Sacred Heart Grade School
1035 Quarrier St. Charleston, WV 25301
Sebastian Hollabaugh
Mechanical Option
Building Statistics
General Building Data
Building Name: Quarrier Building
Location: Charleston, West VirginiaBuilding
Occupant Name: Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Occupancy type: Educational
Size: 36,000 SF
Stories above grade: 7 (Plus basement)
Dates of Construction: September, 2015 – Fall 2016
Total Cost: $3,979,917
Project Delivery Method: Bid
Major national model codes: 2013 NFPA-13, 2015 IPC, 2015 IMC
Zoning: Central Business District
Project Team
Owner: Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
General Contractor: Jarrett Construction
Architect: ARIUM AE
MEP Engineer: ARIUM AE
Structural Engineer: Skarda & Associates
Architecture
The building was originally designed as an office building over 100 years ago. It is now part of the historic district of Charlotte, WV. The ground floor features stone walls, which also accent the windows and roof. The floors above are red face brick stripes, with about 50% of the building being covered by windows. The style is reminiscent of art deco.
Building Enclosure
Building Facades: The exterior of the building was pre-existing before the renovation. The walls consist of light weight concrete block, with face brick on the exterior. The ground floor has
Windows: The windows are large single pane windows that are fully functional and slide up to open..
Roofing: The roofing is steel decking, with board insulation and built-up roofing on top.
Mechanical:
The building is serviced by a single central roof top unit with VAV distribution. This new roof top unit provides cooling services, and utilizes economizer cylcers, as well as an entropy relcaim system. There are certain rooms that are serviced by single direct exchange units, such as data rooms and mechanical spaces. Heating is processed by existing fintube radiation along the floor boards of each room.
Structural:
The building is constructed of concrete slabs and load bearing masonry walls.
Electrical:
The renovationed building utilizes a 1600A, 208V, Main switchboard that is connected directly to utility services. Each floor has a 225A panelboard to distribute the loads, and the sixth floor data room has a separate 125A panel.
Lighting:
The renovation utilizes recessed and pendant LED lights in most spaces, with various fluorescent strip lighting for offices, storage, or misc. spaces.
Construction:
Construction started in Fall 2015, and is intended to finish before the Fall 2016 academic year.
Fire Protection:
The Sacred Heart renovation is fully sprinkled, has regularly spaced duct and regular smoke dectors, manual pull stations, strobe lights, and power failutre alarms.
