University Hall | Tradeline, Inc.

This significant addition to New Jersey’s second largest and fastest growing university has many state-of-the-art instructional spaces for use by all of the University’s colleges and schools, including one 200-seat and six 100-seat lecture halls, 52 classrooms, 20 specialized laboratories, and a number of student study lounges and gathering spaces, including a mission-style outdoor courtyard.

The south wing of University Hall provides a new home for the Unationally recognized College of Education and Human Services, including the ADP Center for Teacher Preparation and Learning Technologies, the Center for Pedagogy, the Literacy Enrichment Center, the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children, and offices and conference rooms for the more than 150 faculty and staff in the College of Education and Human Services. The nationally renowned College of Education and Human Services at Montclair State University now has a facility that mirrors the excellence of its programs, students and faculty.

Two floors of the north wing of the building are dedicated to the University’s information technology services and house a large Information Commons and Technology Solutions Center for students, faculty, and staff.

Located on the seventh and top floor of University Hall is the region’s newest and most sophisticated conference center and banquet facility, complete with meeting, conference, and event space for groups of up to 500 people.

A combination of stringent programming and cost/time constraints necessitated an unprecedented effort by multi-disciplinary professionals for an intense, simultaneous design process and an upfront detailed cost estimate. The fast-track process ultimately resulted in design and materials that met the construction budget , and enabled Montclair State administrators to make a fact-based decision on the best construction delivery method.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Montclair State University

Building Location:

Upper Montclair, New Jersey UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Academic building

Project Delivery Method:

General Contractor

Project Timeline

Jul 2002	Planning Start
Oct 2002	Design Start
Sep 2003	Construction Start
Dec 2005	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Construction Cost:

$54,000,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$200

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Education
Education: Classroom
Education: Computer Lab
Education: Lecture Or Seminar Hall
Education: Student Center

Total GSF:

272,000

Project Team

Architect

The S/L/A/M Collaborative

Builder

Terminal Construction

Consultant - Food

Post & Grossbard

Consultant - Interior Design

The S/L/A/M Collaborative

Engineer - MEP

R.G. Vanderweil Engineers

Engineer - Civil

Yu & Associates

Engineer - Geotechnical

Melick Tully & Associates

Engineer - Structural

The S/L/A/M Collaborative

Landscape Architect

The S/L/A/M Collaborative

Profile Created 09/01/2006

Last Updated 09/20/2006

About the Reported Cost Figures

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.

Fig. 1

Conference Room

Fig. 2

Entry Hall

Fig. 3

Student Lounge