2015-2016 Senior Capstone

Team Members: Michael Kelly, Nolan Samm, Krishen Desai, Vicent Varas  

Faculty Advisor: Arron Zwanzig

Sponsor: Integrus Architecture

 

Center for Engineering Design and Entrepreneurship

Civil Engineering Department Student Project

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

SPOKANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING 15 ADDITION

Due Wednesday, October 14, 2015

CEDE - Civil Engineering requests a student project proposal for the following project:

 

THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT FOR AN ENTIRE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM FOR THIS BUILDING ADDITION.  THE MATERIALS FOR GRAVITY SYSTEMS EXPOSED TO VIEW HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THE ARCHITECT.  THE PROJECT TEAM WILL ANALYZE AND SELECT MATERIALS FOR A GRAVITY SYSTEM IN AREAS CONCEALED FROM VIEW AS WELL AS A LATERAL LOAD RESISTING SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR THE PROJECT. 

 

 SUMMARY INFORMATION

Due October 14, 2015, before 4:00 PM PST

 One digital copy in pdf format uploaded to the FolioTek server

 Project Sponsor

The sponsor of this project is:

Integrus Architecture

10 South Cedar Street

Spokane, WA 99201

 The liaison engineer and faculty advisor is

Aaron Zwanzig

Integrus Architecture

10 South Cedar Street

Spokane, WA 99201

 

Project Description:

THE CEDE - CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRING A PROPOSAL FROM THE GROUP OF STUDENT ENGINEERS TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE ENGINEERING EFFORTS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE REQUIRED STRUCTURAL CALCULATIONS FOR ALL STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS (FOUNDATIONS, WALLS, FLOOR FRAMING, ROOF FRAMING AND LATERAL FORCE RESISTING ELEMENTS) FOR THIS BUILDING EXPANSION.  CALCULATIONS AND ANALYSIS WILL RESULT IN AUTOCAD DRAWINGS SHOWING STRUCTURAL FOUNDATION PLANS, FRAMING PLANS AND KEY FRAMING DETAILS.

 

TASKS TO BE ADDRESSES IN THE PROPOSAL WILL INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:

 

1.       Gravity and Lateral Load Analysis:

Perform analysis of gravity and lateral loadings.

 

2.       Design Gravity and Lateral Structural Systems:

Design appropriate gravity and lateral structural systems including foundations, walls, floor framing, roof framing and lateral force resisting elements and prepare appropriate engineering drawings.

 

3.       Design Key Structural Details:

Design appropriate gravity and lateral structural details and required drawings.

 

Project activities will result in the preparation of reports, calculations, drawings and presentations that accomplish the tasks given in the scope.

 

The project will also require the implementation of project management techniques in the completion of the engineering efforts, including interaction with liaison, project advisor, and specific activities for monitoring effort and progress, updating the project schedule preparing status reports, gathering information required for design at the site and from appropriate codes and regulatory agencies.

 

Students will be responsible to make required presentations of the project activities as required to the sponsor’s organization and to the CEDE.

 

PROPOSAL EVALUATION PROCESS

The proposal evaluation process will be determined by the project advisor in conjunction with the CEDE, the project sponsor, and the CEDE Design Advisory Board.  It will be based on the organization of the project efforts reflected in the proposal and the educational goals achieved in the completion of the proposal.  Note that some efforts in the project are oriented to achieve educational goals that are not required to achieve the project sponsors goals.

 

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The design concept for the Building 15 Addition has been developed in response to numerous program criteria, existing and future campus site conditions, Master Plan goals, and by various standards and regulations governing the project.  This project provides a great opportunity to create a shared facility between the Institute of Extended Learning (IEL) and Student Services. The building’s image should enhance and compliment the aesthetic of Building 15 and continue to reinforce the goal of a more consistent architectural language for the overall campus. 

 

Space requirements for the building are unique and specific to enhancing the educational missions of the IEL and functional needs of Student Services.  The distinct difference in function between the two areas lends itself to an organization of two separate wings.  A shared student lobby area provides a transitional space between the two functions and also creates a significant entry hierarchy crucial to the building organization. The Student Services wing is arranged with offices to the exterior to allow for the use of natural light and views, while general work spaces are located at the interior for convenience and benefit from shared natural daylight from the offices.

