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title: "Agricultural + Biological Engineering Building | Pennsylvania State University – Keast & Hood"
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description: "Agricultural + Biological Engineering Building | Pennsylvania State University The renovation and expansion of the 1939 Charles Klauder building represents the school’s vision to create a comprehensive and integrated complex for the Agricultural and Biological"
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# Agricultural + Biological Engineering Building | Pennsylvania State University

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The renovation and expansion of the 1939 Charles Klauder building represents the school’s vision to create a comprehensive and integrated complex for the Agricultural and Biological Engineering departments.

Keast & Hood provided full structural engineering services for Penn State’s first Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) commission. The project involved renovations to the existing 15,000-sf building and addition of approximately 80,000-sf. The three-story building accommodates classrooms, offices, and a variety of specialty lab spaces housing everything from a bio-fermentation facility to a tractor simulation laboratory. The project was completed under a true, Integrated Project Delivery model using a multi-party agreement.

Principal

Thomas J. Normile, PE (retired)

Project Team

Denise L. Richards, PE | Robert W. Boris, PE

Client

EYP Architecture & Engineering PC

Location

University Park Campus, PA

Project Type

Academic | Laboratory | Historic

Project Scope

New Construction | Renovation

Status

Complete: 2018

Cost

$44.5 Million

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