R. E. Dimond and Associates, Inc.

Rose Hulman Institute of Technology Academic Building

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Rose-Hulman Academic Building on campus during daylight

“A window into Rose” with new, flexible spaces for learning and discovery

The new $29 million Rose-Hulman Academic Building opened for students in Fall 2021 with new workspaces, design studios, classrooms, labs, and more.

R.E. Dimond and Associates was challenged with maintaining energy efficiency through the “Window into Rose” all-glass building, while utilizing 100% outside air to accommodate the exhaust hoods in the chemistry and biochemistry labs.

Overview

  • Project: Hulman Academic Building
  • Location: Rose-Hullman Institute of Technology Campus, Terre Haute
  • Client: Rose-Hulman
  • Project size: 70,000 SF
  • Goal: New construction and renovation

An all-glass building with flexible spaces for learning, discovery, and collaboration

Rose-Hulman Academic Building Atrium
Students at the new “Window into Rose” Academic Building. The artwork in the atrium changes with conditions inside the building.

Rose Hulman envisioned a new academic building on campus that would provide collaborative workspaces, design studios, flexible classrooms, chemistry laboratories, and faculty innovation spaces.

The 3-story building includes:

  • Student project space.
  • A shop/maker spaces on level one.
  • classrooms and interdisciplinary labs on level two.
  • Replacement chemistry labs for both research and teaching on level three.

In the lab space, students use the same state-of-the-art equipment as professionals, such as a centralized vacuum pump and customizable gas delivery system. The connected space also allows for more interdisciplinary opportunities for undergraduate research.

Exterior of the Academic Building with two students standing at dusk in the courtyard.

An all-glass building with flexible spaces for learning, discovery, and collaboration

Creative MEP design included tapping into and upsizing an adjacent multi-building chiller plant, tapping into an adjacent boiler plant, upgrading multiple building water softening systems, and addition of life safety generators, and communication infrastructure.

The building is Indiana’s first WELL AP certified design and includes all ergonomic, technology, and operational protocols that come with that rare distinction. As a result of detailed engineering, R.E. Dimond was also able to secure utility rebates for Rose Hulman.

Aerial view of the Rose-Human campus and Academic Building
Rose-Hulman Instittue of Technology Maker Lab

Made@Plainfield, City of Plainfield, IN

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Size  100,000 SF

Construction Completion  Summer 2021

Building Project Summary

The town of Plainfield,  Plainfield and School Corporation, Ivy Tech, Vincennes University, and Hendricks College Network collaborated for the construction of a new adult learning facility. As a result, different organizations have the option of consolidating classes so adults can get the skills they need for today’s jobs, including diesel technology, cybersecurity, medical assisting, and logistics training.

Stakeholders required coordination of telecommunication technology and special systems in the building design including

  • compressed air with hose reels
  • bus ducts in the lab areas
  • coordination of power with specialized equipment
  • overhead diesel exhaust vent system
  • radiant heating floors in large volume lab space
  • ceiling fans and evacuation fans
  • diesel labs
  • fork-lift charging station

R.E. Dimond and Associated integrated all systems within the design of the building, including all heating, ventilating, air conditioning, built-in lighting, parking lot lighting, fire protection, fire detection, power, and telecommunications systems.

Indiana State University Sycamore Towers Dining

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Size 35,00o sf renovation and 5,000 sf addition

Construction Completion Winter 2020

Construction Cost $14,000,000

Building Project Summary:

Design: As the final component of Sycamore Towers renovation, the connecting 35,000 SF Dining Room renovation completes the project and expands the project by 5,000 SF for more efficient
operation that serves over 1000 students.

Challenge: Updating dining hall HVAC with demand controlled ventilation and connection to the campus central chilled water plant.

Solution: Five single zone large HVAC variable units provide air for dining hall and 3D modeling indicated how a precast T band roof system would accommodate the piping and improve the thermal envelope.

Electrical and Technology design included voice, data, security, A/V, fire alarm, interior and exterior lighting and power. Domestic water was reworked and existing sprinkler system was extended into the renovated kitchen.

Rose Hulman Institute of Technology Dining Pavilion

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Size  1,000 sf

Construction Completion   Fall 2019

Construction Cost:  $1,500,000

Building Project Summary:

R.E. Dimond and Associates provided MEP design services for a free-standing pavilion for outdoor dining with glass around the perimeter and live roof.  Designers were challenged to provide  MEP design for three-season gatherings.  Solutions included sliding doors and electric radiant heat, fans, downlights, and ceiling fans.

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Indiana State University Fine Arts and Commerce Building

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Size
 63,400 sf

Construction Completion                                                                                                                                                    Fall 2019

Construction Cost:                                                                                                                                                                         $13,500,000

Building Project Summary:

R.E. Dimond and Associates provided MEP design services for the renovation of the 1940’s Indiana State University Fine Arts building which included replacement of critical mechanical and electrical systems that had become obsolete.

Challenges included maintaining the historical facade of the building while updating MEP systems and improving building egress and accessibility.

Solutions included a custom-designed air handling unit that was built in place to accommodate the tight space and historic fabric of the building. The system also includes VAV system zoning, LED Lighting and occupancy controls, a DDC control system, and a  fire sprinkler with a diesel generator fire pump.

Telecommunication design included IT/AV and Communications.

