Versatile precast meets compressed schedule
- Project West Georgia Technical College -- Carroll Campus
- Location Carrollton, Georgia
- Type of Precast CarbonCast High Performance Insulated Wall Panels
- Project Size 176,000 sq ft
- CarbonCast Surface Area 37,509 sq ft
- Architect Nelson
- Contractor McCarthy Building Companies
- Owner West CA Technical College
- Awards Outstanding Achievement in Low Rise Buildings Category for ACI Georgia's Dan R. Brown Awards
- Precaster Metromont
West GA Technical College’s 45-acre Carroll Campus in the Buffalo Creek Technology Park is comprised of multiple buildings totaling 176,000 square feet: a 3-story Main Administration Building and Maintenance Wing plus a Technical and Industrial Building with a 170’ span pedestrian bridge. All three structures consist of exterior precast wall panels.
The Main building consists of 29,458 SF of solid precast wall panels and 142 pieces. The Maintenance wing consists of 7,370 SF of CarbonCast precast wall panels and 66 pieces. The Technical & Industrial building consists of 30,139 SF of CarbonCast insulated precast wall panels and 196 pieces.
The project’s construction schedule demanded a building system that could meet a compressed schedule. Metromont’s team negotiated a precast concrete design for the three buildings with the project team, providing a design that featured 66,967 SF of precast concrete wall panels with 34,576 SF of cast-in thin-brick. Delivery of the precast concrete began in July 2021, allowing West GA Technical College’s new Carroll Campus to be completed and open for the fall 2022 academic year.
