Location: Memphis, Tennessee The Rhodes College East Village is a 75,000 square foot, 3 story dormitory designed for upper-class male and female students. Each dorm/apartment included a kitchen, living room and full bathroom. The East Village design also contained a laundry area, conference room and a large meeting area with a patio that connected to the East Village Lodge. This is wood frame and steel construction with shallow foundation. Seismic resistance was provided by plywood shearwalls....
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Our Work: Structural Engineering
Premcore / Valero Pipe Bridge Over Nonconnah Creek
Owner: Valero Memphis Refinery Location: Memphis, Tennessee The Premcore / Valero Pipe Bridge Over Nonconnah Creek is a 514 foot long, 29 foot wide, 3 span bridge with bulb-tee beams using cast-in-place composite decking. The bridge was originally designed for one-lane HS15 truck loading plus a heavy utility piping load. Burr & Cole was involved in the design of the preliminary bulb-tee beam. We also were involved in the Substructure Design including cast-in-place composite deck design, intermediate bents, abutments, and foundations. We performed the seismic design for the structure as well....
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Memphis/Shelby County Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Location: Memphis, Tennessee Architect: Looney Ricks Kiss Architects This $65 million library is built on a 12 acre urban site in Memphis. It is 6 stories including a basement, garden level and mechanical penthouse. It is 330,000 SF and was constructed with a one-way pan joist system using concrete shear walls. A monumental stair is the centerpiece of this public gathering space. In addition to the material collections, public reading rooms, and staff workplaces, the fully accessible building provides public meeting rooms that are available after hours, and bookstore, as well as a public radio and TV studio....
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