INSTITUTIONAL ENGINEERING PROJECTS

		Salem State University Marsh Hall – Salem, MA Summit Engineering provided the structural design for this new $57M, 160,000-SF five-story building. The project includes 525 student beds, a 320-seat dining hall, conference facilities, and faculty housing. The design team is applying for LEED Gold certification. The building construction type consists of composite steel framing and includes a 65-foot clear span bridge structure connecting the northern and southern portions of the building. Due to a compressed schedule, the project went from schematic design to building occupancy in approximately 24 months. Project delivery required a complete building model using Revit ®Building Information Modeling (BIM).
Photo Courtesy of TRH Design		Camp Yavneh Multi-Purpose Building – Northwood, NH This unique 6,000-SF building serves many functions for a local youth camp. The building’s foundation and exterior walls are constructed utilizing insulated concrete forms. The insulated concrete forms serve as a stay-in-place form for the cast-in-place concrete walls. Eastern White Pine timbers were harvested on-site for the construction of the heavy timber roof trusses. Floor framing consists of engineered wood trusses and steel supporting elements.
		University of New Hampshire Turbulence Research Facility – Durham, NH This one-of-a-kind design/build project involved the construction of a wind tunnel with unique loadings and strict construction tolerance requirements. The 230-foot-long, elevated wind tunnel consists of reinforced concrete masonry walls supporting a cast-in-place concrete floor and pre-cast concrete plank roof. Slab openings were required for drag plates, viewing windows, and a turn-table. Two 400-hp fans that are housed in a pre-engineered metal building at one end of the tunnel create negative pressure (suction) within the building to pull air through the tunnel. Area below the tunnel serves as the control and utility rooms as well as office space.
		Harvard University – Holden Green – Cambridge, MA Summit Engineering assisted Dimella Shaffer Architects with the life-safety upgrade/renovation of this three-story timber, masonry and steel framed dormitory building. The project included the removal of first floor bearing walls and installation of reinforced concrete exterior ramps and retaining walls. A limited construction and design schedule required that all work be completed during the summer break and ready for fall semester occupancy.
Rendering courtesy of Graham Meus		Bournewood Psychiatric Hospital – Brookline, MA Summit Engineering is providing the structural design for this new 20,000-SF, 60-bed psychiatric care facility. The building will initially be a single story structure with a full walk-out basement. However, the design will include provisions for the addition of two supplementary floor levels. The project is being designed utilizing cold-formed steel framing for the walls, floors and lateral system.
		UNH James Hall Shoring Design – Durham, NH The renovation and addition to the University of New Hampshire's James Hall Science Building called for the removal of large, riveted attic truss web members. Summit Engineering provided the shoring design scheme that allowed Shawmut Construction to save tens of thousands of dollars in construction costs. In addition, the design allowed construction below the attic floor to continue, reducing the projects down time.
Rendering courtesy of Dimella Schaeffer		Rutgers University – New Brunswick, NJ Summit Engineering provided assistance to an architect on the program study phase of this new dormitory project. The project included an analysis of construction types, project delivery methods and building layouts for the proposed 600-bed undergraduate student housing complex to be built in phases. Multiple building layouts and construction options were studied including structural steel, composite steel, cold-formed steel, concrete, masonry and timber framing. Consideration of project delivery method included research of proprietary framing systems as well as modular and site-built options. The project is intended to provide the University with a prototype for subsequent student housing in other locations.
		New Life Church – Raymond, NH Summit Engineering designed the structure for a 3,400-SF expansion to the original building. The new design incorporated long-span wood scissors trusses, heavy floor loads, and classroom space below the sanctuary.
		Pinkerton Academy – Derry, NH Summit Engineering, working with Building Envelope Consultants, analyzed the existing structural building capacity of the Alan Shepard Building, considering different re-roofing options. The collaboration resulted in the installation of a modern roofing system to keep the building functioning for the foreseeable future.