NEWBEGINNINGS SHP’s New Addition Provides Needed Space & Updated Technology EXECUTIVE LEARNING CENTER
DIDYOUKNOW? The School of Health Professions building addition contains: • 23,000 square feet of additional space • 10,000-12,000 square feet of glass (it could cover half a football field)
There are 21 stairs between the 5th and 6th floor. Each stair weighs 250 pounds. The stairs are metal, wrapped in terrazzo. The “Wavy Wall” on the 6th floor is an interlam panel made of medium density fiber board (MDS). Each panel was run through a machine with router blades to create the wavy design. There are 42 steel columns within the walls of each additional floor. Each
column is covered with SikaWrap. This carbon fiber fabric makes the column stronger. The Dean’s office is cantilevered—it extends beyond the base of the building on one side—and, depending on the spot, the projection sticks out 6 to 10 feet. Extending the two elevator shafts required the removal of 90,000 pounds of concrete.
• 600,000 pounds of structural steel *Our thanks to Parker Evans, Project Manager, B.L. Harbert International, LLC; Heath Nichols, Field Project Coordinator, UAB Department of Project Management Services for the information. 4