ACEC Ohio 2005 Engineering Excellence: Outstanding Achievement Award – Miles Road Bridge:
Osborn is proud to receive ACEC’s Outstanding Achievement Award for 2005 for our work on the Miles Road Bridge, Cuyahoga Bridge #178 over Deerlick Creek and the Chagrin River. In addition to the ACEC award this bridge project received notoriety by winning the Award for Excellence from the Ohio Concrete Construction Association.
The innovative design of the bridge incorporates the use of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) reinforcing bar for both the top (tension) and bottom (compression) reinforcing. This is the first bridge in the country taking advantage of this cutting edge design technology.
Located within Northeast Ohio’s infamous Snow Belt frequent applications of salt during the winter months is a requirement to maintain safe travel conditions for the 10,000 vehicles that use the bridge on a daily basis. The major advantage of the FRP design is the complete absence of any ferrous metals within the bridge deck slab, creating a corrosion free environment. Consequently, the FRP deck design will result in lower maintenance costs and substantially enhance the life of the bridge. Coupled with the recent dramatic rise in the cost of steel, FRP is quickly becoming a cost effective alternative.
ACEC Ohio 2005 Engineering Excellence: Outstanding Achievement Award – Delphi Automotive New Injection Molding Facility:
The Outstanding Achievement Award is one of the highest awards given by ACEC Ohio. Osborn is pleased to announce that the Delphi Injection Molding Facility has been added to the prestigious list of winners of this award. Osborn was commissioned by Delphi Automotive to design their most advanced injection-molding flagship facility. The $58 million state-of-the-art facility is based on the application of world-class technologies for; e-manufacturing excellence, man-machine interfacing, and automated material handling systems. Great ideas are incorporated into all operations, from the state-of-the-art equipment and systems to the facility itself - “green” in design, energy efficient and environmentally friendly
The 190,000 square foot facility has an efficient “clean room” appearance housing 120 high-tech, all-electric molding machines producing 1.4 billion parts operating on a 24/7 continuous-run production year. The use of electric presses reduced energy consumption by 55-percent with reductions in environmental waste while improving quality and delivery capabilities. Processing more than 10-million pounds of plastic resin annually, the largest mechanical system in the facility is the plastic resin material handling system capable of delivering a vast variety of resigns to each of the 120 molding machines.
Successful delivery of a complex, high-uptime, high-tech manufacturing facility, designed and constructed in a 14 month time frame demanded a very high degree of interaction between the Delphi design team and the Osborn design team. The final result is an aesthetically pleasing, high-tech facility that will be used by Delphi attract and retain high profile clients from around the world.
ACEC Ohio 2005 Engineering Excellence: Honor Award – Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus, Ohio
The Osborn Engineering Company had already successfully provided engineering services for implementing the EPA’s ENERGY STAR Buildings Program at three other Ohio Building Authority (OBA) facilities when in the summer of 2000, Osborn began work on ENERGY STAR upgrades at the OBA’s James A. Rhodes State Office Tower.
The 1.2 million square foot Rhodes Tower is the OBA’s largest facility and has the distinction of being the tallest building on Columbus’s skyline. Completed back in 1974, the Rhodes Tower had significant potential for energy savings through modernization of its building systems.
Osborn completely analyzed the existing building systems to identifying potential energy savings and environmental improvements. The recommended upgrades were based the application of the five-stage approach to improve the operating efficiency of all building systems. The five stages of the Program included; Green Lights, Building Tune-Up, Load Reductions, Air Distribution System Upgrades, and Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Plant Upgrades. The concept behind this strategy is that each stage builds on the improvements of the previous stage(s) and culminates in an overall increase in energy efficiency while improving occupant comfort. In addition Osborn provided complete design and construction administration services for the implementation of the upgrades to the building.
At a cost of just under $5 million, the Project will pay for itself within 8 years. This is considered to be an acceptable payback by the OBA, who plans on owning and operating the building for many years to come. In March of 2003, the EPA recognized the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower as one of the most efficient buildings in the country by awarding it the ENERGY STAR Label. The ENERGY STAR Label is awarded to buildings that achieve an ENERGY STAR rating of 75 or higher on the EPA’s 1-100 benchmarking scale. A building with a rating of 50 is considered average in terms of energy efficiency. The Rhodes Tower’s ENERGY STAR rating was raised from 43 to 82 as a result of this project, making it a shining example of the potential for improving the energy efficiency of older buildings through the innovative application of modern technology.
ACEC Ohio 2005 Engineering Excellence: Honor Award – Don Shula Stadium, John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio
As the centerpiece of an integrated sports complex, the 5,400-seat Don Shula Stadium is among the finest small-college facilities in the country. Conceived in 1987 as an upgrade to JCU’s existing football program, the project evolved to create a flexible, multipurpose stadium.
The new home grandstand complex and press tower building were squeezed between the existing football and baseball fields, allowing pressroom views of both fields. This pressroom also serves as a year-round venue for meetings and receptions. The Shula Center, located on the main concourse level, houses the NFL Hall of Fame coach’s memorabilia and celebrates other former JCU players and coaches.
The lower-level structure, the plinth for the grandstands, is the backbone of the facility. It houses three locker rooms, offices, weight-training facility, equipment, and meeting and support spaces. A continuous corridor at he northern edge becomes the organizing tool for this efficient scheme. A baseball dugout was innovatively integrated into the base of the press tower.
The architecture is complementary to an adjacent dormitory building, as well as two other structures on the historic campus. The towers at either side of the pressroom are an abstraction from the main university administration tower, giving the stadium a bold presence. By including metal panels and a glass curtainwall in the composition, ad modern, yet timeless quality is attained. Don Shula Stadium has become a symbol for a new era of JCU sports.