Forrestal-Bowld Music Center<\/a>, it incorporates a recital and rehearsal hall for 250 people, a music media and technology center, four practice rooms, and a musicianship studio, where students learn to mix and produce audio recordings.<\/p>\n\u201cWhat you don\u2019t see, we get to see when it\u2019s going in \u2014 that\u2019s what\u2019s cool. Most will never realize what makes it work acoustically, though certainly they will appreciate it, when they are in the building,\u201d said Kirby, detailing what goes into building the acoustical design intent.<\/p>\n
Kirby talks about what the walls, floors and ceilings hide. \u201cPeople go into a recital hall and say, \u2018Oh, this is awesome,\u2019 but they don\u2019t realize that the subfloor is up on four inches of insulation\u00a0and that it is on neoprene pads to give bounce to it. They don\u2019t realize that there\u2019s an inch of acoustical insulation sprayed to the bottom of the deck beneath the seating, to absorb sound. Or that decorative wooden wall slats hide acoustical panels, barrel diffusers and sound dampening curtains.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two-phased project benefited from proactive efforts by the team. From valuable site utility investigations that saved time and money, to an in-depth re-working of the mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, through an intensive building information modeling (BIM) effort to coordinate the recital hall\u2019s ceiling construction, the team\u2019s effort achieved sound results.<\/p>\n
In the fall of 2015, the team moved from the site work to the hall\u2019s construction. While the whole building is filled with sensitive systems and details, the recital hall\u2019s ceiling\u2014a decidedly complex affair\u2014is of special note. Kirby describes it, \u201cThe room is 40-feet-tall and at the top, it is exposed steel and decking that is sprayed with acoustical insulation, in the center is duct work, and there is a lot of lighting. All of this is covered with an acoustical \u201ccloud\u201d ceiling that hangs about 30 feet above the floor. \u201cIt\u2019s a suspended grid of six, 36-foot-long by 9-foot-wide curved gypsum panels. We needed to coordinate the structure of these \u201cclouds\u201d. Each needs to be braced five or six times with light-gauge metal bracing. We needed to make sure the bracing would reach the upper deck, and not hit duct work or lighting. Danielle Gray on our BIM team put the bracing shop drawings into the project\u2019s model and we were able to clear up clashes. It was great.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kirby noted special team efforts that spurred the project along, from Superintendent Jerry Dorval\u2019s conscientious coordination with the school, to Consigli\u2019s self-perform team\u2019s construction of a concrete foundation that needed to be at a 92.5 degree angle, to the millwork team who built and installed the hall\u2019s dramatic 20-foot wood slat wall screen, \u201cI\u2019ve seen a great sense of pride. Everyone wants a good product out there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Exeter\u2019s Senior Construction Project Manager, Mike Searle-Spratt, appreciated the problem-solving skills of Consigli\u2019s Kirby and Dorval, Senior Project Manager Chris Brown and Project Engineer Mike Swett, \u201cThey gave us all the tools we needed to make decisions and keep things going. They did a nice job for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now, with the new Music Center addition complete and the school\u2019s calendar filling with upcoming performances, Searle-Spratt says, \u201cIt is going over well. Everyone is very, very pleased.\u201d<\/p>\n
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