Marshall Street: Engineering quality student housing for today’s students
DCI Engineers provided structural engineering services for this four-story student housing project in downtown Richmond, Virginia. This facility serves the growing student population at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Location:
Richmond, Virginia
Area:
315,000-sf
Size:
4 stories
Units:
406 beds
Service:
Structural
Industries:
Higher Education
Primary Material:
Concrete, Wood
Project Highlights
Includes 406 beds, two floors of underground parking, and street-level retail.
Includes approximately 24,000-sf of adaptive reuse of the existing 1920’s era building which was remodeled to include a clubhouse, storage and residential space connected to the primary development.
Utilized wood framing over two floors of cast-in-place concrete podium.
