Background
This nine-story medical office building will have 127,268 square feet of leasable office space. An adjacent eight-story parking structure will house 400 parking stalls. Both structures will be supported on a deep foundation system consisting of drilled piers. The medical office system will be comprised of structural steel framing with a concrete core. The parking structure will be constructed utilizing a long-span post-tensioned concrete beam and slab.

Innovative Approach
The office structure incorporates structure that combines a concrete core for the lateral load resisting system with an efficient steel frame for the majority of the floor framing and gravity load carrying elements. The steel framing incorporates innovative "Smart Beam" framing that optimizes the use of steel materials through a factory modification of standard wide flange members into deeper, lighter and stronger castellated members.

Client Benefits
The use of "Smart Beam" technology represents the ultimate in sustainable approach to structural systems. Not only does the structure utilize recycled steel framing, but it cuts and reconfigures them into a more efficient configuration, reducing the total amount of material required to carry the same loading. The client not only benefits from a more cost-effective structure, but is also provided with a more adaptive finished structure. The additional benefit of the "Smart Beam" is in its castellated shape that includes multiple openings through the modified steel beams. These openings ultimately provide the client with the flexibility required in medical office buildings to reroute or add mechanical systems with changing tenant requirements.