In addition to our recent projects, Dunlap & Partners is proud to have received...

• The ENCOMOP (Metro Washington Energy Competition) Award for Thermal Storage Installation.
• The Virginia Society of AIA "Excellence in Architecture" award.
• The ASHRAE Energy Award for Ice Thermal Storage Installation.
• Recognition as a member of the Rising 25 -- Metropolitan Richmond's 25 fastest growing companies.
• Recognition as a member of the Fantastic Fifty -- Commonwealth of Virginia's 50 fastest growing companies.
  

Land America Corporation
In February 2006, Dunlap & Partners became a part of the team commissioned to design the corporate headquarters relocation for Fortune 500 Company, Land America Financial. The scope of the project included renovation of 225,000 S.F. in a three building campus. The challenge: Land America needed to be in the new space by September 30, 2006. One of the three buildings in the complex would remain occupied by another company until June, 2006. The team had eight months to meet the Owner’s program.

Our engineers needed to conduct extensive field surveys to document existing conditions. Much of this work was accomplished after normal business hours. The project required co-ordination with other team specialists, including data/telecom, audio visual, interior design, food service, and the owner’s in-house relocation team.

The project was completed “on time” and the Owner was able to occupy the buildings on schedule.

Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
When the world came to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, much of what the visitors experienced is connected with our firm. Beginning in 1998 with thedesign of the Visitor’s Reception and Café Building, our firm has been responsible for the Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing systems design for the Jamestown-Yorktown campus. Those projects include:

• 35,000 S.F. Visitors Reception and Café – Houses entrance hall to the JYF complex, cafeteria and dining for visitors and employees, JYF offices and a 250 seat theater.
• 50,000 S.F. Central Support Complex – Houses JYF restoration facilities and offices. Includes controlled environment artifact storage and restoration space, shop space, and staff offices.
• 39,000 S.F. Permanent Exhibition Gallery – Exhibit Halls A and B, and Great Hall Pavilions for permanent artifact display.
• “The World of 1607” Special Exhibit Gallery: Includes lecture Hall, controlled environment artifact work room, and environmental conditioning for artifact display cases.
• Jamestown Settlement Ship Maintenance Building – 4,000 S.F. facility dedicated for the maintenance of the three ship reproductions displayed by JYF.

We were a part of five distinct design teams coordinating with architects, exhibit designers, specialty lighting designers, food service designers, curators, security designers, A/V consultants and data/telecom consultants.

The National Theatre is a historic structure located in the Broad Street Corridor of downtown Richmond. Originally constructed in the 1920’s as a movie house, the building was abandoned in 1983. In 2002 the building was listed in the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. In 2006 Dunlap & Partners became part of the team challenged with designing the adaptive reuse of the National as a live entertainment venue.

The M/E/P challenges included high ceiling (40’) air distribution in the main theatre, high ceiling air distribution (20’) on the stage area, re-use of historical air devices (i.e. diffusers and return registers), specialty lighting system for the stage and incorporation of a restaurant in the lower level of the building.

The original building construction documents that could be found contained very limited M/E/P information. This resulted in the need for a substantial survey effort in order to document existing conditions.

The use of the original high ceiling supply diffusers over the theatre was a concern. With no performance data to indicate the ability of the conditioned air to reach the floor level, our engineers undertook a CFD (computational flow dynamics) model to predict final performance.

Another concern is the control of relative humidity in the space. This is particularly important given the outside air quantities and latent humidity generation associated with 1500 people. Our design provides for measurement and control of relative humidity and carbon dioxide concentration in the theatre.

The restaurant challenge resulted from the need to finish base building design without identifying a specific restaurant tenant. Based on our past experience in the hospitality industry, the team was able to leave adequate accommodations for the ultimate tenant.

The building was completed in the spring of 2008.