Featured image: The UVA Health Orthopedic Center Ivy Road, Charlottesville, Virginia, features cold-formed steel (CFS) framing. All photos courtesy of ADTEK Engineers, Inc.
The UVA Health Orthopedic Center at 2280 Ivy Road, Charlottesville, Va., features various cold-formed steel (CFS) products and systems that helped accommodate key transitions.
“The 195,000-square foot building is a home base for healthcare professionals focused on helping patients improve their athletic performance, recover from injury or prevent future incidents,” says a UVA Health Development website. “The only facility of its kind between New York City and Atlanta, it [offers] unparalleled opportunities for ongoing research and education.”
SFIA member ADTEK Engineers, Inc. lead a team in using CFS box beams, employed in conjunction with vertical structural steel tube framing, to support a curtain wall opening. The design necessitated temporary framing and infill for fireproofing. ADTEK Engineers also provided alternate details for stud blocking and reinforcement details for notched by-pass studs.
The SFIA Awards, Architectural Design Detail, 2023 Winner: ADTEK Engineers, Inc. for UVA Health Orthopedic Center Ivy Road.
ADTEK Engineers, a member of the Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA), is the SFIA 2023 Industry Project Awards winner in the “Architectural Design Detail” category for UVA Health Orthopedic Center Ivy Road.
The project involved ADTEK Engineers, Capital Interior Contractors, Inc., ClarkDietrich and L&W Supply Corporation, all SFIA members. The SFIA Awards entry was submitted by Andrew Newland of ADTEK Engineers.
ADTEK Engineers was announced the winner at the 2023 SFIA Awards ceremony held recently online. The SFIA 2023 Industry Project Awards focus on CFS manufacturing and construction. Architects, engineers, manufacturers, distributors and contractors entered their projects in the competition.
Design Quality
Did this project make efficient use of metal framing?
CFS was used throughout this project in a number of different ways, which capitalized on the efficiency of the metal framing systems.
UVA Health Orthopedic Center Ivy Road is a three-story structural steel and reinforced concrete building with exterior curtain wall framing. The exterior framing varied and included slab to slab framing and by-pass/balloon framing. The roof consisted of freestanding steel structures with CFS infill, freestanding CFS structures and CFS doghouse framing.
In addition to curtain wall framing, parapets and load-bearing CSF framing, CFS framing systems were also used to support skylights, exterior raised floors, exterior rigid soffits, roof enclosures and various interior conditions that required structural framing.
ADTEK Engineering detail for a 30-foot wide curtain wall opening, including shoring and final support.
UVA Health Orthopedic Center Ivy Road as viewed from the southeast.
Installation Complexity
What difficulties existed on the project?
CFS was used to support multiple veneer types with transitions between veneers occurring. This required changes in the CFS profiles used.
The roof featured tall parapets with shallow kickers. The shallow kickers were required to meet the profile of the structural steel.
The freestanding framing and the roof doghouse required CFS lateral systems utilizing X-braced walls and sheathing-based shear walls respectively.
Construction of UVA Health Orthopedic Center Ivy Road showing roof framing with cold-formed steel (CFS) infill, freestanding CFS framing, freestanding CFS Parapets and by-pass wall framing.
Manufacturing Complexity
Were special materials involved?
A number of different proprietary CFS products were used in the project to solve the various connection issues noted above.
Profile changes and alternate locations of movement joints were required to allow for veneer transitions.
CFS box beams were used in conjunction with vertical structural steel tube framing to support 30-foot wide curtain wall opening.
In addition to the unique design, after the framing had occurred, the framing had to be partially removed and temporarily supported, so that the HSS could be fireproofed. This required temporary CFS shoring framing as well as CFS box beam infill to reconnect the box beam to the vertical HSS.
ADTEK Engineering details featuring cold-formed steel (CFS) for additional parapet sections for tall parapets with cornice framing and parapets enclosing roof steel.
Interior framing design was also provided at some limited locations. An alternate detail for stud blocking was provided to eliminate welding of stud blocking to interior stud framing. Additionally, interior stud reinforcement details were provided at notched by-pass studs being hung from floor slab at the interior feature wall. Proprietary clips were provided at this location to support the interior lateral pressure as well as the gravity load of the framing and the eccentric loading condition.
ADTEK Engineering details for roof opening with freestanding cold-formed steel (CFS) framing and X-braced walls.
Overall Job Quality
How did the completed system turn out?
Overall, the project was challenging. CFS was used to solve a number of problems related to other materials and to help keep the project moving forward to completion. The use of CFS helped create an aesthetically pleasing project.
UVA Health Orthopedic Center Ivy Road as viewed from the south.
Learn more about SFIA member ClarkDietrich.
UVA Health Orthopedic Center Ivy Road
2280 Ivy Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903Details:
3 stories, 195,000 sq. ft.PEOPLE
Owner:
UVA, Capital Construction and RenovationsArchitect:
Timothy Williams, ZGF Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects, LLCGeneral Contractor:
Zachary Herrman, The Whiting-Turner Contracting CompanyEngineer:
Matthew David, Loeffler Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc.Specialty Engineer:
Michael Burkey, ADTEK Engineers, Inc.Framing Contractor:
Bill Barber, Capital Interior Contractors, Inc.
SFIA Industry Project Awards
The SFIA 2023 Industry Project Awards focus on cold-formed steel (CFS) manufacturing and construction. The awards program is a complement to the Design Excellence and Creative Detail Awards governed by CFSEI, the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute. Architects, engineers, manufacturers, distributors and contractors entered their projects in the 2023 competition.
Judging Criteria
A panel of industry representatives judged all 2023 SFIA Awards entries based on the following criteria:
- Design Quality, such as the efficient and sustainable use of cold-formed steel (CFS) products
- Installation Complexity, focusing on conflict resolution, timeframe challenges, etc.
- Manufacturing Complexity, including custom orders, panelization, special material sourcing and more
- Overall Job Quality, including the quality of alignments, finishes and other attention to detail
- Conversion from Alternative Framing Material, reflecting how steel framing lowered a structure’s weight, or added stories, or helped lower the project’s builders’ risk insurance, etc.
Steel Framing Industry Association
The Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA) provides its members with exclusive access to technical cold-formed steel (CFS) framing services, including the SFIA Steel Framing Learning Portal. SFIA member services include access to market data, market analysis, technical design guides, architectural services, environmental product declarations, CFS certification and more.
Additional Resources
- SFIA Reveals 7 Winners of the 2023 Industry Project Awards in Online Ceremony
- Sorting Apples from Oranges — Comparing Evaluation Services with Third-Party Certification
- SFIA Releases Guide to the Performance-Based Nonstructural Partition Selection of Metal Framing