UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS SYSTEM STRUCTURAL | CIVIL | GEOSPATIAL | FACILITIES PERFORMANCE
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JQ is a team of professionals providing structural and civil engineering, geospatial and facility performance services within a diverse group of markets. Our team is founded on creative and interpersonal ideals, embracing a level-headed, can-do mode of operating to bring the client’s vision to life. Our approach is a convergence of best-in-class technology and respectful communication that puts clients at ease - a unique approach for the industry that brings many clients to collaborate for the long haul. Since 1984, clients have sought JQ’s innovation in design and project delivery as much as our leadership. Handling the complexities of project management from multiple offices across Texas, JQ serves clients throughout the United States. As a group of creative, engaged and people-focused professionals, JQ offers more than access to forward-thinking design and the latest technologywe’re a nimble, resourceful firm renowned for exceeding expectations.
JQ’s multi-disciplinary staff provides broad management and technical expertise to any project. We are dedicated to the process and deliver projects that are feasible, sustainable and economical. Appreciating that field conditions can differ and system requirements and client criteria often evolve, our objective is always to greet project development challenges head on. The JQ team is committed to full participation, from conception and design through construction and facility start-up.
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JQ is proud of our long-standing relationship with UNTS, having provided professional services to the system over the past two decades. This includes multiple projects at the Denton, Discovery Park, Dallas and Health Science Center campuses. JQ brings indepth knowledge and experience executing UNTS standards and processes, as well as an understanding of the long-term goals and plans for the University. Through our experience on the various UNTS campuses, we have developed a deep understanding of the campus infrastructure systems and environments and familiarity with the general site terrain and soil conditions for each campus area. JQ has also worked with UNTS on a number of projects to achieve carbon neutrality goals and on designing facilities that meet a minimum of Silver LEED certification under the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (APUPCC). This includes achieving Platinum LEED certification for UNT Apogee Field.
University of North Texas System Interdisciplinary Research Education Building, UNT HSC New Construction Structural, Civil, Surveying Building One, Frisco Campus New Construction Structural, Civil, Surveying College of Music Choral Renovation Renovation Structural Amanda & G. Brint Ryan Tower, UNT Dallas New Construction Structural East Parking Garage Expansion, UNT HSC Expansion Structural University Union Renovation and Expansion Renovation, Expansion Structural, Civil College of Law Renovations Renovation Structural, Facilities Performance Campus Master Plan 2018, UNT HSC Programming Structural, Civil Representative Projects
www.jqeng.com Eagle Landing Dining Hall New Construction Structural Lovelace and McNatt Families Practice Facility New Construction Structural, Civil Rawlins Residence Hall New Construction Structural Founder’s Hall Academic Building, UNT Dallas New Construction Structural Wisdom Residence Hall, UNT Dallas New Construction Structural Apogee Football Stadium New Construction Civil, Surveying Soccer and Track & Field Stadium New Construction Structural, Civil Biomedical Engineering Research Expansion, Discovery Park Expansion Structural, Civil
University of North Texas System INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION BUILDING University of North Texas Health Science Center | Fort Worth, Texas Aimed to enhance the growth of clinical and translational research, the Interdisciplinary Research and Education Building houses and supports the UNT System College of Pharmacy, the TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine, and the North Texas Eye Research Institute. The building focuses on collaborative space and education for both students and the community. The Healthcare Innovations Lab and Patient Safety Lab are both encased in glass and exposed to campus and visitors. The largest building on campus also includes wet and dry research laboratories, a vivarium, classrooms, seminar rooms, multimedia learning and associated student spaces. New Services:ConstructionStructural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Surveying Size: 172,922 SF Cost: $96M
www.jqeng.com RAWLINS HALL University of North Texas | Denton, Texas This new honors residence hall at the University of North Texas houses 500 beds in a five-story, 120,000 SF cast-in-place concrete structure. The residence hall is structured into 13, 40-bed neighborhoods of dual occupancy rooms. The design also includes a diagonal pedestrian mall and campus green, Gateway Park, on the west side of the hall. New Services:ConstructionStructural Engineering Size: 120,000 SF; 500 beds Cost: $30M
University of North Texas | Denton, Texas
Services: Structural
This project included the renovation and expansion of the existing University of North Texas Union. Renovation consisted of a partial demolition of the structure and full abatement of approximately 180,000 SF. The expansion included new dining and retail spaces, a new theater/academic space, an accessible rooftop green space and a new ballroom. A key architectural goal was to bring large amounts of natural light into the building, which was achieved by demolishing a large section of the existing building to create a multi-story solarium space that serves as the building’s main circulation area. The clerestory at the top of the solarium filters natural light from the roof level down to all other levels. The existing structure presented many structural challenges — from the incorporation of a new building skin to incorporating new loads associated with dining food preparation and vertical expansion. Site improvements included rerouting utilities servicing the adjacent Eagle Student Service Center, modification of Union Circle and modifications to a parking area. Expansion Engineering, Civil Engineering
UNIVERSITY UNION RENOVATION AND EXPANSION
Size: 180,000 SF Cost: $86M
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The Eagle Landing Dining Hall at the University of North Texas is a 36,000 SF world class facility that features a variety of different cuisines. Located across from the Business Leadership Building, Eagle Landing is a two-story facility with a seating capacity of 700 and contains 12 different servery options. Conceptualized to be a hub for student life and community engagement on campus, Eagle Landing offers three meals per day and offers late night options designed to adapt to a multitude of events and dining functions.
