This Major Qualifying Project investigated the restoration and green design of the Worcester State Hospital Nurses' Home to a state-of-the art, three-storey facility for neuropsychiatric research. It was built in 1877, and the proposed design retained the existing masonry exterior. One-way and two-way reinforced concrete systems were developed and evaluated for the interior construction. Green design included a vegetated roof system and strategies for obtaining LEED certification. Massachusetts State Building Code, the IBC and ACI 318 were referred.

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Creator

• Fernando, W. Hishan

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-032807-095549

Advisor

• Albano, Leonard D.

Year

• 2007

Date created

• 2007-03-28

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Civil Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright