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PROJECT NAME: |
John Paul The |
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Description |
The
school building is located on 40 acres in Dumfries, Virginia. The project consists of a 188,000 gross
square foot building with reinforced concrete footings and a structural steel
frame for all four levels. Retaining
walls and a stormwater management pond were also constructed. This state-of-the-art facility includes
wireless Internet access, video-conferencing, football, soccer, and baseball
fields, eight modern science labs, collegiate-style library, bistro seating
in the food-court-style cafeteria, two gyms with varsity and junior varsity
locker rooms, and a chapel that serves as the architectural and spiritual
center of the school. |
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Project Highlights |
GC&T provided a full array of
services for the project including: (i)
Engineering services during the design
stage that included the preparation of a Geotechnical Engineering report; (ii) Subsurface
investigation and laboratory testing to determine existing site conditions; (iii)
Construction Materials Testing
and Inspection services that included field and laboratory soils and concrete
testing during construction and structural steel inspection that included
inspection of the sufficient number of bolted connections, visual inspection
of field welds and field erection of steel frames for plumbness
and level.
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