Tuesday, December 7, 2021-Midwest Edition #25 Cindy Riley-CEG Correspondent

A $25 million project is under construction, which will serve as a gateway to the Ohio State University (OSU) Health Sciences campus. The Oregon State University School of Nursing will be the first building on the property to be WELL certified.

"Driven by the growing demand for prepared, evidence-based healthcare providers and leaders in the healthcare industry, our college has achieved tremendous development in the past ten years, and at the same time has brought about The demand for dynamic new spaces in classrooms, conferences, faculty and staff offices, research, evidence-based practice, health and healthcare innovation programs," said Laurel van der Rom, director of strategic partnerships and special projects at the Oregon State University School of Nursing.

Although some buildings on the Ohio State University campus have obtained LEED certification for energy efficiency, the leadership of the School of Nursing hopes that the new building will receive WELL certification to ensure its ability to promote health. WELL certification not only covers the design and construction period, including the selected materials and techniques used, but also covers the environment and operation of the building after it has moved in. To date, these programs have been approved for the WELLv2 Silver certification, which measures air, water, nutrition, light, sports, thermal comfort, sound, materials, ideas, community, and innovation.

Van der Rom pointed out that the atrium was designed for community gatherings of students, faculty, staff, and visitors, and connected the new building to the original home of the School of Nursing, Newton Hall. The atrium will be a light-filled space, and the entire glass walls of the east and west facades will provide a radiant heat grid hidden in the floor to provide warmth in winter.

A multifunctional event space will include a 176-seat flexible classroom suitable for large-scale lectures and conferences, and will be connected to a 40-seat group learning classroom through a retractable partition, which is dedicated to the Helene Fuld Health Trust National EBP Nursing and health care. These spaces can accommodate a total of 300 people for school-wide events, national summits and large-scale dinners.

In August 2021, to celebrate a milestone in the construction-the placement of the last steel beam, a capping event was held. Builders, architects, and students and staff of the School of Nursing were invited to sign the beams a few weeks before the event. The College of Nursing chose Ohio Buckeye instead of the traditional fir.

"We are very grateful to our architecture and construction partners for their enthusiasm for this project. They work tirelessly and attach great importance to the significance of this building to our university. The pandemic will definitely put some character builders in trouble, but Our partners have been unswervingly carrying out their mission, which is to build a truly remarkable and dynamic structure, and we are grateful for their outstanding work."

Ken Cleaver, an architecture graduate of Ohio State University, participated in the redesign of the lobby of Newton Hall, transforming the originally dark wooden space into a well-lit living room.

When designing the new 40,000 square feet. Adjacent to the building of Newton Hall, ikon.5 design architect Joseph G. Tattoni and his colleagues drew inspiration from the concept of medieval art.

According to Andy Riva, the project manager of Ruscilli Construction Co. Inc., the biggest challenge facing the project is to overcome material supply issues to maintain the overall construction schedule.

"Currently at the site, we are installing precast concrete wall panels along the exterior of the building on the first floor. The mechanical, electrical and plumbing contractors are performing the rough machining system in the basement of the building. The external structural metal stud frame" is on the second and third floors. Installation, fire-resistant materials for structural steel are being installed on the first and second floors. "

Riva said that construction during the COVID-19 period created many additional barriers for workers working on construction projects, including handling sanitation regulations and obtaining materials.

"The pandemic has caused major supply problems. It takes a long time for materials to reach the project site. Supply problems and the inability to obtain materials within the specified time have caused the construction and design teams to constantly look for alternative suppliers or materials to meet all project requirements and still Acquired within the required time frame. This also prompted the construction team to be creative in work arrangements and transfer activities to continue the project in order to complete the turnover of the building in the summer of 2022."

The workers have completed the structural concrete work, including the foundation of the entire structure and the basement wall. The basement concrete slab on the ground and the elevated concrete slab on the metal deck have completed all levels. The structural steel structure installation has been completed. All the waterproof work of the basement foundation wall is completed around the periphery of the building.

Unfinished tasks include external metal stud frames and sheathing, facade work, including glass storefronts/curtain walls, bricks, metal panels, and membrane roof systems. The project's internal framework/drywall, mechanical/piping/electrical system installation and all internal decoration are still to be completed. The outdoor landscape and hard landscape works will be completed in the spring of 2022.

These elements did not have a significant impact on the schedule or activities.

"As winter approaches, the urgency to get rid of the main effects of the winter weather is to complete all external activities and enclose the building."

The types of equipment used include all-terrain flat, high-altitude lifts, skid steers, crawler hoe excavators, scissor lifts, and 110-ton all-terrain cranes.

Riva said: “All-terrain intermittent devices are used to transport materials around the site or to lift materials into buildings.” “High-altitude and scissor lifts are manned lifts used to lift workers to elevated work areas. For the project site The surrounding excavation work and leveling, we used crawler hoe excavators, skid steer loaders and high-lift crawler loaders. During the installation of structural steel, a 110-ton all-terrain rubber wheeled crane was used to install all structures Steel components."

The main materials for this project are concrete, structural steel, bricks and prefabricated slabs.

The site before construction is the lawn and trees on the east half of the site, and the gravel parking lot is on the west side of the site. There are also construction items left on site from past projects.

Site preparations include setting up temporary fences around the site and installing all erosion control measures. The trees, shrubs, stumps and ground coverings around the site were removed. Once all the landscaping and hard beautification are removed, the topsoil of the site will be stripped, and then the site utility work and basement excavation will begin.

“This project has a basement with 17-foot walls on a very narrow site, limited by existing buildings and 9th Avenue and Neal Avenue,” Riva said. "Deep excavation must be carried out. Proper planning must be made in terms of what equipment can be used, which routes we can use to allow trucks and equipment to enter the site, and how to enter the basement where the excavation is located. Due to these restrictions along 9th Avenue at the southern end of the building, we must not Instead of installing a support system, drive steel beams into the ground and install wooden slats between the beams to form a wall to block the existing soil and the altitude at which work can begin safely.

“Due to site constraints, there is no space to store materials on site for future backfilling. Therefore, all materials excavated from the basement were put into dump trucks and transported out of the project site because of site constraints. During the excavation, we encountered the foundation of the old house. And waste pipes while digging basements and foundations."

No demolition work is required to start the project because it is an independent supplement to the existing building. In the future, it will be necessary to demonstrate linking the added building with the existing building and integrating the two. This work will involve cutting the existing façade on the south side of the existing Newton Hall as a gateway between the two buildings.

The main problem in connecting the new structure to the existing building is to ensure that the elevation and connection points are measured correctly, and are designed so that the two buildings are at the same elevation and point when the materials are installed. Another problem is that when connecting to an existing building that is already occupied, it is weather protection and ensuring that the connection is properly sealed to eliminate water and air infiltration into the existing structure.

Due to the tight site conditions, the topsoil and structural soil must be derived from the site and then brought back to the backfill around the basement wall of the basement.

"The excavation area of ​​the basement is about 10,000 cubic yards," Riva said. “The installation of storm and sanitary pipelines requires a large number of exits. After installation, the on-site utility trenches are backfilled with imported gravel. The basement foundation wall is backfilled with imported gravel and structural soil. With the on-site utility work, the basement excavation and basement foundation wall Backfill, we may have moved about 20,000 cubic yards at the export and import sites."

The School of Nursing held a virtual groundbreaking ceremony in early December 2020. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new building is scheduled for August 2022.

"Our students, faculty and staff are very excited about this new building," Van der Rom said. "They all recognize the needs, opportunities and potential of this new space, and can achieve change in our mission of dreaming, discovering and providing a healthier world." China Power Group

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