George A. Roberts Engineering Hall
Occupancy: 1997
Published May 1997
The 72,000-gsf Roberts Engineering Hall connects to the neighboring Hamerschlag Hall by a central entry hub at three levels. A connecting bridge opens from the Engineering Hall into the entry hub with views of the Hamerschlag Hall facade. The bridge is skylit allowing natural light to enter into the facility's primary staircase and filter down to the three floors below. The staircase winds downward, acting as the orienting center for each floor and creates a tunnel link into an existing cleanroom in the basement of Hamerschlag Hall.
A concrete office section buffers laboratories from vibrations without sacrificing windowed offices for both faculty and student. The laboratories include electronic materials, magnetometry, spin stands, epitaxy, chemistry prep and x-ray topography. The entry staircase exhaust towers anchor at ends of the building, creating a volumetric symmetry, in front of Hamerschlag Hall. The laboratories are predominantly internal for electrophysics optics-type research in electronic material for data storage technology.
Immediate stairs connect the three floors, as well as the main gathering stair at the entry hub. The building is designed to encourage the use of stairs to increase interaction among scientists. Conference rooms and break areas are located at these junctures maximizing views of downtown Pittsburgh from Hamerschlag Hall's landmark tower.
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Carnegie Mellon University |
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Building Location:
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Pittsburgh, PA UNITED STATES
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Project Type:
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New Construction
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Principal Building Function:
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Electronic Materials Technology Building |
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Project Delivery Method:
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Bid
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Project Timeline
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| Jan 1992 | Planning Start |
| Feb 1993 | Design Start |
| Apr 1995 | Construction Start |
| May 1997 | Completion |
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Last known status: Completed
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| Project Cost: |
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$17,000,000 |
| Construction Cost: |
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$13,200,000 |
| Cost Per Sq. Ft: |
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$160 |
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About These Cost Figures
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Project Includes:
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Education
Education: Classroom
Education: Faculty Office
Engineering
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
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| Total GSF: |
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75,000 |
| Total NSF: |
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42,400 |
| Efficiency: |
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57% |
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Building Population:
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150
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People Density:
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500 gsf/person
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Building Services:
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Air, Gas, Vacuum, Chilled Water (2 types), Nitrogen
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Office Size:
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140 NSF
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Structure/Foundation:
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Poured in place concrete, one way; Permanent tie back soil
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Lab Module:
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16.5' x 22'
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Casework Mat'l:
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Custom wood
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Fume Hoods:
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30: 5' retention
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Biosafety Cabinets:
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6
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Architect
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Payette
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Supplier - Fans
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Strobic Air Corporation
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Supplier - Fume Hoods
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Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
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| Profile Created 05/01/1997 |
| Last Updated 04/04/2006 |
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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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Exterior Photo courtesy of Payette Associates Inc.
Floorplan Notes:
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