Brownsburg High School Auditorium Renovation

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1,000 seats with excellent acoustics

Brownsburg High School’s increasing enrollment required more seating in their auditorium. Used for high school theater productions, in-school programs, and community uses, the theater was ready to grow alongside a larger high school expansion project completed between 2016-2020.

  • With a seating capacity of over 1,000, the new auditorium was constructed with special sound-absorbing features. 
  • Special ridges in the walls absorb sound without bouncing it off the walls, and serve an aesthetic purpose, too.
  • The ceiling features hanging drywall clouds which aid in hiding the above head rough-ins, as well as provide amazing acoustical value to the room.

Enhancing student learning beyond theater through music and new media

A new orchestra pit was constructed directly into the front of the stage. The pit lift can be used in the upright position for stage performances such as plays or choir performances, or in a lower position for orchestra performances.

Two specially-designed control booths were added to operate the auditorium’s lights, curtains, audio, and video equipment. Students often run this equipment in conjunction with teachers, providing real-world production experience that goes beyond theatre to include advanced networking, IT support, video creation, and media arts.

Overview

  • Project: Brownsburg High School Auditorium
  • Location:1000 S Odell St Brownsburg, IN
  • Client: Brownsburg Community Schools
  • Size: 517,000SF, as part of a broader high school expansion
  • Goal: Expansion and renovation

Indiana University Southeast Knobview Hall Boiler Consolidation

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Construction Completion
2018

Building Project Summary: 

R.E. Dimond and Associates provided  MEP design services for multiple renovations at Knobview Hall and Ogle Center on the Indiana University Southeast campus in New Albany, Indiana.

New HVAC system design consolidated boiler plans from Ogle to Knobview and domestic water from Knobview to Ogle.

Design focused on ease of maintenance, serviceability, redundancy, and energy efficiency. Replacement of the existing modular boilers included a re-pipe of the mechanical room, replacement of existing boilers stack with venting designed for condensing boiler operation, and addition of combustion intake vent, concrete pad placement, boiler condensate drain, heating water pumps, and control system to control the boilers.

R.E. Dimond also provided library renovation as well as a phased three-stack restroom renovation with sensor-operated faucets.

 

Rose Hulman Institute of Technology Kremer Innovation Center

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Cost  $2.2 million

Size 13,800 SF Addition

Construction Completion
Fall,  2018

Building Project Summary: 

Rose Hulman Institute of Technology had a vision to renovate the pre-existing  Innovation Center as well as design a  new lab building to serve as a metaphorical “bridge” between curricular and co-curricular activities on campus.

Challenges included moving the functions of an old lab as well as accommodating existing and new heating and air conditioning priorities with soon to be updated central chilled water plant and boilers.

The University chose R.E. Dimond and Associates to design a system to accommodate for future transitions, provide MEP design for The Bridge/Kremer Innovation Center, and renovation of the BIC building.

The mechanical design supports infrastructure necessary for a fluids laboratory, wind tunnel testing equipment, and an Engine Dynamometer Lab with engine cells for gas and diesel engines and cooling and air circulation exhaust systems. MEP design included re-routing of chilled/hot water lines, as well as the use of fan coils and energy recovery ventilation units. Power, lighting, electrical, fire alarm systems, plumbing, and IT were connected to campus systems.

 

Purdue University Fort Wayne School of Music at Sweetwater

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Construction Cost
$1,600,000

Size
8000 SF renovation

Building Project Summary:

In a unique collaboration,  Sweetwater officials partnered with Purdue University Fort Wayne to locate a majority of the university’s music technology program in a renovated building on the Sweetwater campus.

R.E. Dimond and Associates provided HVAC, electric, and plumbing design for a new Learning Center which will include a world-class recording studio with an adjacent teaching lab, three isolation booths, four editing suites, a student musical collaboration center, an equipment library, classrooms, conference rooms, and administrative offices.

Indiana State University Hulman Center Renovation

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Construction Cost
$50,000,000

Size
174,000 SF renovation

In Construction

Building Project Summary:

R.E. Dimond and Associates provided MEP design services for the renovation of Indiana State University’s Hulman Center. The Hulman Center has played host to concerts, university functions, and Sycamore basketball since its opening in the early 1970s.

The renovation provides a major entrance pavilion expansion, a new façade envelope, and a complete mechanical system update.

Design expanded the Hulman Center footprint to include a 10,000 sq. ft. grand welcome lobby pavilion. Interior renovations of the main floor include widening the entire concourse. This much-needed width allows new windows, newly arranged restrooms, new concession, new box office suite, emergency medical triage suite, and retail amenity areas. A decrease in arena capacity from 10,000 to 9,200 seats allows for a Varsity Club Suite, a Vista Overlook, and the introduction of an elevator and escalator access to and from the lower event level 25’ below. The upper arena bowl will also see the replacement of 4,000 seats and new lighting and HVAC systems. Renovations of the lower bowl at the event level include new concessions and restrooms, locker room and training facility renovations, and new building systems and cabling upgrades for modern production broadcasting.

Our Location

Located in the heart of Indianapolis, R.E. Dimond is an Indianapolis MEP engineering consulting firm.

We are easily accessible from major interstates around Indiana and offer large conference rooms suitable for hosting project meetings and free parking.

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Contact Bill Eisler, Executive Vice President, Mechanical Services – bill.eisler@redimond.com

732 N Capitol Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46204 Phone: 317.634.4672

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