University of Delaware - Memorial Hall

Project Type
Additions & Renovations
Project Description

Construction management services to restore and expand 75 year old structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places included:

  • 74 faculty offices
  • 14 classrooms
  • Case study room
  • Computer labs
  • WritingCenter
  • Auditorium-theater type classroom
  • Courtyard

Construction challenges included:

  • Excavating 7 feet of earth and underpinning existing building
  • Shoring and extending basement columns in place to lower basement floor by 3 feet
  • Upgrading all MEP systems
  • Replication and restoration of chair rail, mill work, pedestal, plaques, plaster cornices, and chandelier
  • Replication of 8 exterior rosettes
Location
Newark, DE
New Castle County
Owner
University of Delaware
Architect
Anderson Brown Higley Associates
Square Footage
12,000 square feet - new
38,000 square feet - renovation
Construction Time

12 months

Awards
Award of Excellence – Delaware Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors

Academic

Wohlsen has been building and renovating private colleges & universities, private K-12 schools, public schools and school districts for a very long time. And many of our education projects are done for repeat clients … again and again.

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