NFA has completed the construction document phase of design and document preparation for the new Sandusky Middle School, an 800-student school replacing an older school on the same site. This project contains 133,000 square feet of finished space, ranging from single-story to 3-story construction. Traditional classrooms, as well as two gymnasiums and a large combined dining hall/stage assembly area are …
NFA provided structural design and detailed drawings for this steel structure. The project elements consist of brick, masonry unit, steel framing, slab-on-grade, elevated concrete slabs, equipment pads, retaining and screen walls, parapets, stairwells, canopy, and a mezzanine, and shop drawing review. NFA also produced structural calculations for the chapel. In 2014, NFA conducted the structural design and drawing details on …
NFA provided structural engineering design and detailed drawings for additional classrooms and a new entrance addition to the existing school. A portion of the addition consists of a basement area which takes advantage of the existing site grades. This basement addition is under the existing classrooms on the west end of the building and contains a mechanical and an electrical …
NFA provided structural design and detailed drawings for this project which involved restoring two adjacent historic buildings in the Tobacco District of Danville. The project also included the construction of a breezeway, elevator, and stair tower which combined the two historic buildings and turned the total space into 82,000 square feet of apartment real estate. The 1926 Lithographic Building is …
This project involved the construction of a new Federal Courthouse complex in Lynchburg, which encompassed the adaptive re-use of a historic downtown school building, built in 1915, as part of the “new” office complex. NFA provided full structural engineering design services for the new portion of the work, as well as field investigation and load rating/evaluation of the existing building …
The new field house addition included the following major elements: courts for volleyball, racquetball, tennis, and basketball, and a 1/10th mile elevated running track. The facility has multi-purpose flooring for sports and assembly uses. The support spaces house two racquetball courts, restroom and concession areas, a multi-purpose education and gathering room, and the relocation of the popular Bistros Café to …
For the Environmental Life Sciences Education Building, NFA provided structural design and detail drawings for this single-story, 4,700 square foot building consisting of a variety of materials including architectually exposed structural steel, slab on grade, steel framing, wood, structural insulated panels, elastomeric roofing, green roof, it has a “platinum” LEED classification. This structure also contains pools, fireplace, parapets, extended roofs …
The UVA Medical Education Building is a 5-story steel-frame structure with standard and circular auditorium type classrooms. NFA developed the structural design for multiple evolving layouts and detailed structural drawings to the specifications required and coordinating with the architect. NFA was involved in the project from a schematic design through the construction document phase. The new medical education building’s lowest …
NFA provided structural design, detailed drawings, and specifications on this LEED certified project. This involved cast-in-place concrete, equipment pads, recessed flooring, grade beams, piers, brick and unit masonry, shear walls, structural steel, cable bracing, light gage metal framing and trusses, elevator shaft and pit, stairwells, bay window support, roof over-build, canopy, entry tower with extended windows. NFA also provided the …
The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) building is a 66,000 square foot, 4-story steel structure with a brick and glass veneer. Unique project elements consist of an underground level, a green roof, and a pedestrian bridge. NFA participated in the initial value engineering study, then handled the structural design and detailed drawings satisfying the requirements of the Va CPSM, …
