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601 New Jersey Avenue NW Office Building Washington, DC Building Features : Structural: ● Nine stories 256,000 sq. ft. ● 8 foot 6 inch ceilings ● Eighth floor Terrace. ● Three levels of underground parking, 202 spaces. ● V irtually column free office space.
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601 New Jersey Avenue NW Office Building Washington, DC Building Features: Structural: ● Nine stories 256,000 sq. ft. ● 8 foot 6 inch ceilings ● Eighth floor Terrace. ● Three levels of underground parking, 202 spaces. ●Virtually column free office space. ● Brick and masonry façade. ● Elevators located in the building core. ● Steel construction on the top nine floors. ● Concrete sub-grade parking garage. ● Square and rectangular footings. ● Strap beam connections between footings. ● 3.25” light weight concrete slab. ● 3” – 20 gage steel deck and composite beams. ● Lateral stability provided by diagonally braced frames. Project Team: ●Owner: Lowe Enterprises ●Primary Occupant: Federal Trade Commission ●Architect: Hickok Warner Fox ●Structural Engineers: Structural Design Group ●Mechanical/Electrical Engineers: Girard Engineering. ●Civil Engineers: Delon Hampton Associates ●Exterior/Lobby Lighting: Moran Conventry ●Contractor: James G. Davis Construction Corp. Electrical: ● Two Panels Boards: 400 Amperes 460/265 Volts 3 Phase 4w. ● Overcurrent protective devices. ● Oil powered Emergency Generator: 400 KW 480/277 Volts 3 Phase 4w. ● Telecom rooms. ● Occupancy censors. Lighting: Site Features: ● Fluorescent strip lights on garage levels. ● 6 inch recessed compact fluorescent down lights. ● Metal halide lamps on roof & loading dock. ● 2’x2’ or 2’x4’ louvered fluorescent troffers used throughout. ● Building occupies two lots. ● Site area: 30,966 square feet. ● Site has a unique shape with diagonal sides. ● Set back limits on three sides of the site. ● Substantial ground water at 13-29 feet below the surface grade. ● Easy access to DC metro and I-395. Mechanical: ● Garage intake and exhaust fans. ● Surface mounted wall heaters. ● Two cooling towers. Six pumps and a heat exchanger. ● Two self contained units on each floor equipped with a condenser and economizer. ● Two 120 gallon water heaters. ● Two sump pumps and a sewage ejector. ● Stair pressurization smoke detectors. ● HVAC shut off smoke detectors in ductwork. Amber L. House Structural