Southside Virginia Community College Student and Learning Resource Center John H. Daniel Campus

The Southside Virginia Community College John H. Daniel Campus, located in Keysville, Virginia is one of two SVCC Campuses. The John H. Daniel Campus works in concert with the Alberta Campus, located approximately 25 miles to the southeast, sharing many of their facilities including library resources, staff, and curriculum. It is envisioned that the new LRC/Student Center will become a prototype facility for the Alberta Campus sometime in the near future.

The building program consists of an approximate 37,500 SF two-story facility which houses a new Learning Resource Center (LRC) and Student Services Center. Due to the hours of operation, frequency and volume of use, and security concerns, the Student Services Center was placed on the ground floor. Components include: multipurpose reception hall, offices for admissions, counseling, financial aid, business office, student information, student club rooms, athletic office, game area, kitchen, dining, vending, student lounge, reception, coffee bar, and associated storage.

The upper floor houses the LRC components including library book stacks, reading areas, offices, information desk, Information Technology and A/V offices and work rooms, library instruction classroom, work study conference rooms, small group learning and study rooms, outdoor reading areas, and staff rooms.

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Client:
Virginia Community College System

Service Type:
Architecture

Project Value:
$9.64 Million

Completion Date:
2014

Project Area:
37,500 sf

West Virginia Street & Sidewalk Experience

Client: City of Princeton

Location: Mercer County, West Virginia

Project: Sidewalk Improvement Project, Phases 2 and 3 Stafford Drive and Ingleside Road

Est. Cost: $259,000

Client: City of Princeton

Location: Mercer County, West Virginia

Project: Sidewalk Improvement Project, Phase 4 Mercer Street

Est. Cost: $110,000

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Client: City of Princeton

Location: Mercer County, West Virginia

Project: Sidewalk Improvement Project Phase 5 Mercer Street

Est. Cost: $165,000

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Client: City of Princeton

Location: Mercer County, West Virginia

Project: Sidewalk Improvement Project Phase 7 Honaker Avenue & North Walker Street

Est. Cost: $197,700

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Client: Town of Athens

Location: Mercer County, West Virginia

Project: Sidewalk Improvement Project Phases 1 & 2 North State Street and Weaver Street

Est. Cost: $90,000

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Client: Town of Athens

Location: Mercer County, West Virginia

Project: Safe Routes to School Project, Phase 1 Caldwell Street

Est. Cost: $55,000

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Client: Town of Alderson

Location: Greenbrier County, West Virginia

Project: Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Project, Phase 1 – Virginia Street

Est. Cost: $58,500

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Client: Town of Alderson

Location: Greenbrier County, West Virginia

Project: Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Project, Phase 2 Virginia Street and Walnut Avenue

Est. Cost: $73,700

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Client: Town of Alderson

Location: Greenbrier County, West Virginia

Project: Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Project, Phase 3 Maple Avenue and Walnut Avenue

Est. Cost: $175,000

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Client: City of War

Location: McDowell County, West Virginia

Project: Sidewalk Replacement and Miscellaneous Street Paving

Est. Cost: $210,000

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Client: Town of Bramwell

Location: Mercer County, West Virginia

Project: Street Construction and Sidewalk Replacement

Est. Cost: $230,000

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Client: City of Mullens

Location: Wyoming County, West Virginia

Project: Sidewalk Replacement and Street Paving, Phase I and II

Est. Cost: $460,000

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Client: City of Oak Hill

Location: Fayette County, West Virginia

Project: Street Paving, Storm Drainage and Curb Replacement

Est. Cost: $240,000

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Client: Town of Peterstown

Location: Monroe County, West Virginia

Project: Street Paving and Sidewalk Construction

Est. Cost: $97,000

Contact: Mayor Scott Boggess

Client: Town of Oakvale

Location: Mercer County, West Virginia

Project: Storm Drainage Improvements and Sidewalk Replacement

Est. Cost: $205,000

Contact: Mayor Mary Nelson

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Client:
Various Clients

Service Type:
Transportation

Project Value:
N/A

Completion Date:
N/A

Ridgeview Elementary School – Washington County, TN

Ridgeview Elementary School

A new Pre-K – 8 school for Washington County Schools was required in order to relieve crowding at the existing schools. The new school was programmed and designed by BLS T&L

Design was for a pre-kindergarten through eighth grade school to accommodate 710 students. The school design created an informal privacy for the various age groups to be housed, creating a series of “schools within a school”. A central area of common use spaces was developed to allow convenient student access. The school is comprehensive in its offering of arts, physical activity and special education and includes opportunity for drama, music, art, and outdoor and indoor athletic spaces.

