Award of Merit - Small Projects

Photo courtesy KBR Building Group
The Gothic-style structure features an exterior of Hokie stone and architectural precast.

The $7.3-million, 18,155-sq-ft, two-story Virginia Polytechnic State University Visitors & Undergraduate Admissions Center has become the school's “front door.”

The 50,000-sq-ft, Gothic-style, steel-framed structure features an exterior of Hokie stone and architectural precast along with a two-story curtain wall framing the building's main lobby. Expert craftsmanship is evident in the facility's interior metal railings, wood panels, millwork and ceilings.

Key Players

Owner: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Contractor: BE&K Building Group, Charlotte, N.C.

Designer: Glave & Holmes, Richmond, Va.

Civil Engineer: Draper Aden Assoc., Blacksburg

Structural Engineer: Dunbar Milby Williams Pittman & Vaughn, Richmond, Va.

MEP Engineer: HCYU & Associates, Richmond, Va.

Submitted by: BE&K Building Group