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Overview
competition information
guest reviewers
faculty advisors
student presentations
smithville story
Faculty Editors
John Poros
Suzanne Powney
Design
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Research
existing site conditions
regional site research
community research
project collaboration
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Design
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top presenters
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overview
competition information
project overview
guest reviewers
faculty advisors
student presentations
teams
smithville story
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Competition Information
Brasfield and Gorrie are a team of full-service general
contractors, construction managers, and community minded
people. B & G are ranked 28th among the nations top 400
contractors according to Engineering News-Record. Some of
their most recent achievements include being ranked No.1
among the nations Top Contractors in the Southeast,
ranked No. 3 in the nation for Top Green Contractor,
ranked No.16 among the nations Top 50 in Domestic
General Building Revenue, No. 28 among the nations
Top 100 Contractors by New Contracts, as well as No. 2
among the nations Top Healthcare General Contractors.
They employ 229 L.E.E.D. Accredited professionals and are
responsible for 46 green projects.
Their involvement with Mississippi State University in the
fall of 2011 was an unprecedented event for the College of
Architecture Art and Design as well as the Carl Small Town
Center. For two weeks, teams of students from the fourth
year Architecture studio, Building Construction Science,
and Interior Design were led through a series of lectures
and collaborative design methods to help enhance the
understanding and importance of teamwork, having clear
goals, and making contentious design and developmental
decisions from the very beginning of a project.
overview
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Guest Reviewers
Sam Hardie
LEED AP of Brasfield and Gorrie
Sam Hardie lectured on a review of Building Information Modeling (BIM).
Faculty Advisors
Michele Herrmann
Michele M. Herrmann, Esq. is an instructor in Building Construction Science at Mississippi State University
focusing on construction law. She earned her Bachelor of Science Design from Clemson University and her
Juris Doctor from New York Law School, where she worked at the Center for New York City Law. She is a
member of the New York State Bar. Prior to joining the BCS faculty, she taught beginning design studios at
the State University of New York at Delhi and has experience in real estate and land use law.
Douglas Lee
Chief Estimator of Brasfield and Gorrie
As Vice President/Regional Preconstruction Director, Douglas works directly with the project manager
to develop cost-effective, realistic budgets and schedules. He leads our estimating teams on negotiated,
hard-bid, healthcare and commercial projects for construction and construction management work.
Douglass responsibilities include conceptual estimating, quantity surveys, final pricing, scheduling and
buyout. Throughout preconstruction, he leads the estimating team to develop effective scheduling and
value engineering strategies. After preconstruction, Douglas involvement in the construction phase helps
our team ensure that the customer receives the highest level of cost efficiency possible. He has a proven
track record for using his construction knowledge and skills to bring cost savings to all of Brasfield &
Gorries clients.
Beth Miller
Beth R. Miller is a certified interior designer, associate professor and Director of Interior Design at
Mississippi State University. She has completed all of her doctoral course at Mississippi State University
and is currently working on her dissertation. She earned her Masters in Education with a concentration in
interior design from Mississippi University for Women and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design from
Louisiana Tech University. Her professional experience includes working for various firms in Mississippi
and Atlanta, Georgia as well as having her own firm in Natchez, Mississippi where she specialized in
historic renovation and restoration. Her primary research area has focused on improving and developing
the profession of interior design through education, accreditation and legislation.
John Poros
Germany. Before joining the faculty at Mississippi State fifteen years ago, Prof. Poros worked with the
internationally known architecture firm of Kieran Timberlake Associates in Philadelphia for seven years.
Prof. Poros received his Masters of Architecture degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and
his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University.
John Poros is an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at Mississippi State University. He is
currently the director of the Carl Small Town Center, a community design and outreach component of the
School of Architecture. The Carl Small Town Center is a nationally recognized community design center
with awards from the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Architects. Work of
the Center has been shown at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. and as far away as Berlin,
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Student Presentations
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Teams
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3
Team 1:
Team 2:
Team 4:
Team 5:
Team 6:
Team 3:
Team 11:
1. Carolyn Ludermo (ARC)
2. Vanessa Robinson (ARC)
3. Philip Patrick McManus (BCS)
4. Michael Thomas (BCS)
5. Chris Ratzlaff (BCS)
6. Holly Davis (ID)
7. Jennifer Gates (ID)
Team 9:
1. Andrew Robertson, ar320 (ARC)
2. Cody Millican, scm159 (ARC)
3. Chris Newton, crn60 (BCS)
4. Trenton Cole Walker, tcw96 (BCS)
5. Janay Jones, jmj303 (ID)
6. Lindsey Leggett, lbe33 (ID)
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Smithville Story
On April 27,2011 an EF5 rated tornado touched down
along Mississippi Highway 25 and damaged or destroyed a
3 mile long by 1/2 mile wide area of the Town of Smithville.
