| Location: | Dallas, TX |
| GC: | Linbeck |
| Fabricator: | W&W Steel Company |
| Engineer of Record: | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Architect of Record: | Kendall/Heaton Associates |
| Floor Area: | 55,500 sq. ft. |
| Roof Area: | 166,500 sq. ft. |
| Tonnage: | 2,341 Tons |
| Comments: | Erection took place in two phases: Building Shell and Canopy Structure. Building was erected primarily with tower cranes. Main Auditorium Roof is framed with trusses bearing on cast-in-place concrete bowl walls approximately 90ft tall. Canopy/Sunshade structure wraps the main building with a footprint of three acres. A portion of the canopy structure is framed with built-up plate girders spanning 160 weighing close to 1,000 lbs/ft.
A portion of the sunshade is oriented over a below grade parking garage capable of supporting only HS20 highway loads. Special erection schemes were required to place erection cranes over the garage without exceeding the final design loads. |
