We are excited to announce the recent award of the new student residence hall project for Philadelphia University. The 4-story, 52,000 Sq. Ft., 150-bed residence hall will be centrally located within the picturesque campus, and represents a strategic Design Build partnership between Spiezle and Daniel J. Keating. The project will serve as an extension of the University’s continuing efforts to provide exemplary amenities to its student body, while also reinforcing their dedication to community and sustainability by mandating the achievement of LEED™ Certification for the project.

Specific project challenges include the necessity to transform bridging documents into construction documents into an occupied building within a timeframe of sixteen months, as well as the constraints of a landlocked site situated in the heart of a bustling campus. The award of this commission further enhances Spiezle’s growing prominence within the higher education community, and builds upon our tenured history of working in team settings with clients and contractors to achieve success.

Major sustainable features include:
• Sustainable Sites:
• Bicycle Storage
• Preferred parking for hybrid & other fuel efficient vehicles
• Planting for shading
• Water Conservation:
• 20% building water use reduction
• use of native planting to eliminate need for site irrigation
• Energy & Atmosphere Conservation
• Commissioning of HVAC, Lighting, & controls systems
• 17% better than code energy performance
• High performance building envelope
• HCFC free refrigerant in AC systems
• Materials & resource conservation
• Building recycling program
• 90% Construction waste recycling
• 20% products minimum with high recycled content
• 10% products minimum obtained within 500 miles
• Indoor Environmental Quality
• Low emitting materials specified for adhesives, carpets, paints, and cabinetry
• Indoor Air Quality monitoring and testing program during and following construction
• Daylighting and views for 90% of all spaces