Civic & Government
East Aldine Community Center
East Aldine Community Center
East Aldine Community Center
Structural Engineer (subconsultant to architect)
Structural Engineer (subconsultant to architect)
Structural Engineer (subconsultant to architect)
A three-building, 44,000-square-foot civic and economic-opportunity complex anchoring the East Aldine Town Center in unincorporated northeast Harris County, serving an underserved community.
A three-building, 44,000-square-foot civic and economic-opportunity complex anchoring the East Aldine Town Center in unincorporated northeast Harris County, serving an underserved community.
CHALLENGE
A three-building, 44,000-square-foot civic complex on high-plasticity expansive clay required column-free spans of sixty to seventy feet at its gymnasium and Makerspace, and a foundation redesign after geotechnical findings ruled out a conventional slab-on-grade.
A three-building, 44,000-square-foot civic complex on high-plasticity expansive clay required column-free spans of sixty to seventy feet at its gymnasium and Makerspace, and a foundation redesign after geotechnical findings ruled out a conventional slab-on-grade.
APPROACH
The lateral system combines steel braced frames, reinforced-concrete shear walls, and steel moment frames by building, with deep steel joists at the long spans; the foundation is a structural one-way slab on twelve-inch carton void forms over grade beams and thirty-six-inch drilled straight-shaft piers socketed into gray unweathered shale.
The lateral system combines steel braced frames, reinforced-concrete shear walls, and steel moment frames by building, with deep steel joists at the long spans; the foundation is a structural one-way slab on twelve-inch carton void forms over grade beams and thirty-six-inch drilled straight-shaft piers socketed into gray unweathered shale.
VALUE
Carton-form slabs over piers to shale defeat the reactive clay while the steel framing opens the high-bay volumes; designed to ASCE 7-10 wind of 124 to 132 mph, M served as structural engineer of record under Page.
Carton-form slabs over piers to shale defeat the reactive clay while the steel framing opens the high-bay volumes; designed to ASCE 7-10 wind of 124 to 132 mph, M served as structural engineer of record under Page.
Neighborhood Centers, Inc.
Unincorporated Harris County, Texas
Project Narrative
Project Narrative
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