Georgia State University Piedmont Central Housing

The new building provides 1,152 beds in 320 suite- and semi-suite-style dormitory units. Also included are a greenspace courtyard, classroom space, community rooms, laundry rooms, and a 15,000-SF white box shell space for a 400+ seat dining hall. Interior finishes are typical of an institutional dormitory building, utilizing a mix of carpet tile and ceramic tile flooring in the dorm units.

Supported by 345 eighteen-inch-in-diameter and 70-foot-deep auger cast piles, the structure is a Metromont “Metro-Deck.” The system allows for a much faster construction schedule than conventional cast-in-place techniques. The Metro-Deck system required detailed preconstruction planning to ensure all panels would be on-site when needed and meet the structure's exact specifications. The team was innovative in coordinating electrical systems using the Metro-Deck system, which had never been used on a structure of this height.