Columbia College Media Production Center

Owner: Columbia College
Architect: Studio Gang
Cost: $18 million
dbHMS Role: MEP Engineer of Record

The project combines large film and animation studios with classrooms and workshops on an urban campus. dbHMS is collaborating closely with the acoustical engineer and the architect to design sustainable mechanical systems that would also perform under very strict acoustical guidelines. dbHMS used Computational Fluid Dynamic Studies to reduce the size of the mechanical systems for the two sound stages by 50 percent, resulting in first cost savings of about $250,000.