Final Report:FEASIBILITY STUDY- NEW ENGINEERING LAB AND OFFICE BUILDING PROGRAM NUMBER: 11-03

SUBMITTED TO: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES ENGINEERING FACILITIES DIVISION 5151 STATE UNIVERSITY DRIVE LOS ANGELES, CA 90032

SUBMITTED BY: DRD ENGINEERING LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA CE-306 GROUP 3 MAY 31, 2011

DR D E n g i n e e r in g A s s o c ia te s

DRD Engineering 5900 S Eastern Ave # 149 Commerce, CA 90040-4018 07/21/2011 Dean Keith Moo-Young College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology 5151 State University Drive Los Angeles, CA 90032 Dear Engineering Facilities Division Attached is our final report for the feasibility study for the new engineering lab and office building This report explains the feasibility study conducted by our team. The various studies conducted show the location, square footage, alternative energy resources, net effect on subterranean parking and traffic impact during and after construction. This report is also based on information that was asked in the RFP which is not construction of the building but feasibility of the building. Any revisions required at a later date will be subject to price review at that time. We look forward to our final presentation and hearing your feedback. If the school has any more concerns or questions regarding this information please contact us. We will talk to you soon. Sincerely,

Ryan Hudson, P.E.

DR D E n g i n e e r in g A s s o c ia te s

TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter of Transmittal i 1. Purpose of Feasibility 1 2. Background 3. Site Investigation 4. Feasibility Analysis 5. Analysis of subterranean parking 7 6. Cost Estimate 8 7. Final Recommendations 8 8. Appendix 11

1 1-2 3-7

9-

1. Purpose of Feasibility 1.1.The purpose of this feasibility study is to access the best location for the project. Our professional observation and technical research finds that the area the south end of lot 7 will be feasible for the project. Two other areas were under consideration but, did not meet DRD and CSULA criteria. We shall conform to the main requirements which are location, size, and impact during construction. The proposed area has the best proximity and available square footage. The construction of this building will accommodate the growing population of Cal State Los Angeles. Our study has also linked a cost estimate to help us help you determine if this if feasible at the current time. 2. Background 2.1.Cal State Los Angeles is located, centrally, between the 710 and 10 freeway in East Los Angeles. The campus is only five miles from downtown and close to four other major freeways. In the soon upcoming years, the school

is expected to grow in its diverse student body, faculty and staff. To lighten any concerns regarding the growth in population and crowding on campus, our team has conducted various studies and research on and about the campus. Our findings will help you decide to go forth with design and construction of the building. The building will have labs, offices, and lecture space and can be constructed at our feasible location. 2.2.After opening the new University Student Union and the La Kretz Hall first and second wing, the school is ready to expand facilities for the engineering students. As part of the mission of California State University, Los Angeles, to offer excellent and innovation in education, a new building is in order. Innovation will stem from the brilliant minds of the students using the new engineering building with labs, offices and lecture space. 3. Site investigation 3.1.The student population of the school is currently over 20,500. These students are enrolled in seven different colleges, each have multiple majors for students to choose from. The school of Arts and Letters operating roughly four buildings on campus along with the College of Natural and Social Sciences. The college of Business and Economics occupies roughly two building along with the College of Education. The remaining colleges, Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, the College Health and Human Services and the College of Extended Studies and International Programs all operate mainly in one building for each college. The extensive work of the growing innovations in technology has led to new facilities needing to be built for the college of ECST. 3.2. California State University Los Angeles is located in the eastern part of

Los Angeles, on a hilltop right beside the intersecting highways of Interstate 10 and Interstate 710. Serving over 20,500 students at any given quarter, it is needless to say that the campus can, and most often does, get overcrowded during peak hours. Placing the new structure anywhere else on the campus will only further increase the problem. To make this project a reality, a shift in pedestrian and vehicle traffic would best suit everyones needs. Construction is not only feasible, it will also be beneficial to the further expansion of the campus in the future.

Current pedestrian traffic is very concentrated to Salazar and the food court south of the Student Union.

With the new location in place, we will see a shift in the pedestrian traffic, allowing further expansion in the future,

4. Feasibility Analysis and Data 4.1.According to California State University population research, by placing the building on the south side of Parking lot 7, we will be utilizing unused land as (California State University is also a key aspect to the well as pre-existing parking. Choosing this spot Los Angeles Prospective development due to Students) the fact that most Engineering and Technology students already attend classes nearby. As stated before, the parking lot will be used as primary parking which ultimately benefits the students because of its close proximity. Should you decide to go ahead and place the building here, we already hired geotechnical engineers of Applied Earth Sciences to test the soils. They have thoroughly tested the soil along the hill and the parking lot and informed us that everything checks out to be safe and therefore approved. 4.1.1.Pieces of the hill will have to be excavated, and with current rates of $25/cubic yard, the total excavation costs should come out to $

1,000,000 saving you over $60,000 from our previous estimates. By placing the new structure in Parking lot 7, we find that the feasibility of this project dramatically increases by a figure of $60,000. The funds that will then allow the money to be relocated where needed.

