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Suite and club seating is aluminum planking with a structural steel frame. The
suite/club floor levels are concrete over metal deck.
Conventional concrete pad footings were utilized at the foundation.
Project Highlights:
The Homestead-Miami Turn 1 club/suite addition is
140' tall and had to be designed to withstand
gusts of 146 m.p.h. for up to three seconds. The addition is totally
self sustained from the existing grandstand structures. This condition
produced significant uplift and overturning forces that required significant
structure and concrete mass to maintain stable conditions. The
club/suite levels are accessible by means of four stair towers and a three
bank elevator. These elements were connected to the club/suite
structure but even with this, it still required more than normal structure
and concrete to maintain stable conditions. In addition, this project
was fast track in order to be complete before the last race of the year
which is held at this track.
 
  
Materials Used:
Concrete tilt-up exterior walls, light gauge roof framing over steel rigid
frames with clerestory. The mezzanine and administration roof are wood
framed.
Project Highlights:
This project is unique in that the design and fabrication drawings for the
steel frames were provided as part of the design package to allow the
contractor to control fabrication of the entire steel structure in the field
to ensure proper placement of each frame to accommodate a roof slope skewed
to the span of the frames.
 
  
 
Materials Used:
Stadium seating is aluminum planking with a structural steel frame. Project Highlights:
Building plans aim to improve sightlines, seating, circulation, ingress
and egress, restrooms and concessions to meet modern football stadium
criteria. Plans also call for the replacement of outdated mechanical,
plumbing and electrical systems. In addition, the G. A. Richards Press
Box will be re-built. The final result of the new stadium will be an
improvement in the quality of the facility as an event venue for our
student-athletes with the best levels of service, convenience and
comfort for guests. The project started following the 2005 season
and is expected to be finished in time for the 2006 season.
 
 
Materials Used:
Although this project is still early in the design phase, the proposed vertical support system consists of steel columns with composite steel wide flange beams and girders. The floor is to be constructed of light weight concrete over metal deck and walls are to be metal studs. Special concentric steel braced frames will be utilized to resist lateral loads and a seismic joint will separate the new structure from the existing. The foundation is expected to be conventional concrete footings.Project Highlights:
This project encompasses a significant expansion of the hospital’s radiology and emergency facilities, along with a second story shell area of about 14,500 square feet. The addition includes a large number of treatment and screening rooms, two new CT scan suites, and two imaging/surgery facilities. Critical design issues are expected to be deflection and vibration control, along with managing the unique footprint of the new structure and how it interfaces with the existing.
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