This 74,000sf structure is a new 4-story mixed use building with wood stud walls and composite lumber floor and roof framing. The main level houses commercial spaces with large open floor areas. The upper levels are residential living spaces.

A new 4,100sf building with steel roof deck and joists, cold formed steel curtain walls, and braced moment frames and a 5,500sf building addition with steel roof deck and joists and masonry bearing walls.

Our role for this project was to re-design the structural system for each retail building using steel framing members instead of the heavy timber construction elements that were specified in the original contract documents. The purpose of this framing revision was to try and reduce the cost of the structural framing system without altering the architectural appearance of the buildings. This was accomplished with the use of steel girders, joists and columns for the vertical load resisting system in conjunction with moment and braced frames for the lateral load resisting system.

This retail and office mixed use complex is a series of steel framed buildings. The lateral forces are resisted primarily with ordinary steel moment frames to allow for open storefronts and flexibility. The second levels are a composite steel and concrete on steel deck design.

The structural system for this building consists of open web steel joists and girders supported by load bearing masonry walls in the auditorium and steel frames in the lobby/restroom areas. The major design challenge for this project was the design of the unusually high masonry walls in the auditorium area. The walls are approximately 63’-0” high, of which 10’-0” is an underground concrete wall. The 8” masonry walls are designed to transfer the lateral loads (i.e. wind/seismic) horizontally into the 2’-0” square masonry pilasters that support the roof girders. Another interesting aspect of this project included the detailing/construction of the slab on grade stadium seating in the voluminous auditorium area.

A single story 17,837sf office building constructed with 40′ timber trusses and a pre-engineered wood truss roof structure. The roof structure is supported by glu-lam beams, steel columns and exterior masonry walls with a shallow foundation system.

A new Jackson’s Food Store is located in the heart of Star, Idaho on Highway 44 and Star Road. It was a pleasure to work with BRS Architects for this new retail store!

In this modern, state-of-the-art facility, Agriculture students can accurately test and study the soil used for farming in Idaho. The 12,500 square-foot laboratory includes an open web steel joist roof system supported by a series of steel moment frames. The stepped roof conceals a large mechanical well. AHJ Engineers provided structural engineering for Anderson Mason Dale Architects with Castellaw Kom Architects. It was a great project constructed by Layton Construction!

This 67,563 square foot five level multi-use structure is constructed of many different structural materials that tie together to resist gravity and lateral loads. The underground parking/basement is made up of concrete walls, columns, and frames that support the upper levels. The upper levels are steel beams with composite concrete and steel floor deck with steel columns to support the gravity loads. The lateral forces are resisted with steel frames over a majority of the structure with a concrete masonry wall at the property line. The main challenge with this project was the numerous transfer columns and girders from level to level to provide a direct load path to the foundation. These transfer elements were required as a result of the varying column layouts at each level. The layouts at each level are driven from its required uses (i.e. retail, office, residential).