The site, located near a state highway, but adjacent to a residential neighborhood, posed challenges in terms of an elevation difference of 35′ between the site entry, building entry and athletic fields. An effort was made to maintain the residential feel of the neighborhood by forming terraced ‘benches’ for the building and athletic fields. A scaled down facility of sloped metal roofs, contrasting building masses and open exterior space create a sense of informal activity. Separate drives for bus and car traffic provide efficiency and additional safety for all students with ample stacking space for before and after school traffic. Geo-thermal wells for the heating and cooling system are located beneath the football / soccer field. A ‘four-plex’ of softball and baseball fields was developed for both school and community use.

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Client:
Washington County Schools

Service Type:
Architecture

Project Value:
$19,196,000

Completion Date:
2008

Project Area:
98,300 sf

Water Storage Experience

The following is a sampling of T&L’s Water Storage Projects:

City of Bedford ñ 1.5 Million Gallon Underground Water Storage Tank Rehabilitation

City of Bedford – Water Filtration Storage Tank Evaluations

City of Bedford – 1.0 Million Gallon Underground Water Storage Tank Rehabilitation

Buchanan County PSA – Fletcherís Ridge Pump Station/Water Storage Tank

Dickenson County PSA – Hazel Mountain Water – Nealy Ridge Storage Tank

Giles County BOS – Hoges Chapel/Newport Water Storage Tank

Russell County Water & Sewer Authority – Red Oak Water Storage Tank

Tazewell County PSA – Pounding Mill Water Storage Tank

Tazewell County PSA – Reynolds Ridge and Stinson Ridge Water Storage Tank

Tazewell County PSA – Rt. 609 Water Storage Tank

Tazewell County PSA – Hawks Heights 400,000 Gallon Water Storage Tank

Tazewell County PSA – Springville Water Storage Tank

Town of Richlands – Birmingham Water Storage Tank

Town of Richlands – Water Storage Tanks

Town of Richlands – Richlands Downtown Water Storage Tank

Bland County BOS – Rocky Gap Water System Storage Tank

Town of Wise Modoc Water Tank Rehabilitation Work

Town of Lebanon ñ 2.00 MG Concrete Water Storage Tank

Dickenson County PSA – Elevated Tank

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Client:
Various Municipalities

Service Type:
Civil Engineering

Project Value:
N/A

Completion Date:
N/A

Project Area:
N/A

Town of Wise – Bear Creek Reservoir

The Town of Wise owns and operates the Bear Creek Reservoir, constructed in 1964 at 45-feet high and holding approximately 808 acre-feet of water. This impoundment was constructed as a water supply reservoir for the Town and surrounding areas.

In 2003, the Town retained Thompson & Litton (T&L) to determine the water supply needs for 25 years ending in 2028. This study determined that the capacity of the reservoir needed to be increased in order to supply predicted water needs throughout the planning period.

In 2007, T&L was again retained to determine the best means to increase the storage of water by the Bear Creek Dam. This study also determined that the spillway must be enlarged to pass the entire Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) due to potential damage that would result if the dam breached. Following is a summary of the findings from the 2007 Study:

Determined the best alternative spillway to pass the PMF. It was concluded that allowing the flood to overtop the dam and armoring the entire downstream face of the dam with roller compacted concrete was the best option; and
Determined the best way to increase the capacity of the reservoir. Raising the normal pool elevation by five feet provided the required additional storage.

In 2008, the Town retained T&L to design the repairs identified in the 2007 study. The following corrections were designed, and construction began in 2011:

Construction of a roller compacted concrete armoring of the entire downstream face of the dam;
Added a structural concrete parapet wall, raising the normal pool elevation by 5 feet and adding eighty million gallons to the storage, which increased the safe yield of the watershed; and
Raised the concrete primary outlet to accommodate the increase in normal pool elevation, and replaced the gates and hardware in the primary outlet for operability and reliability.

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Client:
Town of Wise

Service Type:
Civil Engineering

Project Value:
$3 Million

Completion Date:
2012