The George Mason University Foundation University Hall (Fairfax, VA) recently constructed a new five-story, 140,000-square-foot mixed-use building – adding to the unique architectural feel of the campus. Completed in 2011, the interior and exterior framed walls of the University Foundation Hall were built using structural cold-formed steel framing as well as the recently introduced EDGE Steel Drywall Framing System, both manufactured by Edison, N.J.-based Super Stud Building Products Inc. Dell Perry Inc., one of the top metal framing, drywall and acoustical contractors in Northern Virginia, installed the framing. The company has formed a long and successful working relationship with the general contractor on the project, E.E. Reed Construction LLP. Capitol Building Supply Inc., part of the GMS group of companies, supplied the building materials for Dell Perry.
The project was designed by Davis Carter Scott, well-known architects of McLean, Va., and was managed by principal architect Ernest Ulibarri. The finished structure features approximately 70 percent traditional brick exterior finish with the front-facing side highlighted by glass curtain walls angled out from the base to create a dramatic look and feel from both the outside and inside of the building. While the building primarily houses administrative offices, there is also classroom space and retail venues on the ground floor.