4.2.Our teams of surveyors have worked around the clock and have decided that the overall dimensions of the building should be 100 W X 100. Although we will not be giving a design for the building, we advise that the structure be no more than three stories high with one or two levels of subterranean parking. This volume nestles conveniently beside the hill, allowing access for both the top and bottom of the structure. 4.2.1.The rates for our surveyors/draftsmen per hour will be $100/hr, as stated before, each surveyor would have to work 5 hours, 7 days a week, coming out to a total of 52.5 hours. The cost of their services would come out to $25,000 which would be a discounted price due to you being a loyal client. 4.2.2.The architects will have to spend time on campus to study the designs of the other buildings and have to design the structure to look similar to

the current Engineering, Computer Science and Technology building. Their rates are identical to the surveyors and will basically have to work every hour alongside the surveyors. The fee for the design of the project would come out to $25,000 as well. Although the cost might seem alarming now, we have found that all other locations would require twice the amount of man hours for everybody, which would make the cost of the building not feasible.

The location of where a storage lot now stands would better serve you as a location for the new building.

4.3.As mentioned in the proposal, we have done more research on the energy alternative that can be utilized in the new building. The major alternative that was researched was the proper heating, cooling and ventilating systems. We have done research with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, LADWP, and found that the cooling units have a rating system called Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER). A heating system is the least of worries here in Southern California. To accommodate heating, cooling and ventilating the best possible system is a conventional HVAC. A HVAC is a heating, ventilating and air conditioning that are widely used for large building versus using smaller single unit or window unit systems. 4.3.1.Although there are not major heating concerns in Southern California, there are the occasional cold days that do require the building to use its heating resources. By setting the thermostat to 70 on cold days, this will allow for heating to turn on and the building will warm. Besides relying on the HVAC to heat the building having the accessibility to open and close blinds will allow natural heat from the sun to fill the building. 4.3.2.To find the appropriate system that will be feasible for this project, our team contacted the Environment Protection Agency, EPA, to find the best

possible air quality and ventilating conditions for Southern California. Indoor air is roughly two to five times more polluted than outside air. To fix this issues our team has found that by adding an Energy recovery ventilator to the HVAC it saves 75% more energy and money that would otherwise be lost. 4.3.3.The cooling system with a SEER of 15 or more is the ideal system to install. While this is ideal, these particular systems do cost more initially but the annual cost of running per year will be at least half that of a 10 SEER. Possible cooling systems that have high SEER ratings can be Trane, Whirlpool or Industrial Cooling. 4.4.The second energy saving approach is water conservation. Water conservation will be done by installing ultra-low-flow toilets, flow reduced and low-flow faucets aerators. Other water consumption methods could be air compressors in cooling systems and using mulch around plants in the surrounding gardens of the building. Our first step in determining where the water will be used was by doing a list in which each item is ranked, in terms of volume, then evaluated for the way the water is used. After this step we have allocated the appropriate amount of water used for restrooms, labs, cleaning, and garden/outdoors and miscellaneous. As mentioned in the proposal presentation installing an eco-roof will reduce the amount of water that will sit idly on the roof. This will also reduce the use of extra drainage from the roof. We have considered that not all types of plants grow in sunny warm conditions, we have consulted with our landscape architects who have researched the correct plants that will utilized the sun, little water and warm weather conditions. 4.5.Parking availability at Cal State Los Angeles has not been a relative problem for most students. We have found that many students whose core classes are in the current engineering building have no parking that is relatively close. The closet parking lot is for handicap students and faculty. The location of our proposed building will provide parking directly under the building and with-in 350 feet of the current building. 4.5.1.While subterranean parking is quite expensive, it will utilize the most square footage for the allotted space. Currently there are 21,500 students, faculty and staff that use the Cal State Los Angeles facilities. Most of these people are commuters via bus, walk, train and car. The total number of parking spaces on campus is 15000. This is allocated for handicap, faculty and students. Our team has crunched numbers and ran calculations that show the school needs an increase of only 18% in parking. 4.5.2.Accommodating the increase of 18%, our proposed plan is to have a total of three levels of parking. Subterranean parking was requested in the RFP for feasibility. While Cal State Los Angeles is a pioneer school is subterranean parking, this method expensive. By having one level of subterranean, one ground level and one level above ground level, this

will save cost of construction. The current math building at your school has similar parking. This building is built above two levels of parking. The plans for the new engineering building will want to use the most possible space for the least amount of money. 4.6.Campus population will increase with the new resources available in the new building. Traffic concerns will arise with a higher population on campus. With the help of Cal Trans and Cal State LA parking and public safety we have conducted a traffic study to help us decide the impact construction will have on traffic flow. Cal Trans has previously advised DRD Engineering in a similar situation. Our traffic engineer and team has conducted traffic counts and studied various aspects of traffic flow. They team has researched from 2005 to 2009 to find when and how the few accidents on campus occurred, along with pedestrian/bike accidents. In total there were 179 crashes which range from fender binders to a few pedestrian crashes and one fatal crash. The fatal crash involved a pedestrian crossing an unmarked, dark, unlighted section of campus road and was struck by a vehicle. The team has also researched how many accidents occurred close to construction sites on campus. The peak time for crashes has frequently been between 3pm-6pm. This can be found in the appendix at the end of the report. Construction has had no impact on those accidents. To alleviate any concern during construction, the major trucks will arrive before 8am classes and leave during the 4:20pm-6:00pm classes. This time frame will have the fewest amounts of cars, students and faculty affected by the extra movement on campus road. After construction, the implementation of additional stop signs will allow for breaks in the flow of cars for pedestrians to safely cross. In addition to stop signs we have found that speed bumps and designated cross walks will vastly increase the saftey of those on foot of bicycle.

