Carolina Crossings

This medical office building is a three-story structure, predominantly conventional steel-framing with an open web steel joist floor and roof system and a combined lateral force resisting system utilizing both reinforced masonry and structural steel lateral frames. The site grades provided some engineering challenges for the partially buried 1st floor, whose walls were designed as retaining walls which transfer soil pressure to the 2nd floor slab and through the buildings lateral superstructure. A 3D BIM model was developed to ensure geometric coordination between the all structural components of the building. The project is located between Durham and Chapel Hill, NC.

FDR Scope

Structural design of the three-story medical office building: conventional steel framing with open web steel joists, combined reinforced masonry and steel lateral force resisting system, retaining walls at the partially buried 1st floor, and 3D BIM coordination.

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