The University of San Carlos will inaugurate the new home of the Law and Business School on Monday, January 28. The edifice is named after Fr. Ernest Hoerdemann, SVD, who led the ten-year postwar reconstruction of the Main Campus that began with the Archbishop Reyes building in 1948. The new edifice conjoins the College of Law and the College of Commerce Graduate Business School as well as the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Management.
Began last May 5, 2007, the six-storey edifice took eight months to build, with at total floor area of 9, 500 square meters. This reinforced concrete structure, which presents a new façade amidst the number of iconic structures that have risen in the Main Campus, projects into Pelaez Street, just beside the Center for Religious Education-Fr. Ludwig Lehmeier Building.
Hoerdemann Building is home to twenty-four classrooms for Law; Graduate Business and Hotel and Restaurant Management classes. Among its major amenities are a 234-seat Audio Visual Hall, a 280-seat Law Practice Court; HRM commercial kitchens and laboratories; an 80-seat dining hall; a 30-seat conference room; a student lounge; an exhibit hall and a library. The building is served by an elevator as well as an integrated voice and data network. All classrooms and offices in the building are mechanically-cooled.
The building is also the first in the university with integrated fire suppression system and video surveillance capability as well as provisions for cable TV. Parking and maintenance facilities are located at its lower ground floor. The upper ground floor houses an exhibit hall, business incubator offices and the Business Resource Center. The Audio Visual Hall straddles the lower and upper ground floors due to its tiered seating arrangement. The second floor contains the Vice-President for Academic Affairs Conference Room; the Human Resource Management Office; the Alumni and Student Organizations Office; as well as hospitality and restaurant management classrooms and kitchen laboratories. On its third floor are classrooms and a faculty room. Its fourth floor houses classrooms of the College of Law with the Law Library and Law Practice Courts conveniently located on the fifth floor.
An atrium halves the building for light and ventilation, while a driveway runs along the length of the building leading to the lower ground-level parking. The buildings main entry is at Pelaez street and exits at Sanciangko street via the Anselmo Bustos Sports Complex gate.
The design consultants who were pooled together under the Institute of Planning and Design come from the College of Architecture and Fine Arts and the College of Engineering. These are Ellis A. Puerto, architect; Ramon M. Gitamondoc, structural design engineer; Warlito F. Nimis, electrical systems engineer, Ronald M. Galindo-mechanical system engineer; Danilo V. Ravina-plumbing systems design and Vic C. Navarro, electronics and communications engineer.
The building was constructed by DURACON Construction and Development Corporation, which also built the Robert Hoeppener Health Science Building, home to the College of Nursing and the College of Pharmacy at the Talamban Campus.
Author: Web Office
25 / January / 2008
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