Education - Higher Education
Miles College Academic Building
Fairfield, AL
The $5.6 million, 45,000 square foot Academic Building at Miles College is a three-story structural steel building with a fourth level mechanical equipment area. The building has a mat slab foundation and the exterior façade includes limestone block on the lower half and brick with an EFIS band on the upper portion of the wall. The building has a single ply EPDM roof with asphalt shingles.
The interior contains classes, staff offices and school assembly space consisting of 22 classrooms, 20 offices, and a 296-seat auditorium. The building was completed approximately twelve months after it kicked-off. Doster’s role was construction manager and they managed two additional projects on the campus at the same time.
Weather issues created challenges for the project. With temperatures dropping into the low 30s at night, once the concrete was poured blankets were placed on top of it to retain some heat so the concrete could cure.
Preconstruction meetings allowed the team to determine the most cost effective ways to build without losing quality. Ideas the team developed gave the owner a savings of over $160,000.
This project was an Associated Builders and Contractors Alabama Chapter Merit Award winner in 2004.
