Type: A two-story, below grade parking garage and a five-story, above grade combination residential/retail facility.
MEP Services: Design of heating and cooling systems, restaurant exhaust hood and make-up air unit, specification of electrical lighting, a diesel generator, a card key access system and mechanical equipment switchgear.
Category: Education, Higher Education
Our engineers were called to flex the right sides of their brains to design these stylish lofts directly across from the DU campus. The building perimeter landed on the property line on all four sides of the building, so, we brainstormed unique solutions to provide access to the building while maintaining dry utilities in the alley behind the building.
The lofts host first-level retail shops which we furnished with rooftop-mounted HVAC equipment. We also made accommodations on the first floor for a potential restaurant with a grease exhaust hood and make-up air unit.
We served the student housing units with an aquatherm heating system and split DX cooling system.
Our electrical included specification of lighting fixtures, a diesel generator, a card key access system, and switchgear for connection of the mechanical equipment.
According to the Building Owners and Managers Association International, “Class A” buildings are the “most prestigious buildings competing for premier office users with rents above average for the area. Buildings have high quality standard finishes, state of the art systems, exceptional accessibility and a definite market presence.
The LEED System is designed to rate new and existing commercial, environmental, institutional and high-rise residential buildings for environmental performance from a “whole building” perspective over a building’s lifecycle.
