The Swain Boating Center is located on The Citadel Campus along the Ashley River and consists of a main 2-story, 10,444 sqft Boat House, a 1,200 sqft Pavilion, and a 263 sqft Dock House. The main Boat House consist of a dry-floodproofed entrance lobby and wet-floodproofed boat storage space on the ground floor with facilities for meetings, event, and student-oriented boating activities on the second floor. All three buildings were a technical challenge due to flood-proofing requirements, and the the requirement that no wood be used due to Formosan termite concerns.