An estimated 25 percent of the towns total housing stock
was destroyed.The Town Hall, Police Station, and Post
Office were destroyed.The largest employer, a furniture
manufacturer, was destroyed and temporarily relocated.
The Smithville School and the towns only grocery store
were heavily damaged.TheTown of Smithville was listed
in a Federal Disaster Declaration on April 29, 2011.
Site 1
In Master Plan 1, the civic center is located at the intersection of Elm St. and Highway 25. The east-west
rail line that leads to the industrial area also passes to the west of the site. This site was chosen by the
teams and the town of Smithville because passing the rail intersection marks the beginning of the town
center. This plot of land was also advantageous because it is already owned by the town. The teams that
worked with this site emphasized not only the gateway nature of the site, but tried to create an urban
pattern that would be the model for redevelopment for the rest of the downtown.
Site 2
In the second master plan developed by the students, a new downtown area was conceived parallel to
Highway 25 to allow for faster through traffic on Highway 25 and a better pedestrian experience in the
new downtown area. Site 2 is located in this new downtown area. With the new downtown area, three
larger public green spaces, amenities lacking in Smithville before the tornado are proposed. The new civic
center is on one of these public green spaces, taking advantage of this larger space for festivals and events
in Smithville.
Site 3
In Master Plan 3, Highway 25 is divided by a green median meant to slow traffic down and allow for easier
pedestrian crossing over this busy road. The civic center just as in Master Plan 1 is located at the western
end of the downtown area. The civic center for Site 3 is meant to be a literal gateway into the town by
spanning across Highway 25 on two sites to the north and south of the highway. The groups that worked
with this site used this split site to change the character of Highway 25 from a fast, through road to a
slower, moving boulevard.
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Airport Locations
Community Stitches
Regional Proposal
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Community Research
Prior to the tornado, there were little to no sidewalks
found in the town, making walking unsafe for pedestrians
and especially for children. Many of the proposed master
plans include an extensive networks of sidewalks as well
as bike trails in an attempt to promote a more active and
healthy lifestyle for the towns residents. These trails are
intended not only for youth, but also for all members of
the community. The bike trails and sidewalks encourage
connections not thought of before in Smithville. These paths
cross through various key points in the streets of Smithville,
lead directly to Smithvilles schools, and to points along the
waterway and throughout the downtown. Ease of navigation
and the safety of these paths will encourage use and
ultimately result in a healthy and sustainable way of life in
Smithville. Much like road way systems have intersections,
the points in which these paths meet and join various parts
of the town can help to encourage walking and discourage
the use of vehicles as a primary means of travel within the
immediate downtown area.
In one proposal the students designed a pedestrian walkway connecting residences to Main Street.
In another proposal, the students proposed a grid system of the new Main Street. Walking is encouraged with various
outdoor public spaces.
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Project Collaboration
During the first week of the collaboration, Brasfield and
Gorrie also participated in Mississippi State Universitys
School of Architectures Harrison Lecture Series. These
lectures included a review of Building Information Modeling
(BIM), given by Sam Hardie, L.E.E.D. AP of Brasfield
and Gorrie. A presentation of Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (L.E.E.D.) was given by John T. Wood,
AIA, L.E.E.D. AP, Vice President of CMH Architects, Inc. A
lecture on Integrated Project Delivery, (IPD) was presented
by Douglas Lee, Chief Estimator of Brasfield and Gorrie.
IPD is a contract system that involves all parties, designers,
owners, and builders, and urges a collaboration of these
disciplines early on in the design process. These lectures
were beneficial to the students by showing not only the
means of working within the three different disciplines, but
also in using real world examples and expectations.
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design
designs
top presenters
Top Presenters
Here are some of the ways the
Brasfield and Gorrie exploration
impacted some of the involved
students.
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