J.C. Gatehouse Hall
Completion Date October 2000
Published March 2001
The construction of J.C. Gatehouse Hall represents Phase I of the new Science Center for St. Mary's College of California. The building provides new state-of-art academic space for the departments of Chemistry, Biology, and Psychology and consists of 11 instructional laboratories and support spaces, offices, and classroom/support areas.
The name of the building refers to the "gatehouse" function it will serve to engage students in their academic endeavors and careers in the scientific community. The initials designate the anonymous donor of a $35-million gift that funded the new construction and a major addition and renovation to Galileo Hall (Phase II of the project), one of the original buildings built on campus 70 years ago.
Founded in 1863, St. Mary's College has been located on the Moraga campus since 1928. Eleven of the original buildings, designed by architect and engineer John Donovan, are still in use today. Donovan chose to evoke the Spanish Colonial Architecture popular in California at the time. The new Science Center is the first large project constructed on the north side of the campus, redefining the character and views along De LaSalle Drive.
J.C. Gatehouse Hall is a new three-story, 55,374-sf structure (Type B occupancy, Type II--one hour construction type and fully sprinklered). The structural system is steel "eccentric braced frame, EBF" lateral force resisting system with drilled pier foundation. The exterior enclosure is cement plaster (stucco), on metal studs, with a clay-tile mansard roof. Mechanical equipment will be primarily located within a roof well shielded by the mansards and in the mechanical yard adjacent to the building.
The new building evokes the graceful Spanish Colonial tradition. Red clay tile roofs and decorative open eaves, white washed walls and deep-set windows, doors and ornamental grilles were chosen to fit within the established architecture of the central buildings.
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Saint Mary's College |
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Owner Contact:
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Brother Craig, President
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Building Location:
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Moraga, CA UNITED STATES
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Project Type:
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New Construction,Renovation
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Principal Building Function:
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Science Center |
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Project Timeline
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| May 1998 | Planning Start |
| Sep 1998 | Design Start |
| Feb 2000 | Construction Start |
| Oct 2000 | Completion |
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Last known status: Completed
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| Construction Cost: |
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$20,252,658 |
| Cost Per Sq. Ft: |
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$365 |
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About These Cost Figures
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Project Includes:
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Biology
Chemistry
Education
Education: Classroom
Education: Faculty Office
Laboratory: Teaching
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| Total GSF: |
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55,374 |
| Total NSF: |
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33,180 |
| Efficiency: |
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60% |
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Building Population:
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670
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People Density:
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82.64 gsf/person
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Building Services:
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Compressed air, local and house vacuum, natural gas, reverse osmosis water, sea water, combustible and toxic gases, non-combustible and non-toxic gases.
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Special Equip:
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400 MHZ NMR wide bore magnet; four environmental chambers; one audiometric room
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Power Req:
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18.03 w/sf
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HVAC Req:
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2.8 cfm/nsf
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Structure/Foundation:
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Steel "eccentric braced frame, EBF" with drilled pier foundation
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Casework Mat'l:
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Primarily book matched maple veneer custom cabinets with dark green modified epoxy resin countertops. In Cold Room and Aquatics Lab phenolic resin casework with dark green modified epoxy resin countertops were used.
In Biology Cadaver and A.C.R. Room stainless steel countertops with book matched maple veneer custom cabinets were used.
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Fume Hoods:
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51 fume hoods; variable sizes (4', 5', 6', and 8' in length), variable in types (chemical, ADA compliant chemical, walk-in chemical, and portable demonstration chemical)
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Biosafety Cabinets:
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2 Class II Type A biological safety cabinets, no exhaust
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Consultant - Mechanical Engineer
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Gayner Engineers
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| Profile Created 03/31/2001 |
| Last Updated 04/04/2006 |
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The cost figures reported are supplied by the firms that submitted these
projects for publication, which in most cases are the designers or builders.
Whereas these sources are intimately familiar with their projects, they may
not be fully aware of the owners' finally-realized and recorded costs. In some
cases, costs are truly and completely accounted for, and in others they represent
a near approximation of the final costs. Costs have not been adjusted for
year of construction, nor has any attempt been made to make regional cost
adjustments.
Further, costs are not comparable on any kind of detailed standard costing model.
Hence, it is possible for the cost of one building to include a steam boiler, while
the cost of a comparable building might not include the boiler, if steam is being
supplied from an already existing campus grid. Or, in another case, a building might
include excess boiler capacity to supply steam to another building. Some submittals
include fees or unusual site improvements as part of the construction costs, which
others do not.
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J.C. Gatehouse Hall Photo courtesy of Ratcliff Notes:
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