John and Joyce Caddell’s gift of $2.5M to the Georgia Tech School of Building Construction was utilized to renovate an existing, historic 11,000 square feet garage building into a new learning facility, complete with faculty offices, re-configurable classrooms, collaborative student work areas and interactive display technology, which includes a touch-screen media wall. This LEED Platinum Certified building also features energy-efficient climate control systems that harmonize with the exposed pipework and concrete columns from the building’s original structure, allowing students to glean information not only from their professors, but from the building itself.
Long Engineering, Inc. was responsible for providing the civil engineering design associated with the two-story building renovation. Site improvements included grading and drainage updates, ADA/Handicap accessibility updates, and utility connection upgrades. All improvements were designed with the goal of minimal site disturbance.