Materials Used:
Concrete tilt-up exterior warehouse walls, light gauge roof framing over steel trusses, wood framed administration wings with interior steel braced frames all founded upon drilled pier and grade-beam foundations. A geofabric retaining wall was utilized to prevent retaining surcharge on the rear wall of the structure.

Project Highlights:
This project utilized several structural systems mentioned above to provide an economical structure elegant in its architecturally exposed elements yet functional in accommodating the complexities of the site, structural requirements, and architectural design.

Materials Used:
Service Bay - Concrete tilt-up walls, pre-cast concrete double-tee roof joists, pre-cast girders & pre-cast columns.

Showroom - Structural steel frame with engineered wood roof and floor joists. Steel braced frame and moment frame lateral system. All portions of the structure were founded upon conventional footings.

Project Highlights:
This project utilized several structural systems to maximize open space and accommodate the architectural design in an economical manner. The design presented a unique challenge in mating the rigid concrete structure of the service department with the flexible diaphragm showroom and office structure. Compatibility and proper load distribution for design of the lateral systems were determined using stiffness interaction analysis of the two multi-level systems.

Materials Used:
Structural steel frame with light gauge roof joists and framing. The lateral system is comprised of steel braced frames and moment frames. All portions of the structure were founded upon conventional footings with drilled piers where required to resolve high uplift loads.

Project Highlights:
This small yet complex project provided a unique design and analysis challenge in that the pitched roof of the structure is made up of two planes which bisect each other to provide for opposing clerestory windows. The complex roof structure required the use of three dimensional CAD drawings to adequately communicate the steel frame configuration and top of steel elevations on the construction documents.

Materials Used:
Cut and cover cast-in place concrete cave structure. The winery building is constructed of steel rigid frames with light gauge roof framing. Set into the hillside, three walls of the structure utilize cast-in-place concrete retaining walls to retain up to 16' of earth.

Project Highlights:
With 40' clear span intersecting tunnels, the cut and cover caves for this project were designed using three dimensional finite element analysis to ensure proper design of the concrete structure.