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The finished Mell Hall brick plaza at Clemson University, clay pavers in herringbone within concrete banding around a mature tree
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Clemson University Mell Hall

Public WorksCampus HardscapeClemson, SC
The Project

Reconstruction of the brick plaza at Mell Hall, on the Highway 93 edge of the Clemson campus. The old pavers and the concrete base beneath them came out entirely. A new reinforced slab went back in, then concrete banding, steps, an accessible ramp, seat walls and tree wells, and a full field of clay pavers laid over the top by hand, engraved commemorative bricks included.

Owner
Clemson University
Location
Clemson, SC
Division
Public Works
Scope
Campus Hardscape
Scope of Work
Demolition of the existing paver field and concrete base
Reinforced concrete slab, curbs, and seat walls
Concrete steps and an accessible ramp
Clay pavers laid in herringbone within concrete banding
Engraved commemorative bricks set into the plaza field
Tree wells, planting beds, and site furnishings reinstated
Two Stages

What changed.

  • Reinforcing mesh laid across the prepared plaza base at Mell Hall before the concrete pour
    During
    The same plaza area finished in clay pavers with concrete banding, benches, and planting beds
    Complete

    The plaza base, reinforced and ready for concrete, and the finished paver field over it.

  • Reinforcing mesh and formed concrete curb at the stair and ramp approach to Mell Hall
    During
    The finished accessible ramp beside the plaza, with new planting beds and concrete banding
    Complete

    The ramp approach, formed and reinforced, then finished and planted.

On Film

The job, in motion.

The campus from the air, then the work up close: pavers cut, bedded, and set one at a time.

On Site

The work, as built.

Photographed from slab reinforcement through to the finished plaza.

  • Wide view of the completed plaza with the Mell Hall buildings and Highway 93 beyond
  • Reinforcing mesh laid across the plaza base before the concrete pour, with the crew working the far edge
  • Formed concrete curb and reinforcing mesh set around an existing tree in the plaza base
  • The concrete accessible ramp and landing formed and poured, with the plaza still at subgrade around it
  • Survey instrument set up over the graded plaza subgrade with new concrete seat walls in place
  • A mason setting clay pavers by hand across the plaza with wheelbarrows of material alongside
  • The completed paver field with its concrete banding grid running out toward the road
  • A mature tree left in place within a mulched well cut into the finished paver field
  • A bronze memorial and new plantings set into a bed within the finished brick plaza
  • New concrete walk poured tight against the Mell Hall building line
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