Webster University East Academic Building
Mechanical contractor for Webster University's LEED Silver, 94,000-square-foot East Academic Building, installing penthouse air handlers, boilers, and chilled water.
- Owner
- Washington University Saint Louis
- Value
- $8,000,000
- Construction Manager
- Clayco
- LEED
- Certified
- Industries
- Education
- Institutional
- LEED / Green Building
- icon's role
- Engineering
- Fabrication & Modular
- Mechanical Construction
- HVAC & Sheet Metal
icon Mechanical delivered the mechanical scope for this five-story, 606-bed residence hall on Washington University's South 40 campus, serving the area's 3,000 residents. The lower levels added student activity spaces along with a 50,000 SF food-service hall presented as individually themed restaurants. icon also led the drawing-coordination effort for the project, completing it ahead of schedule.
Scope of Work
HVAC & Plumbing
- Four-pipe fan coil units serving the individual dormitory suites
- Outside air ducted to each room from an energy-recovery outside-air unit
- Building services — heating hot water, chilled water, domestic water, fire water, natural gas, and fuel oil — tied into the underground utility loop icon had installed under a previous $4M campus-wide utility project
Food Service (50,000 SF)
- New commercial kitchen — themed-restaurant concept
- (2) 1,500-MBH steam boilers serving the kitchen kettles and dishwashers
- Energy-efficient hoods introduced as a new sustainable practice to cut energy use
Coordination & Value Engineering
- Led the drawing-coordination effort
- Oversaw the MEP/FP and structural-framing subcontractors to ensure conflict-free installation
- Presented value-engineering options n University during coordination
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