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Denison University's Samson Talbot Hall of Biological
Sciences
Denison University in Granville, Ohio is ranked in the top tier
of “America’s Best Colleges” (U.S. News & World
Report,), and has one of the oldest college alumni organizations
in the country (established in 1846). The university has holdings
of approximately 1,200 acres, including a 250 acre main campus,
extensive recreational and athletic fields, and a 500 acre Biological
Reserve. Dedicated to remaining one of the nation’s top
colleges of liberal arts and sciences, Denison University has
recently completed a three-year $60,000,000 expansion and construction
program. This expansion includes Talbot Hall, a new 60,000 sq.
ft. building dedicated to Biological Sciences, will frame the
west side of the new Campus Commons project and will provide
facilities that reflect advances in molecular biology and biochemistry.
Syska Hennessy Group engineers are providing all mechanical, electrical,
plumbing and fire protection services for the project as well as
a campus-wide central utility master plan and associated design.
The innovation and high-visibility of the architectural design
as well as the complexity of the program requires intense integration
and coordination of the mechanical and electrical systems.
Design engineers are also working in conjunction with laboratory
designers and building occupants to provide designs for the teaching
and research labs to best suit the needs of faculty and students.
MEP systems are being designed to meet the requirements of the
state-of-the-art laboratory spaces with flexibility and reserve
capacity to meet future needs. Most of the teaching laboratories
are designed with flexible bench layouts and overhead services.
Since laboratories are prodigious consumers of natural resources,
the design options must reduce the consumption of natural resources
and at the same time maintain high contemporary standards of comfort,
health and safety, Syska Hennessy Group engineers have incorporated
the following green building type design features:
- Variable Air Volume (VAV) air distribution system with
100%
outside air.
- Variable hood exhaust with heat recovery system.
- Indirect occupancy-dependent lighting system.
- Local, natural gas-fired steam boiler plant for summer service.
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