Life Safety Improvements, Finish Upgrades and AC Installation
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Snyder Hall is part of the Peabody Drive residence halls, built in 1961. This is a four-story building with a basement and approximately 90,000 SF. This project provided for the design of life safety improvements and finish upgrades in a student residence hall.
Life Safety Improvements
Improvements include:
- New sprinkler system in accordance with the requirements of the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act
- New hose connections for converting the existing standpipe system to a manual wet standpipe system
- Additional fire alarm horns and strobes in the student rooms
- Expansion of the existing fire alarm system to support the new sprinkler system and fire alarm devices
- New soffits to house the sprinkler piping and fire alarm conduits
- Finish upgrades, including new flooring in the corridors and lobbies and painting of all student rooms and corridors
- New window air conditioning units in each student and study room
- New power distribution system consisting of two transformers, eight panelboards, circuit breakers, branch circuit wiring and receptacles to support the new window air conditioners
