BUILDING STATISTICS
PART 1
BUILDING OVERVIEW
GENERAL BUILDING STATISTICS
Building Name
Location and Site
Building Occupant Name
Occupancy
Size
Number of Stories
Dates of Construction
Actual Cost
Project Delivery Method
Marine Studies Initiative Building
Newport, Oregon
Oregon State University
Business (Type B) and Assembly (A-3)
72,000 sf
3 Stories. All above grade. (63’ – 4”)
March 2018
$31,000,000
Design-Bid-Build
APPLICABLE CODES
Oregon Structural Specialty Code 2014
Oregon Fire Code 2014
Oregon Mechanical Specialty Code 2014
Oregon Plumbing Specialty Code 2017
Oregon Electrical Specialty Code 2017
OSU Construction Standards
ZONING
According to the Newport, Oregon zoning map, the
Marine Studies Initiative Building is zoned as Water Dependent (W-2).
PRIMARY PROJECT TEAM
Owner
General Contractor
Architect
Landscape Architects
Design Consultant
MEP/FP Engineers
Structural Engineers
Geotechnical Consultant
Civil Engineer
Lab Planning
Lighting Design
Oregon State University | https://oregonstate.edu/
Andersen Construction | https://www.andersen-const.com/
Yost Grube Hall Architects | http://ygh.com/
Lango Hansen | http://langohansen.com/
PAE Engineers | https://www.pae-engineers.com/
PAE Engineers | https://www.pae-engineers.com/
KPFF Consulting Engineers | https://www.kpff.com/
GRI | http://gri.com/
BHE Group | http://bhegroupinc.com/
Esteem Group | http://estimegroup.com/
LUMA | http://lumald.com/
ARCHITECTURE
The Marine Studies Initiative (MSI) Building has been designed to be the focal point of Oregon State University’s Marine Studies Initiative. The goal of this initiative is to increase the region’s capacity for marine-related education, research, outreach, and community engagement. The building will be located in the Hatfield Marine Science Center, a collaborative research center which also houses sites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), The U.S. Environmental Agency, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S Geological Survey, and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The facility features state of the art research labs and classrooms designed to “enhance collaboration among students,” with spaces for both faculty and graduate student offices for easy access by students. An Innovation Lab and Studio included in the building has been designed to be a space dedicated to for the development, testing, and marketing of new technologies by students and faculty researchers. Finally, the building’s auditorium will serve, not only as a tool to educate students, but also as a tool for increasing the Hatfield Marine Science Center’s dedication to community education.
The MSI Building is located in Newport, Oregon, in the center of a tsunami-inundation zone. Because of this, extra steps have been taken to increase the safety of the building occupants, as well as the occupants of the Hatfield Marine Science Campus. The building has been designed to withstand a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, and a tsunami-associated event. The facility features a ramp that wraps around the exterior of the building ending at the roof, and will be one of the first implementation of a vertical evacuation zone in country.
BUILDING ENCLOSURE
The Marine Studies Initiative building features three main façades, Standing Seam Galvanized Steel Metal Paneling, and two variations of Modified Wood Cladding. The images below show the typical construction of the two wall types.
The roof functions as the vertical evacuation zone of the building. It’s construction is comprised of concrete slab on steel deck, a drainage panel, and a 4” concrete topping slab. The image shown below shows the typical construction of a the roofing of the building.
SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES
The project is pursuing a LEED Silver equivalency based on LEED v3 (2009). While official documentation will not be submitted, strategies are in place within the design to achieve the points required for this certification. High-efficiency lighting controls are included in the lighting design. While there are no renewable power systems included in the scope of the original program, the design of the MSI building has been defined to be “PV ready,” allowing for future implementation of solar energy.
HISTORICAL REQUIREMENTS
There are no known historical requirements at this time.
BUILDING STATISTICS
PART 2
BUILDING SYSTEMS
CONSTRUCTION
The project delivery method for the Marine Studies Initiative Building is design-bid-build, with Andersen Construction Company as the general contractor. The total project budget is 61.7 million dollars. Construction began in March 2018, and is expected to continue through January 2020. A live feed of the construction process can be viewed here: https://fa.oregonstate.edu/msi.
STRUCTURAL
Concrete shear walls make-up the lateral system of the Marine Studies Initiative Building. Depending on the location, the shear walls can vary between 12” and 16” of thickness. The building’s gravity system features steel wide flange columns, and beams, attached to a non-composite metal deck with a typical 6” thick concrete slab. The typical beam is 24x55, and spans 35’-0”, while the typical girder is 24x68, and spans 21’-0”.
Columns rest on pedestals, transferring their load to the 8” slab on grade, or 3’-9” thick matt foundations. Spread footings, with 30” diameter deep soil mixing columns, provide extra soil stability and support for the building.
MECHANICAL
The Marine Studies Initiative Building has both centralized heating and cooling within its mechanical system. A 70 ton capacity Air Cooled Chiller (ACCH-101) provides chilled water to serve the HVAC equipment. It is located in the exterior mechanical yard, adjacent to the mechanical room. Two (2) natural gas condensing boilers, both with 960 MBH capacity, are located in the first floor boiler room. They have been designed to have 60% redundancy.
There are two (2) air handling units with hydronic coils that make-up the distribution side of the mechanical system. Both units are variable air volume (VAV). The main air handling unit (AHU-101) provides the majority of the buildings ventilation, heating, and cooling requirements. There is no energy recovery on this unit. The laboratory spaces are isolated mechanically from the rest of the building on the second air handling unit (AHU-102), and is a dedicated outside air system (DOAS). AHU-102 has a glycol run-around loop connected to a rooftop unit (AHU-401), which provides heat recovery from the laboratory exhaust.
LIGHTING/ELECTRICAL
The primary electric service is provided by Central Lincoln PUD. They own the main transformer that steps down the initial voltage (still being researched) to the building voltage of 480/277, 3f. The building is powered by 2.5 kVA main distribution panel, connected to 11 branch circuits with space for an additional five future circuits. Almost all of the branch circuits are metered. Four of the branch circuits are connected to additional transformers which step down the voltage from 480/277 the a secondary voltage of 208/120.
The Marine Studies Initiative Building is also equipped with a 500 kW (625 kVA) standby generator located in the mechanical yard. This generator is connected to two (2) different automatic transfer switches which ensure that both emergency lighting, and the elevators are operational should an event cause the building to be disconnected from the main power source.
The Marine Studies Initiative Building is equipped with 100% LED lighting fixtures, aiding in the overall reduction of energy consumption. Furthermore, perimeter zones rely primary on natural daylighting to provide the majority of the interior lighting.
TSUNAMI RESILIENCEY AND EVACUATION
The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a 600 mile fault line located off of the coasts of Oregon. Geologist estimate a 40% chance of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake occurring within the next 50 years with the potential to produce a XL tsunami, of an approximate height of 45 feet. Due to its location on the Hatfield Science Center Campus, located on the coast of Oregon, the building has been designed to withstand a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, and features one of the first vertical evacuation sites in the country.
The vertical evacuation site is the roof of the Marine Studies Initiative Building and has been designed to hold 400 people from both the building, and surrounding buildings I the Hatfield Science Center Campus. A concrete on metal ramp wraps around the exterior of the building, providing access to the building’s roof for anyone outside when a tsunami warning is received. Emergency power is provided to the interior elevators via a back-up generator to ensure ADA access to the roof in the event of main power loss from an earthquake.