SLC CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL

Owner:  Salt Lake City CH, LLC.

Architect: FFKR

Engineer:  Van Boerum & Frank

Location: Salt Lake City, UT

General Contractor:  Hensel Phelps Construction

Size:  660,000 Sq Ft

Completion Date:  September 2022

We were awarded this project as a Design Assist Contractor during the early design development phase. We have worked closely with Van Boerum & Frank engineers and this project design team to complete construction documents and maintain a strict budget. This convention center-hotel consists of 26 stories above grade and 1 floor, plus parking below grade. Levels 1-6 have a concrete and steel structure to serve podium space for convention center, with a superstructure of suspended concrete to serve hotel space for levels 7-25. A level 26 penthouse serves as mechanical space.

We have worked through numerous HVAC design scenarios to serve guest room accommodations. Our efforts in evaluating multiple scenarios have resulted in a final design that provides an efficient system, while maintaining budget, minimizing mechanical space allocation, and meeting stringent noise criteria. The owner is receiving a product they can rely on well into the future. Guest room accommodations are served by individual fan coil systems with common makeup air. The podium HVAC is served by multiple air handling systems with horizontal fan coil units to serve ballroom and convention spaces.

The plumbing systems utilize a hybrid of cast iron and PVC for waste and vent systems, with both copper and PEX systems serving domestic water. 

A reliable system, with an economical  approach, has been achieved.

Additional challenges include this project being constructed on an extremely tight site in downtown SLC. Demolition and remodel for portions of existing Salt Palace Convention Center are required, where shared space and structural connections will occur. Approximately 10 feet deep concrete mat slab supports the hotel superstructure and contains plumbing waste and vent systems within the concrete. There is also an elevated, outdoor pool at level 5. All work is being performed with just in time deliveries, as no onsite laydown exists for the project. With an extensive virtual design coordination process, we are fabricating both mechanical piping systems, as well as plumbing systems, in a controlled shop environment for efficient installation once structure is available.

The Convention Center Hotel will be commissioned and opened in the fall of 2022. This is a highly recognizable and regarded project, in an evolving Salt Lake City skyline, that we are  proud to be a part of.