A research, teaching, and training facility within Tennessee Tech's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
A research, teaching, and training facility within Tennessee Tech's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Ashraf Islam Engineering Building

Officially started on September 10, 2021, the Ashraf Islam Engineering Building will be Tech’s newest innovative expansion, creating a space for interdisciplinary collaboration as students learn and explore the design process. The building will be the first engineering facility built in over 50 years.

Ashraf Islam Engineering Building concept drawing

A Construction Partner

The Center for Construction and Building Information Modeling is instrumental and active in the construction process. We take drone surveillance to provide live updates with the building progress, shown in a gallery below.

CCBIM also is working on installing seismic sensors and other instruments within the building itself to provide live seismic readings for the Cookeville area. Sensors have been installed in key locations in the Ashraf Islam Engineering building, these sensors will monitor the structural health of the building. The sensors will collect important data to improve structural design assumptions for seismic and wind loading. BIM was used to plan the sensor layout. BIM helped ensure that the sensors would not clash with any other objects in the building and provided insight on the optimal mounting locations. This figure shows each distinct sensor location throughout the building.

Gallery

The new Ashraf Islam Engineering Building modeled in Enscape.
The Ashraf Islam Engineering Building modeled in Enscape. – Artist Rendering
The new Ashraf Islam Engineering Building modeled in Enscape.
The Ashraf Islam Engineering Building modeled in Enscape. – Artist Rendering
The new Ashraf Islam Engineering Building structurally modeled in Revit.
The Ashraf Islam Engineering Building structurally modeled in Revit.
A floor-by-floor breakdown of the new Ashraf Islam Engineering Building.
A floor-by-floor breakdown of the Ashraf Islam Engineering Building. – Artist Rendering
A floor-by-floor breakdown of the new Ashraf Islam Engineering Building. First Level
A floor-by-floor breakdown of the Ashraf Islam Engineering Building. – Artist Rendering, First Level
A floor-by-floor breakdown of the new Ashraf Islam Engineering Building. Second Level
A floor-by-floor breakdown of the Ashraf Islam Engineering Building. – Artist Rendering, Second Level
A floor-by-floor breakdown of the new Ashraf Islam Engineering Building. Second Level
A floor-by-floor breakdown of the Ashraf Islam Engineering Building. – Artist Rendering, Third Level

Construction Gallery

Ashraf Islam Engineering Building construction flyover
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