 

The IEL wing is organized as a two-story mass on an east/west axis.  Classrooms are stacked for functional convenience, structural economy, and similar volumetric requirements.  Classrooms are accessed to the north or south of the main east/west corridor.  Faculty offices and administrative spaces serve as “bookends” to the classroom corridors on both floors while simultaneously acting as a means of access control to the classroom spaces.  Faculty offices are oriented to take advantage of views into the core of the campus and entry views to the building as well as being proximate to the classrooms and students. 

 

The general location of the building is intended to provide direct access to Building 15 from the Student Services wing while at the same time being conscious of available buildable area in relation to the campus organization and the two-story IEL mass.  The building location is also intended to provide easy pedestrian access from the campus core as well as an entry point on the west side of the building to accommodate access from the parking lot along N. Greene Street.  Generous pedestrian walkways will be provided to inform access to main entry points to the transparent lobby space.

 

PROJECT INFORMATION AVAILABLE

 

The sponsor has some drawings depicting the conditions at the work sites. In addition the project team will be required to collect other required data for the design efforts.

 

The project team must familiarize themselves with the existing condition of the project in order to properly prepare the project proposal. 

 

 

 

STUDENT PROJECT ACTIVITIES REQUIRED

The student project group will, at a minimum, provide the following efforts and deliverables in the completion of the project addressed in this proposal:

 

Scope of Activities Required to Meet Project Goals

 

Task 100                          Project Management and Coordination

The student group shall organize, manage and coordinate the efforts required to accomplish the project using standard project management and contract administration techniques. Key management activities are identified below:

 

          Sub-Task 110                   Kick-off Meeting

The Student Team will conduct a kickoff meeting with their project advisor and sponsor liaison's to gain familiarity for the project and to solicit input, gather available data and information.

 

          Sub-Task 120                   Routine progress-review meetings

Routine progress-review meetings will be conducted on a regular basis. Weekly progress reports are required and are to be submitted electronically to the advisor by 5:00 pm each Thursday. Weekly progress reports must include, at a minimum, activities completed by each team member for the current week, expected work for the upcoming week, and updates to the project design budget and schedule.

 

In addition, a complete hardcopy record of the project reports and files must be maintained by the student team and be made readily available during consultations with the advisor. Typical method would be a project notebook. The advisor and liaison will ask to review this notebook periodically to discover the status of the work being completed. 

 

          Sub-Task 130                   Regular Advisor and Liaison Meetings

After the kick-off meeting, the Student Team will have routine work sessions to accomplish deliverables. 

 

All meetings with advisor and liaison MUST be arranged by members of the Student Team at least 2 days in advance of the meeting. The Project Manager will send a meeting agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting to the advisor, project partners, and liaison at least 2 days prior to the meeting.  All meetings must be documented by the Student Team in the form of meeting minutes with action items identified and who will be responsible for that action.

 

          Sub-Task 140         Quality Assurance/Quality Control

The Student Team will perform a methodical QA/QC effort in a manner suitable to the project advisor and liaison, to prevent incorrect, sub-standard or dangerous results from being included in the end of semester project reports.

 

 

          Sub-Task 150         Project Schedule / WBS /Gantt Chart and Project Budget

The proposal must contain a Gantt chart that shows the due dates from the CEDE schedule as milestones, each sub-task, the duration of time proposed to complete the subtask and the team member responsible for the subtask. The Gantt chart will show at least the end date for the subtask (start date, duration are possible) dependent tasks.

 

The student group will include a “proposed” budget that details the costs of completing the project design tasks. This budget is not the “engineers construction cost estimate” to complete the implementation of the design; rather, it is the costs to perform the engineering tasks and includes the fictitious value of project team personnel hours. The value of the personnel hours and direct costs (travel, books, and models) will be the proposed budget and will simulate the budget a consulting group would charge to complete the project.

 

Task 100 Deliverables

• Electronic copy of agenda for team meetings.
• Electronic updates to project design budget and schedule that includes budget and personnel hours for each sub-task in the entire project.
• Electronic copy of resolutions and action items for each meeting.
• Statement on the QA/QC activities for reports submitted at the end of each semester to describe the review and checking procedure employed.

