The Suites at Spelman College

“The Suites” is Spelman College’s newest facility. At the opening ceremonies, Spelman College’s president, Dr. Beverly Tatum, stressed the importance of colleges and universities designing and building “green” facilities. She made sure that Spelman was leading the way in this respect, building the first LEED Silver certified facility on a Historically Black College or University campus.

This high quality and handsome new facility has 300 beds, mostly in single occupancy rooms within suites, a dining hall with a seating capacity of 175, several guest apartments for visiting faculty and trustees, and a structured underground parking garage which accommodates 100 vehicles.

Brookwood served as Spelman’s Program Manager for the project from pre-design planning through construction and furnishing. Under Brookwood’s guidance, the project has been designed for LEED Silver certification with Brookwood adding this requirement for the Design Architect for this Bridging method project as well as in the Bridging Contract Documents for the Design-Build Contractor and its Architectural/Engineering subcontractor. It will be the first LEED certified building on the campus as well as the first LEED certified building on a Historically Black College or University campus.

“The Suites” is Spelman College’s newest facility. At the opening ceremonies, Spelman College’s president, Dr. Beverly Tatum, stressed the importance of colleges and universities designing and building “green” facilities. She made sure that Spelman was leading the way in this respect, building the first LEED Silver certified facility on a Historically Black College or University campus.

This high quality and handsome new facility has 300 beds, mostly in single occupancy rooms within suites, a dining hall with a seating capacity of 175, several guest apartments for visiting faculty and trustees, and a structured underground parking garage which accommodates 100 vehicles.

Brookwood served as Spelman’s Program Manager for the project from pre-design planning through construction and furnishing. Under Brookwood’s guidance, the project has been designed for LEED Silver certification with Brookwood adding this requirement for the Design Architect for this Bridging method project as well as in the Bridging Contract Documents for the Design-Build Contractor and its Architectural/Engineering subcontractor. It will be the first LEED certified building on the campus as well as the first LEED certified building on a Historically Black College or University campus.

The Owner’s Design Consultant was Sizemore Group of Atlanta. The Bridging Design-Build Contractor was New South Construction Company of Atlanta. The Contractor’s AE was the architectural and engineering division of The Facility Group of Cobb County, Georgia.

While COO of Facility Design Group, Inc., Ennis Parker served as Principal in Charge for the architectural and engineering design of Spelman College’s new student residential building