Wolf Ridge at Centennial Student Housing Complex
Sustainably Supporting a Research Epicenter
We performed MEP engineering design services for approximately 550,446 square feet of North Carolina State University's LEED Silver apartment-style student housing complex.
Our work included mechanical, electrical and plumbing/fire protection engineering as well as bidding support and construction administration services.
The project consisted of 20,000 square feet of kitchen and dining space, with enough room to fit 370 diners comfortably.
Our sustainability goals included an MEP engineering design that uses 30 percent less energy than the ASHRAE baseline.
There was a large amount of emphasis placed on energy modeling, and we provided energy usage comparisons between different walls, roof assemblies, and glass assemblies.
When we learned there was not going to be enough space to maintain vertical air handling units for the suites, we issued a 3-D model of the proposed mechanical room to address the design.
- Client
- LS3P Associates, Ltd.
- Owner
- North Carolina State University
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
- Certification
- LEED® Silver
- Square Footage
- 550,446 SF
- Cost
- $1.8 million (MEP services) $83 million (construction)
- Completed
- Ongoing
- Region
- Southeast
North Carolina State University’s Centennial campus is an award-winning research park that combines corporate, governmental, and non-profit partners with faculty, students, and residents. The park takes advantage of the fourth largest undergraduate engineering program in the U.S. and the groundbreaking research environment Raleigh, North Carolina, has become famous for. Towards the end of 2012, the university required MEP engineering services for approximately 550,446 square feet of living and dining space across six new Centennial Campus buildings.
We provided advanced planning, mechanical, electrical, plumbing/fire protection, bidding support, construction administration, and new building commissioning services for the 1,150-bed LEED Silver Wolf Ridge at Centennial student housing complex. We performed MEP engineering design services for many of the housing complex’s amenities, including dining and kitchen space.
1,500
beds
550,446
square feet
6
new Centennial Campus buildings
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