Location:
Miami University Campus, Oxford, Ohio

Owner:
Miami University

Client:
CDS Associates

Project Completion Date:
2008

Project Description:
Millett Hall is the primary arena for indoor sporting events and concerts at Miami University’s Oxford Campus and is located on the north side of the campus. Barr & Prevost served as subconsultant on this campus project, providing, testing, construction inspection and survey services for the rehabilitation of Millett Hall.

Our activities began with pre-design surveys of the project area. We performed GPS survey and base mapping for the approximately 120,000 ft2 site, including the adjacent roadways, intersection and sidewalk. Existing site and public right-of-way features were thoroughly documented to allow design of the facilities improvements and access features to proceed in a timely manner.

During the design phase we performed concrete coring and compressive strength testing, carbonation depth tests, chloride content determination tests and ferroscans for reinforcing steel in order to evaluate the structural characteristics of an underlying tunnel and grade beam system.
During construction, we monitored the demolition as well as performed subgrade inspection, including nuclear density verification and proofroll.

During these phases, the contractor encountered stability issues resulting from high silt content soils with excessive moisture. The construction schedule for the project was particularly tight as the facility needed to reopen to facilitate admissions processing of the incoming class. Our inspector on site provided remedial recommendations to the construction manager and owner, which included the installation of drainage improvements and geotextile fabric, that allowed the earthwork to proceed as scheduled. Additionally, we performed quality control testing on all fresh mix concrete delivered to the project including, slump, temperature, air entrainment and yield testing. We also cast representative compressive strength specimens, which were transported to our materials lab for further evaluation.