Barbara and Jack Davis Hall

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Barbara and Jack Davis Hall
Barbara and Jack Davis Hall
General information
Type Educational, Research Center
Location North Campus, Amherst, New York
Coordinates 43°00′10″N78°47′14″W / 43.002795°N 78.787145°W / 43.002795; -78.787145 Coordinates: 43°00′10″N78°47′14″W / 43.002795°N 78.787145°W / 43.002795; -78.787145
Current tenants UB Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR)
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors(CUBS)
GroundbreakingMay 2009
CompletedLate 2011
OpenedMay 10, 2012 [1]
Cost$75 million (2010 dollars)
Client State University of New York [2]
Owner University at Buffalo
Technical details
Floor count3, plus penthouse [2]
Floor area130,000 sq ft (12,000 m2) [2] [3]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Robert Goodwin [1]
Architecture firm Perkins and Will [2] [3]
Main contractor Turner Construction [2]
Awards and prizes LEED Gold Certificate [2] [4]
Website
Davis Hall

Officially opened on May 10, 2012, as a part of University at Buffalo's 2020 Strategic Plan, construction of Barbara and Jack Davis Hall, known as Davis Hall, started in 2009 with ground-breaking and finished in late 2011 with a construction cost of $75 million including nearly $49.6 million from New York State funding and the rest from corporate and individual endowments. [3] [5] Besides UB Engineering, Davis Hall is the new host to both Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments featuring several new laboratories and research centers. [5]

Contents

The building is constructed by Turner Construction and its exterior design is a reminiscent to printed circuit board representing interaction among faculties and students and is designed by Perkins and Will firm. [1] The building is constructed in accordance with LEED's Gold certificate standards. [1]

Naming

The building is named after industrialist-turned-political candidate Jack Davis and his wife Barbara, who made the largest endowment ($5 million) among individuals to fund the project. [1] The couple made their first donation of $1.5 million to fund the project in 2008. [3] Jack, a UB Engineering graduate in 1955, [4] and his wife donated an additional $3.5 million to the project making themselves the people who have made the largest endowment in university's history with $5 million endowment. [3]

Tenants

Departments

The building is the new home to Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments. [1] However, the building supports five other departments such as Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering and Chemical and Biological Engineering. [4]

Labs

Notable features

Facilities and research centers

LEED gold certificate

On April 4, 2012 it was announced that the building has been certified "Gold" by LEED. [4] The building exceeds the state's energy efficiency code by 34 percent. Some of its features, making the building green, are as follow:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Davis Hall ribbon-cutting".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Turner Construction Davis Hall project". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Davis Hall Building". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Davis Hall earns LEED gold for eco-friendly features".
  5. 1 2 "New UB Engineering Building". Archived from the original on 2013-06-07.
  6. Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR)
  7. Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS)