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CONCRETE EVIDENCE:
Concrete Facts
99,000 SF Elevated Precast Superstructure
8 stories
13 months delivery/erection/finish

Products Used
Exterior Round Columns
Interior Round Columns
E-Line 12" Insulated Panels
8-Line 12" Insulated Panels
G-Line 12" Insulated Panels
6-Line 12" Insulated Panels
B-Line 12" Insulated Panels
A-Line 12" Insulated Panels
13-Line 12" Insulated Panels
1-Line 12" Insulated Panels
Stairs and Landings Stair
Beams at Round Columns
Interior Stair and Elevator Walls
Interior L-1 Lintels
Owner
Ramapo College of New Jersey
The Overlook
298-Bed Student Housing Facility
Mahwah, NJ
General Contractor
Century 21 Construction
Architectural/Engineering Firm
Paulus Sokolowski and Sartor, Architecture P.C.
Precaster
Fabcon Corporation
Architectural Precast, LLC
www.mapaprecast.org
CONCRETE EVIDENCE:
Project:
The Overlook,
Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ www.mapaprecast.org
The Overlook residence hall at Ramapo College of New Jersey in Mahwah,
New Jersey looks more like a luxury apartment building than a housing facility
for nearly 300 students of this highly rated liberal arts college. Eight stories of
precast concrete and glass stand against the New Jersey sky, towering trees
and huge ancient boulders deposited eons ago by the slow creep of glacial ice
sheets. The building, an interlocking design of alternating flat and fluted
precast panels with punched windows and a glass curtain wall is designed
to complement the surrounding natural areas and take advantage of the
picturesque hillside vantage point.
According to Richard Roberts, Associate Vice President and Contracting
Officer, the colleges pre-construction task force considered other options
during the planning of the facility. Precast was chosen over steel and block
masonry for a number of reasons. The designers felt precast could achieve
an aesthetically pleasing design that would blend with our surroundings,
says Roberts. Besides considerable cost advantages, the superstructure was
scheduled to be erected in mid-winter. The thought of laying block during
New Jersey's bitter, January cold was unsettling and construction delays
would have meant costly alternative housing and transportation expenses
for the incoming freshmen and returning upperclassmen. After meeting with
the architect, examining precast panel samples and visiting a nearby precast
structure, the benefits and the ability of precast to conform to the colleges
needs won over the committee. The decision to use precast kept the project
on schedule and on budget.
Normally, the beauty of precast is more evident on a buildings exterior. In
the case of The Overlook, the designers and architects incorporated the surface
of the precast components into the actual design and decor of the interior as
well. The lobby is a modernist dream of contrasting surfaces the mass
and strength of exposed precast walls, columns and beams along side the
transparency and frailty of a large glass exposure. Hollowcore planks are
exposed in ceilings and massive precast beams are visible throughout. The
precast concrete surface, with its natural striations and variety of random color
and tone is evident everywhere. Hall rooms mix bold color carpet, painted
walls and walls with exposed precast. And at the end of each hall is a glass
and precast lounge area that provides a dramatic view of the Ramapo
Mountains and Kameron Pond.
The precast experience with The Overlook dormitory was so successful at
Ramapo College of New Jersey, that Roberts says another even larger student
housing facility with a precast parking structure is planned for 2006 to
accommodate the burgeoning enrollment of on-campus students.
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Studies Precast