New Services:ConstructionStructural Engineering Size: 36,000 SF Cost: $18.4M
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University of North Texas | Denton, Texas
University of North Texas System BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPANSION, DISCOVERY PARK University of North Texas | Denton, Texas This project consists of an expansion of UNT Discovery Park College of Engineering Building to house the new Biomedical Engineering program. The two-story, 26,250 SF expansion includes wet research laboratories, classrooms spaces, teaching laboratories, 200-seat lecture hall, administrative space and support space. Services:ExpansionStructural Engineering, Civil Engineering Size: 26,250 SF Cost: $12.2M
University of North Texas | Denton, Texas
This project consists of a new 94,300 SF indoor practice facility at the University of North Texas campus in Denton, Texas. The multi-use facility is used primarily for football, with ancillary use by the soccer and track and field teams. The project also includes storage space, filming/viewing platforms, an entry lobby, an alumni/recruiting lounge, a kitchenette and viewing areas into the practice facility.
New Services:ConstructionStructural Engineering, Civil Engineering Size: 94,300 SF Cost: $19M
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LOVELACE AND MCNATT FAMILIES PRACTICE FACILITY
EAST PARKING GARAGE EXPANSION
Serving as the prime consultant, JQ provided project management and structural engineering services on the vertical addition to the University of North Texas Health Science Center East Parking Garage. Our scope included implementing a well-coordinated design process that involved high levels of collaboration with the UNTHSC staff, as well as the rest of the design and construction team. The existing garage was four levels and the project added an additional 59,700 SF and 205 additional parking spaces. The one-level expansion is composite steel construction with cellular beams, which minimized the load onto the existing foundation. A metal panel façade served to maintain daylight exposure while also blending the addition with the existing garage.
Renovation, Expansion Services: Structural Engineering Size: 59,700 SF Cost: $5.4M
University of North Texas System
University of North Texas Health Science Center | Fort Worth, Texas
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University of North Texas | Denton, Texas
New Services:ConstructionStructural Engineering, Civil Engineering Size: 14,800 SF; 100 vehicles Cost: $9.9M
SOCCER AND TRACK AND FIELD STADIUM
Home of the Mean Green Soccer and Track & Field teams, the stadium provides ample space for both athletes and fans. Situated on a 25-acre site, the complex includes a sand-based soccer field, an eight-lane track, and seating for about 1,500 spectators. A 14,800 SF fieldhouse include coaches offices, locker rooms, meeting areas and a student-athlete lounge. JQ provided site civil design for the stadium and fieldhouse, including grading for the entire 25-acre site, storm drain inlets and piping system under the new bleachers and throwing fields, detention pond, 100-space parking lot and utility lines to service the new fieldhouse.
APOGEE FOOTBALL STADIUM
University of North Texas System
New Services:ConstructionCivilEngineering, Surveying Size: 50,000 seating capacity Cost: $65M
University of North Texas | Denton, Texas Home to University of North Texas’ football team, the LEED Platinum-certified stadium opened with a capacity of 50,000. Amenities include a club lounge, luxury suites, concessions, locker rooms and retail spaces. Apogee Stadium is noteworthy for being the first college stadium in the United States with on-site wind power. The sustainable design allows it to restore more than 50 percent of the site in landscaping native to the North Texas climate. Additionally, permeable pavers reduce stormwater runoff and minimize the heat island effect.
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COLLEGE OF LAW RENOVATIONS
The project consisted of renovations and upgrades to the University Center building for the University of North Texas Law School. The scope of work included review of the load capacity of the existing structure, upgrading the floor structure to support a new law library, infilling existing openings within the structure, cutting new openings into the structure, reviewing the impact to the structure for the installation of new escalators and elevators, reviewing the structure for removal of the facade and replacement with curtain wall windows, and supporting new flag poles from the top of the building. Additionally, JQ reviewed the impact of adding/replacing mechanical equipment and retrofitting the existing structure for replacement/ addition of chillers, and the existing conditions of the structures as they were uncovered, as well as miscellaneous support for new architectural features in the lobby and the addition of a new stair in the lobby.
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University of North Texas Dallas | Dallas, Texas
Services:RenovationStructural Engineering, Facilities Performance Size: 44,000 SF Cost: $29M AND NICHOLS, INC. AND NICHOLS, INC.AND NICHOLS, INC.
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The second academic building on the growing University of North Texas satellite campus in Dallas offers a number of classrooms, science laboratories, support offices, computer labs, a library and a lecture theater. Sustainable features include a roof garden that helps the building stay cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
New Services:ConstructionStructural Engineering Size: 102,000 SF Cost: $42M
University of North Texas System
FOUNDER’S HALL University of North Texas Dallas | Dallas, Texas
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