Rocky Mount, N C

Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences Restoration and Adaptive Reuse

Scope of Services
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection (MEP/FP) Engineering
 

The Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences is a cultural and educational complex. The former Imperial Tobacco Factory processing plant complex (c.1903) was abandoned and dilapidated prior the renovation. The project transformed the Tobacco Factory and former Brazwell Memorial Library (c.1914) into six Art Galleries, the Cummins Planetarium, Children’s Museum, an Animal Habitat Center, and a 500-seat Performing Arts Center.

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Services

MEP engineering for this cultural and educational complex featuring six art galleries, the Cummins Planetarium, a children’s museum, an animal habitat center, and a 500-seat performing arts theater.

The new arts and sciences campus is designed with systems focused on efficiency, comfort, and sustainability. High-efficiency gas-fired condensing boilers generate space heating, while air-cooled chillers provide cooling. The design also incorporates energy- and water-saving strategies such as variable-speed pumping and energy recovery from exhaust air streams.

Scope of Services
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection (MEP/FP) Engineering
 

OWNER: City of Rocky Mount

TIMEFRAME: 2003 – 2006

SIZE: 145,000

COST: $32 million