which opened in1983.“One of my most endearing memories of
that building — and I have many — is that ithad one of those old, huge big-screen televi-sions that hung by chains on wooden frames.We did as much as we could with the place,but it was time to move ahead.“The new student center will be very open
— full of glass — as opposed to some of ourmore traditional research type buildings.One of the focal points will be the visitor’scenter, in a prominent location on the secondfloor, overlooking the grounds. We have agreen space in the middle of a downtownarea. That’s something a lot of urban institu-tions just don’t have.”Through the decades, UAB has shifted
from an extension center into a doctoralresearch university and academic medicalcenter. In 1945 the Medical College ofAlabama was moved from Tuscaloosa to
Birmingham and the University’s MedicalCenter was founded. In 1966, the ExtensionCenter and the Medical Center were mergedto form the University of Alabama inBirmingham. Three years later, UABbecame an independent institution. Today, itis a nationally recognized academic healthcenter — the only public, four-year degreegranting university in the state’s largest met-ropolitan area. UAB is the biggest researchinstitution in the state and the largestemployer in Birmingham. Sands said UAB representatives chose
features they wanted to incorporate in thenew student center based on more than 30other university student centers from acrossthe nation. The new structure will be a cen-ter of activity that Sands hopes will help cre-ate a real sense of community on campus.“We are looking forward to moving into
the new building. It’s been a bit of a strug-gle with the relocation of so many officesand services, but we can endure a little pain,because we know what we’ll have in theend.”“Excitement for the construction of a new
student center is building,” said CarolynFarley, director of academic and studentservices. “What we’re going to get is goingto create a much better student experience.”The new building is set to open by the fall
2015 semester. (This story also can be found on
Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site atwww.constructionequipmentguide.com.)CEG
UAB from page 2
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