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Wheaton Library & Community Recreation Center
Project Information
- Project Location:
- Wheaton, MD
- Approx Contract:
- $300,000
- Status:
- Completed - Sep 2019
- Structure Type:
- Library
- LEED Certification (target):
-
Certified
References
- Owner:
- Montgomery County Department of General Services
- Architect:
- Grimm & Parker Architects
- Client:
-
Anjali
Gulati
(240) 777-6061Montgomery County Department of General Services
Scope Of Work
The new Wheaton Library & Community Recreation Center project features a reading room, a gym, an elevated track on the second level above the gym’s basketball courts, computer labs, an arts and crafts room, a pottery room, a vendor cafe, a weight room, an upper level Social Hall, a children’s library, a teen area, a used bookstore on the western side of the building behind the gym and a learning kitchen facility. Outdoor features include an entry circle for drop offs of patrons or borrowed materials with handicapped parking in the center. A large green space to the north of the building will serve as a multipurpose field.
This project is a 2-story structural concrete and slab on deck steel framed building with green roof over a below grade parking structure built on rammed aggregate piers. The facility has cast in place storm water management tanks. The site work included relocating Hermitage Avenue, a new intersection and pedestrian interface at Arcola Ave, the construction of a 400’ long 16’ tall concrete screen wall and all associated storm water management site work.
Scope of Services:
Geotechnical Engineering Consulting Services include soils report review to develop a project approach in relation to construction materials testing and inspection scope, specifically related to the foundations, structural fill placement and pavement design requirements.
Field Quality Control and Special Inspection Services include soil compaction testing and inspection; subgrade stripping and proof-roll inspection; foundation inspection; rammed aggregate pier inspection; reinforcement steel and formwork inspection; concrete placement testing and inspection; spray-applied fireproofing and fire stopping system inspections; asphalt placement testing and inspection; mortar sampling testing and masonry inspection; structural steel and light-gage framing inspection; pre-cast concrete inspection; and waterproofing inspection. Specialized Engineering also provides material clearance, submittal review and demolition documentation.
Laboratory Testing & Analysis Services include that of concrete cylinder compression; mortar cube and grout cylinder compression; soil proctor, sieve analysis, atterberg limits, classification and CBR; asphalt bulk specific gravity; and concrete mix verification.
