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The Experience Music Project had a unique one-of-a-kind building design, non recti-linear building geometry
was constructed as six separate elements. EMP has a 140,000 square
foot interactive museum with 1,000 tons of chilled water and site steam line from the Seattle Center to the museum. This was a complete design build contract for the fire protection portion of the project. The building contains more than 20,000 feet of 1 ½” pipe with 4” mains and
1,700 sprinkler heads. The final designed system is comprised of two wet systems covering three stories with dry systems in the parking garage and tunnel, which allows the monorail to run through the middle of the complex. The monorail continued its run throughout the entire construction phase!
The unique building structure and unusual curved roof deck provided many challenges for our field crews. Every inch of ceiling space was utilized, and exceeded 85 feet in height in some areas. The original design underwent several changes due to the exhibits, restaurant and ride additions. Possibly the most complex design and installation fire protection project McKinstry has ever taken on, this system was created using 3-D AutoCAD and the Catia System enabling the designers to view the layout in 3-D from any angle. |
Experience Music Project
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