US Naval Academy Child Development Center
Annapolis, MD
Type: New Facility
Services: Structural and Specialty Engineering
Recognition: LEED Silver®
ADTEK provided design services for this new, one-story 21,194-sf structure with occupancy of 162 children and support staff. The structure is a pre-engineered steel building. ADTEK provided design related to the foundation and exterior wall design, based on loads provided by the pre-engineered building manufacturer. The new facility meets the latest Anti-terrorism Force Protection, ADA and Architectural Barriers Act standards. ADTEK’s specialty engineers provided design for structural cold-formed exterior framing as well as the design for a slip connection at the top of interior non-structural framing.