Georgetown University - Southwest Quadrangle Project
Washington, D.C.
University life encourages learning, involvement and fun; however, college students, even those attending the oldest Catholic university in the nation, bring with them additional noise, trash and traffic. Because of this, Georgetown University’s residential neighbors asked the university to reduce the number of undergraduate students living off campus in the adjacent community. In order to accommodate this request, Georgetown fixed new student enrollment to no more than the previous year and created plans for a new Southwest Quadrangle, increasing on-campus housing by over 900 students.
Georgetown University’s 2000 Campus Plan was designed to model a village, creating new pedestrian walkways, quadrangles, river views and enhanced green space. Included in the plan was the addition of some of the first new academic buildings on this historic campus in 20 years.
The Southwest Quadrangle, in keeping with this requirement, involved five major components designed to meet Georgetown’s village theme. In addition to the new 900+-bed student residence hall, it included an 815-vehicle underground parking garage, a new consolidated Jesuit Community Residence, a new dining facility serving 1,200 students, and an underground Bus Maintenance Facility, which also garages and services Georgetown’s new “fuel cell” bus program. The quadrangle was completed and fully occupied for the fall 2003 semester.
Heery’s role on the project was to provide management oversight support and advice on matters pertaining to cost, schedule and other construction related issues.