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John W. Olver Design Building at UMass Amherst
Amherst, MA-
Bldg system
Mass Timber
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No. Of Stories
4
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Sq. footage
89,000
The John W. Olver Design Building is one of the most advanced mass timber projects in the U.S. Designed to bring students of architecture, landscape architecture and building construction under one roof, the Design Building is itself a teaching tool. The structure, which includes a glulam beam-and-column frame, glulam brace frame and CLT shear walls, is largely left exposed, as are many of the MEP systems. Features also include an advanced timber-concrete composite floor system, researched in part by the UMass Amherst Building Construction Technology program, and a unique timber-steel composite zipper truss.
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Construction Cost:
$37 Million
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Construction Type:
IV-HT
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Building Type:
Educational
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Material Types:
Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), Glue-Laminated Timber (GLT or glulam), Hybrid (wood with steel or concrete), Structural Composite Lumber (e.g. LVL and LSL), Wood-Concrete Composite Systems
Companies Involved:
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Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Architect
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Simpson Gumpertz Heger
Structural Engineer
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Equilibrium Consulting Inc.
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Suffolk Construction
Construction Manager
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Bensonwood
Individuals Involved:
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Tom S. Chung
Principal Architect
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Robert Malczyk
Structural Prinicipal-in-Charge
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Nancy Varney
Structural Engineer
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Mathias Oberholzer
Connection Design
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Sean Edwards
VP of Operations - Suffolk Construction
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Jean-Marc DuBois
Director of BD - Nordic Structures