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West Los Angeles College Lot 8 Parking Structure

Culver City, CA
This is a four story, 303,000 square foot, 1,000 car, facility with ductile moment frames and post-tensioned beams and slabs. The structure also included photovoltaic panels on a roof canopy, an intricate stair tower, and architectural feature walls. In addition, the project was located on a sloping site and required a large retaining wall on one side of the structure.

West Los Angeles College Lot 8 Parking Structure

Soka University – President’s and Dean’s Buildings, Guest and Housing Facilities, and Tennis Facility

Aliso Viejo, CA
FWCSE designed all the exterior cold-formed steel framing for façade and curtain wall elements, elevated roof structures, and pedestrian bridges with elaborate cubic stone cladding on this large campus. Detailing accounted for stone anchorage and seismic movements of these various buildings.

Soka University – President’s and Dean’s Buildings, Guest and Housing Facilities, and Tennis Facility

University of California, Irvine – Parking Structure

Irvine, CA
FWCSE was the structural engineer for this design-build seven story post-tensioned concrete, 1,200 car parking facility. Its lateral system consisted of perforated concrete shear walls. Three-dimensional finite element modeling was used to capture unique shear wall and ramp behavior of this structure.

University of California, Irvine – Parking Structure

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Student Housing

San Luis Obispo, CA
This project consists of nine, four and five story cold formed steel framed dormitory buildings for the Cal Poly North Student Housing. The project contains 618 residential units, each with at least four private bedrooms. FWCSE was the structural engineer for all nine cold-formed steel framed structures. The project was completed under the design-build delivery system.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Student Housing

California State University Fullerton Parking Structure

Fullerton, CA
Five story, 764,000 square foot, 2,550 car facility with concrete ductile moment frames and post-tensioned beams and slabs. It is constructed of post-tensioned cast-in-place concrete and has plan dimensions of 515 feet by 300 feet. Due to its size, the structure is separated into two separate buildings, although the construction was not phased. Surrounding the exterior of the structure are perforated stainless steel metal panels, a tilted metal screen, an elaborate outriggered steel and glass architectural feature, and a glass-infilled steel elevator tower. The lateral system is special concrete moment resisting frames in both directions.

California State University Fullerton Parking Structure

California State University, Northridge, Student Union Complex

Northridge, CA
FWCSE designed the addition of new structures and major renovation of existing buildings and new complex at the University of California at Northridge. Elaborate and modern architectural shapes with exposed steel and glazing were incorporated into the design.

California State University, Northridge, Student Union Complex

University of California, Irvine, Arroyo Vista Dormitory, Housing Structural Investigation

IRVINE, CA
Performed seismic analysis and evaluation services for alleged construction defects of multi-level timber framed structures.

University of California, Irvine, Arroyo Vista Dormitory, Housing Structural Investigation

University of California, Los Angeles, Sunset Village Student Dormitory Seismic Evaluation

Los Angeles, CA
Seismic analysis and evaluation of various large, four story timber framed dormitory structures over parking structures.