G a t e w a y t o E n g i n e e r i n g
The Discovery Learning Center (DLC) is
a 3-story structure with a mechanical penthouse and partial below grade
lower level. RWC provided structural engineering for the structural system
which employs reinforced cast-in-place concrete throughout, and rests
on drilled pier foundations, and reinforced concrete grade beams and foundation
walls. Floors are reinforced concrete pan joists spanning 30'-36' to reinforced
concrete cast-in-place beams spanning 22' to reinforced concrete columns.
The new building is connected to both the existing Electrical Engineering
Center, and the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL) by
elevated bridges
constructed
with cast-in-place concrete waffle slabs. Klipp Colussy Jenks DuBois served
as architect for both DCL and ITLL. The exterior of the building consists of
board-form, cast-in-place concrete with stone veneer facing to blend with the
overall University of Colorado campus architecture.
I n v e s c o O f f i c e C a m p u s
A
600-plus vehicle - 126,000 square foot - parking garage services both multi-story
office buildings located on the Invesco Funds Campus northwest of Metro-Denver.
Designed by Gensler with RWC as structural engineer, the two, 275,000-plus square
foot office structures use the same superstructure structural system as that
for the parking garage - high-strength precast concrete. The structures all
bear on concrete piers drilled deep into bedrock. Because of the highly expansive
site soil conditions and the client's desire to maintain a perfectly level first
floor,
RWC
designed a reinforced, cast-in-place concrete first floor system - rather than
the standard slab-on-grade - for the offices. Each of the office buildings has
an innovative structural steel penthouse screening system to handle the high
winds prominent in the area, which is near the west slope of the rugged Rocky
Mountains. General contractor for the project was Swinerton Builders.
