UC Berkeley | Lower Sproul Redevelopment Project

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The Lower Sproul Redevelopment revitalized an outdated and unsafe space at a campus gateway area.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.

SCOPE
Structural Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
SIZE
290,000 sf
CERTIFICATIONS
LEED Gold
AWARDS

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

KEY INFO

Shear wave velocity profiling

Performance based design

Designed to LEED Gold standards

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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.