Providence College - Ruane friar development center
Ruane Friar Development Center at Providence College – Providence, RI
Providence College’s (PC) Ruane Friar Development Center, completed in August of 2018, was a new 70,000 square foot construction project designed to provide a new building for Practice Courts, Locker Rooms, PC Basketball Hall of Fame and various Meeting/Conference Rooms to support PC’s Men’s Basketball Team. It also includes an expanded Career Service Center serving both the PC student as well as the PC student-athlete.
The Skyline Group’s Design/Engineering Team focused on providing Technology Design Documentation, suitable for bid/build for the Audiovisual Systems, Practice Court Technology and Building Utility Connectivity for this construction project. The professionals on our team bring extensive and diverse communications experience to our projects as well as in-depth knowledge of state-of-the-art communications technology. Our team understands the requirements of this sector of the industry.
Project Approach
Our approach to this project was consistent with our experience involving other projects of similar scope and commitment. This project benefited from our collaboration style approach to work in conjunction with Project Stakeholders, The Providence College Capital Project Group, Academic Media Services, Men’s Basketball Management Team, Perkins Eastman Architects and MEP Engineers for a successful project completion.
Scope of Work
Starting with the Enabling Phase, we documented the existing Technology systems currently in operation at Alumni Hall and the Slavin Center. The new Friar Development Center is connected to both of these buildings. The Telcom Room and several Staff offices were affected by the construction demolition. Before demolition could commence, we managed the relocation of the Telecom Room to several temporary rooms in addition workstation cabling affected by the demolition.
We attended all programing meetings related to A/V equipment and LAN technology infrastructure to show locations on drawings and details in a Basis of Design (BOD) Report. The BOD included budgetary estimates for review and acceptance by PC in order to move forward to the next phases of design.
We provided coordination and design details to configure pathway and installation requirements for A/V and Technology Systems equipment as well as cabling to the classrooms, lecture halls, offices and community spaces on all floors in both the renovation and new addition.
We provided space and environmental details to the Architect and Engineers for the programming of the space required for A/V Rooms and Telcom Rooms in each building.
We provided equipment and cabling specifications in the Progress Outline for the Schematic Design, Design Development and Construction Document phases of the project. The deliverables included: a) Coordination drawings showing conduit and multimedia system floor/wall box locations as well as AC power requirements, grounding/bonding and heat load requirements. b) Part plans, signal flow diagrams and floor plans. c) Construction Specification Institute (CSI) Master Format® specifications for audiovisual and ancillary equipment included system programming requirements and qualifications.
TSG provided a detailed cost estimate for the audiovisual system as specified.
We developed and distributed a Request for Proposal (RFP) document to include all drawings and specifications to a minimum of three qualified audiovisual system integrators.
We evaluated all proposals and summarized our findings in report format for PC to decide on the best qualified integrator for the project.
Project Timelines
Construction Began – October 2016
Construction Completed – August 2018