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PROJECT windows The Cecil College three-story, 28,683-sq.ft. engineering and mathematics facility, that opened with the start of the 2014-15 academic year, is pursuing LEED Silver certification. Photos: Alain Jaramillo, courtesy of Marshall Craft Associates Inc. A Window On Engineering And Math Wausau Window and Wall Systems helps Cecil College achieve aesthetic, environmental, and performance goals. C ecil College, North East, MD, opened its new ing degree programs, they also assist the college in prepar- building stock-increasing building capacities and adapt- three-story, 28,683-sq.-ft. engineering and ing students for careers in science, technology, engineer- ing to newer, more ubiquitous learning technologies and mathematics (E&M) facility with the start of ing, and mathematics. through transformative capital projects. ...Cecil College the 2014-15 academic year. Designed by Marshall Craft The building was designed to promote a high sense of Associates, Baltimore, the $19.7 million building is pur- connection to the outdoors from within and to heighten suing LEED Silver certification, the first in Cecil Coun- a sense of transparency from the outside. "To create this Stephen A. Bates, president and director of Marshall ty. Supporting the project's aesthetic, environmental, image, while remaining energy efficient and sustainable, Craft Associates' (MCA) academic studio, echoed Barton. and other performance goals, Wausau Window and Wall required careful attention to strategies for controlling sun- "MCA is helping college campuses redefine the places Systems, Wausau, WI, contributed the curtainwall sys- light cascading onto the building façade, while protecting and spaces where learning happens. Cecil College is part- tem and sunshades; Tubelite Inc., Walker, MI, supplied outside views from the interior," said Rick Barton, archi- nering with industry and community to connect students the entrance systems; and Linetec, Wausau, provided the tect and project manager for Marshall Craft Associates. directly with tomorrow's workplace. Activating square finishing. has repositioned itself in the regional academic marketplace." Barton continued, "Buildings not only shape the feet campus-wide to perform in flexible, multi-functional Approved as part of the 10-yr. campus master plan learning process, but also the reputation and brand of the ways to serve these students is the result of clear vision, launched in 2009, the E&M building features eight learn- institution. Good buildings should facilitate learning. As focused planning, and the ability to capitalize on oppor- ing laboratories, two laboratory-preparation rooms for envelopes that hold tools for the communal learning ex- tunity when it knocks. Cecil College gets that." engineering and physics, a math tutoring and test center, perience, buildings can also have a magnetic quality. Ce- The project broke ground in April 2013. Working distance-learning rooms, and study areas. While these cil College has taken responsibility for reshaping the closely with the architects and construction manager Ri- new resources will support Cecil College's rapidly grow- learning experience through modernization of its existing parius Construction Inc., Hunt Valley, MD, Chesapeake cbpmagazine.com JUNE 2015 COMMERCI A L BUIL DING P RODUC T S 45 http://www.cbpmagazine.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Commercial Building Products - June 2015

Table of Contents I
Table of Contents II
Editor's Notebook
Company Profile
Optimize Campus Architecture
PEX-a Pipes New Life Into Department Store
Water Heaters Deliver For Amish
HVAC & Plumbing Products
Key Control Simplifies Campus Access
Building Technology Products
LEDs Infuse New Light Into Park
T8 LEDs Cut School Costs
Lighting & Electrical Products
Brick System Revitalizes University Building
Precast Panels Respect Neighborhood’s Past
Exteriors Products
Classroom Pays Homage To Wood
Interiors Products
A Window On Engineering And Math
Windows & Doors Products
Showcases
Ad Index

Commercial Building Products - June 2015