Berkeley, CA
The Lower Sproul Redevelopment revitalized an outdated and unsafe space at a campus gateway area. The project upgraded the plaza; replaced Eshleman Hall with a larger building for student groups; upgraded and provided two major additions to the MLK Jr. Student Union, a 1958 concrete building; upgraded the Chavez Student Center; and retrofitted Anthony Hall, a historic building. Our solutions included developing a noise and vibration mitigation program for the demolition phase, developing details for working with complicated geometries and existing building tie-ins with new structures, and providing performance-based design to accurately minimize the need for retrofitting the MLK Union and for increasing confidence in Eshleman’s seismic performance.
SCUP, Jury's Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Integrated Planning and Design, 2017
AIA East Bay Berkeley Design Advocates, 2017
SEAONC, Excellence in Structural Engineering, Award of Merit, Retrofit/Alteration, 2016
SEAOC, Excellence in Structural Engineer, Award of Merit, Retrofit/Alteration, 2016
Shear wave velocity profiling
Performance based design
Designed to LEED Gold standards
Leavening peerless structural engineering skill with humor, philosophy, people skills and, above all, a consummate understanding of San Francisco's permitting process, [Alan] saw this project through.