Anthony Timberlands Center

The University of Arkansas assigned on-call Cx firm, EMA to provide design and construction-phase Cx services for the new 45,000 square-foot mass timber project, which features a high-bay fabrication workshop, studios, seminar and conference rooms, faculty offices, and outdoor terraces. The center also includes a small auditorium and a public exhibition space.

The facility’s mechanical infrastructure includes an air-cooled chiller, gas boilers, DOAS unit with energy wheel, fan coil units, VAVs with hot water reheat terminal units, fan-coil units, passive air ventilation dampers, dust collector, and process snorkle-type exhaust hoods.

EMA’s scope of work included complete building envelope Cx (BECx), which triggered envelope design evaluation as well as thermal infrared and blower door testing at project completion to ensure the building and its high-end equipment and finishes are protected for decades to come.