Ideal speed bump to be used in new parking lot, already enforced in existing parking lots

Cross walk currently used on campus that will be used in parking lot.

5. Analysis of site and data

5.1.As we understand that added parking is mandatory in the new Technology building, we have weighed the advantages and disadvantages of multi-level parking structures to single-layer parking, and above-grade parking to below-grade parking. Advantages to multi-level parking -Excessive parking availability -Close proximity to classrooms Advantages/Disadvantages to -Lack of space occupancy Below-grade parking -No possibility of being an eye-sore -More room available for classrooms -Cost is $35,000-$45,000 per parking space -Expensive excavation and shoring costs -Costly, special construction Disadvantages to multi-level parking -Expensive -Extensive soil analysis is mandatory Advantages/Disadvantages to Above-grade parking -Possibility of being an eye-sore -Cost is $14,000-$18,000 per parking space -Fewer expenses in excavation costs -Flooding is a lot more controllable

6. Cost estimate Order Date: May 21, 2011. Order Number Dr29482 item # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 description Surveyors/draftsman Architects Excavation Traffic engineer/analysis Below grade parking per parking space Above grade parking per parking space HVAC Eco roof installation Average monthly maintenance of eco roof Annual bill reduction due to energy efficient components per month Cost US $ $25,000 $25,000 $1,000,0 00 $25,000

$35,000
$14,000 $727,39 5 $9847 $25 $124,34 4

7. Final Recommendations 7.1.After conducting many studies and doing extensive research on and about the campus if Cal State LA our final recommendations reflects the feasibility of adding a new engineering lab and office building. We have found the build to be feasible if constructed to our new and improved plans. As we have made it clear, we strongly suggest that the structure be placed half-ontop of parking lot 7, at California State University Los Angeles. The basic dimensions should be 100 X 100. These choices will maximize the costsavings on the project. The team can give information for more energy efficient alternatives that can and will be used in the building. The suggested alternatives, if implemented, will save the school money and the

school can also receive rebates from Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Furthermore, through analysis of basic pros and cons, we highly suggest that the parking be semi-subterranean. By having only one level of subterranean parking, this will save on cost. Our plans will still allow for at least three levels of parking, there will only be one subterranean level. Traffic concerns are no longer an issue with the proposed location. Any issues that do arise for traffic or noise from construction will be accommodated for. During our analysis of the soils in the proposed area it will be necessary to use a combination of DRD patented retainer walls and shoring. Since, the building will be at the bottom of a slope the soils at the base must be waterproofed with lime. Further recommendations, which are optional, would be to use materials to sound proof building from noise of freeway traffic. Another option would be to work with Caltrans to build a sound barrier wall. The benefits of the proposed site will increase campus footprint and open up the eastern side of the campus. During construction there will be space assignment to mitigate traffic flow. Lot 7 will be the staging area for DRD trailers, equipment and employees.

8. Appendix 8.1.Photos of our location

8.2.TRAFFIC COUNTS AND DATA

Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total

Crashes 32 39 35 32 41 179

Percent 18% 22% 20% 18% 23%

Time 12 AM - 3 AM 3 AM - 6 AM 6 AM - 9 AM 9 AM - 12 PM 12 PM - 3 PM 3 PM - 6 PM 6 PM - 9 PM 9 PM - 12 AM UNKNOWN

Crashes 2 2 10 15 39 77 23 10 1

Percent 1% 1% 6% 8% 22% 43% 13% 6% 1%

Severity FATAL INJ A INJ B INJ C PDO Total

People 1 6 30 89

Crashes 1 5 19 52 102

Percent 1% 3% 11% 29% 57%

126

179

8.3.WORK CITED Geotechnical Engineering Firm http://www.aesoil.com/ Los Angeles Department of Water and Power http://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/areaHomeIndex.jsp? contentId=LADWP_GREENLA_SCID California Department of Transportation http://www.dot.ca.gov/ California State University, Los Angeles map http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/maps/cslamap.php

Population information http://www.calstatela.edu/student/prospect.htm Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ventilat.html Satellite photos Satellite photos http://larhinos.org/Fields.html Los Angeles Department of Water and Power http://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/areaHomeIndex.jsp? contentId=LADWP_GREENLA_SCID Benefits of subterranean parking http://www.universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=626&p=3 Structure Definitions http://www.buildeazy.com/glossary/abovegrade.html Cost estimates for parking structures http://www.universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=626&p=3