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Texas A&M University’s College of Engineering needed facility upgrades for its 2,500 undergraduate students. The all-new Zachry Engineering Complex would offer new classrooms, labs and design centers, green space, event spaces, and centralized learning stairs. The design called for a large atrium but the challenge of smoke control threatened to derail the open space design.
Prairie View A&M University’s Roy G. Perry College of Engineering had not added new space in over 16 years despite being renowned as a top producer of some of the nation’s most outstanding engineers. Their vision for a new building included a vibrant open space at the heart of the building but ran into challenges with life safety codes.
Rice Management Company envisioned transforming the historic Midtown Sears Building into the heart of the new Innovation District – a place for startups and industry titans to meet and share ideas. They wanted to incorporate a showstopping lightwell to connect all five levels of the building but needed fire and life safety solutions to bring the idea to life.
