Solution: The installation efficiency of hollowcore, columns, and beams helped this student housing project meet an aggressive construction deadline.
CentraCare Regional Campus Relies on Hollowcore for St. Cloud Student Housing Complex
As part of its first expansion in more than 50 years, the University of Minnesota Medical School is building a student housing complex within its CentraCare Regional Campus in St. Cloud. The expansion is driven by the medical school’s mission to train medical students interested in rural healthcare in order to improve healthcare access for rural communities.
The 96-unit multi-family residential building will house medical students and others associated with the campus. To help meet the project’s aggressive deadline, project leaders specified precast columns, beams, and hollowcore planks manufactured by County Prestress & Precast to construct the building’s podium.
Prestressed building components are well-suited for multi-family projects because of their high load capacity, which enables them to support wider spans with fewer columns. This helps maximize functional indoor space and gives designers more flexibility. Offsite production of the precast components means that site preparation and material production can happen at the same time, which can shave weeks off the construction schedule. Hollowcore planks are manufactured to specification for each project, accommodating plans with unique angles and curves as well as tight construction sites.
Project Highlights:
The use of precast building components helped this student housing project stay on schedule in order to welcome its first residents — members of the CentraCare Regional Campus in St. Cloud inaugural class of medical students.
