Learning Resource Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Sherlock, Smith & Adams was selected by The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to provide renovation design services for a creative Learning Resource Center (LRC). The center, jointly run by the School of Nursing and the School of Health-related Professions, provides a learning environment for medical exams, case studies, physical therapy education, collaborative work study, and computer resource activities.

Located adjacent to the Richard M. Scrushy Building, also designed by SS&A, both the LRC and Scrushy Building were designed to work in conjuction with one another. In order to provide access to all areas of the two buildings, corridor connections were located on each of the LRC’s three levels, directly connected to the Scrushy Building.

The project required complete demolition and reconstruction of two floors of the existing three-story building. During that time, the third level maintained full occupancy. Existing laboratories that were maintained on the third floor had services traveling throughout the renovation areas on the first and second floors. This aspect of the project required SS&A's team of in-house architects and engineers to plan carefully around existing building systems to be retained.

In computer learning areas, indirect lighting and higher ceilings were implemented; and dual wall air ducting was used to reduce noise in selected areas of the building.

Designed and constructed on time and in budget, the LRC boasted minimal change orders during the construction process. The LRC is one of several projects designed by Sherlock, Smith & Adams on the campus of The University of Alabama at Birmingham.