2 Short Description 58 Used software: Scia Engineer Faber Maunsell Ltd Contact Julian King Address Marlborough House, Upper Marlborough Road St Albans, AL1 3UT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Phone +44 2087845784 Email [email protected] Website www.fabermaunsell.com CAE Housing & Buildings Faber Maunsell AECOM has worked for the University of Hertfordshire on a number of occasions in collaboration with RMJM Architects. The University had an existing Student Union facility which was housed within a relatively small masonry building. A separate building was used for the hosting of visiting music bands and their nightclub. The key drivers for the project are: • The existing infrastructure is inadequate to deal with the growing student base • A growing demand for ‘high street’ feel by student market • The changing demographics of the student market population • Competitive pressure from other universities • To maintain standards in line with other physical developments on the University’s campuses. The University, in order to address the issues listed above, has set the following strategic objectives: • The Student Forum will create critical mass on campus and with the ability to accommodate 2.000 attendees at any one time • The Student Forum will appeal to students from the deHavilland and College Lane campuses as the primary entertainment hub and meeting place • This development will enable the University to compete for students and enhance its offering in relation to the quality of life for students. The entire Student Forum Project comprises the following: • The Student Forum building comprising a range of catering and entertainment venues • Day nursery • Multi storey car park • New vehicular entrance to the campus • Bus interchange • New pedestrian square • Facilities for the University of Hertfordshire’s Student Union • Landscaping works The ground floor of the building houses the entrance foyer space, coffee bar, restaurant and retail area. The spaces over the foyer and restaurant are double height voids framed in exposed glulam columns and beams. The first floor then provides the main auditorium, an acoustically isolated nightclub and box office. The second floor houses an upper auditorium, overlooking the main auditorium, and also provides a second acoustically isolated nightclub. The third floor is for the provision of a plant room. The central portion of the Forum building comprises a 3 storey RC flat slab with in-situ RC lift shafts and stair cores. The front elevation of the building cantilevers 3 m from the last column line at both first and second floor level. Due to the use of the building there are numerous changes within the levels of the slabs that necessitate the introduction of RC beams. Faber Maunsell operates throughout the United Kingdom and in many countries overseas. The firm provides a comprehensive service to clients over the broad range of building engineering skills. The services provided by the firm include: • Feasibility Studies • Concept Designs • Detailed Engineering Designs • Security Assessments and Strategies • Project Management • Technical Audits • Asset Management/Building Aftercare The firm engages approximately 3.000 staff who undertake projects within small teams of highly experienced engineers under the control of a project director and working with the latest design aids to produce innovative solutions to the complex problems of modern building construction. The firm has specialists in the following: • Mechanical and Electrical Engineering • Civil/Structural Engineering • Public Health Engineering • Geotechnical Engineering • Applied Research and Advanced Technology • Environmental, Sustainability and BREEAM • Health and Safety and CDM Coordination • Software Development • IT/Telecommunications • Advanced Security • Specialist Lighting • Facilities Consultancy • Fire Protection • Geotechnical • Acoustics • Water Engineering Over the years the firm has gained experience in a wide variety of projects that currently fall into the following categories: • Universities, Colleges and Schools • Laboratories and Research Facilities • Hospitals • Offices and Corporate Headquarters • Shopping Centres, Flagship Stores and Retail Parks • Residential • Hotels • Museums, Entertainment Venues and Performing Arts • Factories and Storage Facilities • Telecommunications Centres • Airports • Prisons, Courts and Defence Establishments • Media and Broadcasting Studios • Leisure Centres, Arenas and Stadia The wide range of work undertaken by Faber Maunsell enables staff to bring to each new project the skills derived from a variety of sources. The company encourages staff to think of themselves as problem solvers, to fully use their skills, experience and imagination, to be innovative and to maintain a real enthusiasm for the building process. Regional offices are located in Aberdeen, Beckenham, Belfast, Birkenhead, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Darlington, Dublin, Durham, East Malling, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Peterborough, Plymouth, Redhill, St Albans, Witham and York. Owner: University of Hertfordshire Architect: RMJM General Contractor: Willmott Dixon Construction Engineering Office: Faber Maunsell AECOM Construction Start: 09/2007 Construction End: 09/2009 Location: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom The University of Hertfordshire Student Forum Faber Maunsell AECOM were appointed by ‘The University of Hertfordshire Student Forum’ project to help create the campus’ primary entertainment hub and meeting place for up to 2000 people. The facilities include two acoustically isolated nightclubs and a main auditorium for staging visiting music bands. The building comprises a 3 storey RC flat slab structure. There are 24 m long Westok cellular beams with a 160 mm composite deck over the main auditorium to minimise noise leakage. Architecturally expressed glulam beams and columns are utilised with the main foyer and restaurants spaces. Ground conditions comprise of highly weathered chalk which had been subject to historical shallow mine workings. 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