 

 

 

Task 200                          Project Data Collection

Work collaboratively with partners and regulatory agencies’ staff to develop project data suitable for a preliminary design.  Data may include climate, soils, geology, site survey, economic information and other data.  Proposal submitted is to identify data needs and collection methods for project.

 

           Sub-Task 210                  Collect, Physical and Site Data  

The Student Team will collect the site information needed to establish designs at work site. Data will include at a minimum: soil, geometric layouts, and construction requirements.. 

 

           Sub-Task 220                  Project Specific Code and Regulatory Requirements

The Student Team will present information about specific requirements that must be met due to the use, location and surroundings of the project.

 

Task 200 Deliverables

• Electronic copy of data and mapping, reports, codes, or surveys completed for the project and to be included in the project report.

 

 

 

Task 300                          General Project Codes and Regulatory Requirements

Determine appropriate code and regulatory guidelines to use in the completion of the project. 

 

Task 300 Deliverables

•  Provide appropriate written summary of regulations that apply to the project.

 

Task 400                          Project Design Efforts

The student team will develop plans, drawings, analysis, comparisons, and other design work required to successfully achieve the project goals. The specific project approach will be determined by the team in the project proposal.

 

          Sub-Task 410                   Framing Gravity Analysis

Provide analysis and design of the roof and floor framing systems to meet anticipated gravity loads.  Compare alternative designs and elect the most suitable system for the building.   

 

          Sub-Task 420                   Wall and Foundation Gravity Analysis

Provide analysis and design of the bearing wall and foundation to meet anticipated gravity loads.  Compare alternative designs and elect the most suitable system for the building.   

 

Sub-Task 430                   Lateral Analysis

Provide analysis and design to resist wind and earthquake anticipated loads.  Compare alternative designs and elect the most suitable system for the building.   

 

Sub-Task 440                   Design of Structural Details

Provide design calculations, drawings, and material selections for required structural details. 

 

Sub-Task 450                   Prepare Structural Drawings

Develop a set of construction documents to include framing, foundation, shear, notes, and details. 

 

 

Task 400 Deliverables

·       Electronic and paper copy of drawings, calculations, data, reports or calculations completed for the project design and to be included in the project report.

 

 

Scope of Activities Required to Meet Educational Goals

 

 

Task 500                          Project Costs, Specifications  

The student team will develop general specifications, cost comparisons for construction of the design(s). The specifics will be determined by the team in the project proposal.

 

Task 500 Deliverables

·       Provide appropriate written summary of results

 

Task 600                          Project Sustainability Evaluation 

Based on the sponsor's needs, and the understanding of the regulatory requirements, evaluate the design developed in the completion of the project for overall sustainability and identify other opportunities for increasing sustainability that are potentially achievable.

a)       Compare the performance/cost and specific performance issues for 3 similar sized facilities located in literature search.

b)       Describe the environmental benefits and costs of the design recommended. 

c)       Describe the economic benefits and costs of the design. 

d)       Summarize how your design will improve sustainability when compared to projects using other approaches. 

 

Task 600 Deliverables

·       Provide appropriate written summary of results

 

Task 700                          Project Operation and Maintenance Evaluation 

Prepare a section of the report that identifies issues that are related to the operation and maintenance of the facilities, with a specific discussion of features selected for sustainable advantages.

 

Task 700 Deliverables

·       Provide appropriate written summary of results

 

Task 800                          Project Impacts on Society

The final report submitted for the project will include a discussion, using properly sourced references on what impacts the implemented project will have on the related social systems in the project area.  (Examples--Is traffic increased? Are air quality parameters impacted?  Are views impacted, is the area better served in other ways? etc.)

 

Task 800 Deliverables

·       Provide appropriate written summary of results

 

Task 900                          Project Reports, Publications and Presentations 

The project team is required to prepare a final report suitable for both the CEDE and the Liaison. Prepare and present findings of the project to Sponsor or other public groups. 

 

Task 900 Deliverables

·       Reports, publications and presentations in electronic format in a timely manner.