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, …
Nolan Frisa Associates provided structural design and detailed drawings for the 17,000 square foot, 2-story structure consisting of a stone tower with curved archways, full basement, concrete piers, retaining walls, steel framing, elevated slabs, cast-in-place concrete, heavy equipment supported floors, elevator shafts, stairwells, concrete stairs, roof framing, and metal trusses.
Nolen Frisa Associates provided structural engineering design and detailed drawings for demolition and shoring of existing construction, new foundations, elevated slabs, replacement of existing floor slabs, new mezzanine framing with associated access stairs, new roof framing, parapets, mezzanine, masonry walls, supplemental framing for existing roof construction, and the renovation of an existing canopy. The area to be renovated includes expansion …
Nolen Frisa Associates provided structural design and detailed drawings for the redesigned student services offices, reception areas, and expanded space. The construction involved creating a two-story glass front atrium that juts out into the Slaughter Hall courtyard, known as Purcell Garden. Additional changes include a redesigned staff and alumni lounge that opens onto a balcony. NFA specifically provided structural design …
Nolen Frisa Associates provided structural design and detailed drawings for this 11,000 square foot, 2-story addition to the student center and renovated approximately 5,800 square feet in the gymnasium, a 26,500 square foot facility originally built in the 1960s. The addition also renovated the existing locker rooms and upgraded the building’s lobby. The locker room renovation included space reconfiguration and …
