Samford University/Birmingham, Alabama

Architect
TurmerBatson Architects/Homewood, Alabama
Owner
Samford University/Birmingham, Alabama

Cost
$50,000 to $10 million

TLC Services
M/E

TLC Engineering for Architecture has been providing MEP mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering services for Samford University since 2005, serving as both prime consultant and teamed with architect and contractor clients. Some of our larger projects include:

• The new energy efficient HVAC system serving Robinson Hall, home of the university’s Cumberland School of Law. Robinson Hall also houses the offices of the former Alabama governor and several former federal judges. The project was completed in August 2005 at a construction cost of $3 million.
• Beeson University Center 4th floor renovations. The project improved existing facilities and provided space to accommodate a new bookstore, private meeting and dining facilities, and common areas.
• Site package for the Pete Hanna Arena, the university’s $32 million sports-fitness and special events center. The centerpiece will be a 5,000-seat basketball and volleyball arena, which includes 3,000 chair-back seats and 2,000 bleacher seats. In addition, the 132,000-sf facility will house an athletics center with fitness and weight rooms, sports medicine and training areas, locker rooms and meeting rooms for teams, a student-athlete academic center, offices for coaches and administrators, and a chapel. A key component will be the 12,000-sf student fitness/wellness center.
• $3 million in campus-wide improvements to the HVAC system including new controls for HVAC and lighting retrofit.

Other TLC projects include renovations to the stadium press box, Reid Chapel, Davis Library, the Buchanan and Pittman Vail dormitories, and the Dr. Westmoreland residence.