University of Massachusetts Student Dormitories
Dartmouth, MA

Six 4-story dormitory structures and a single-story commons building were designed utilizing masonry bearing walls and precast floor plank construction. The lateral wind and seismic loads are resisted by masonry shear walls. The commons building structure was designed utilizing an open bar web joist system supported on masonry walls. This was a very fast track project with design starting in June 2004 and last precast plank erected in November 2004.