Background
Building permit documents for a new 47-story condominium project, this is the tallest residential building in Hawaii.

Innovative Approach
Our office performed lateral analysis for wind and seismic loads. Optimization of shear wall sizes and locations coordinated with the architectural and use requirements. Initial slab design using thin slab technology to maximize the number of inhabitable floors within the 400 foot maximum height envelope. An innovative “linked” shear wall system reduced the amount of concrete walls required to resist wind and seismic loads.