Events
Summer – Winter 2004
Innovations in Structural Engineering Speaker Series
Lunch-time seminars overview recent projects where innovative ideas in structural design led to either significant cost savings or solved difficult problems.
August 1 - 6, 2004
13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
SDE’s Mark Stevenson will be presenting on the 2000 International Building Code (IBC) and Additions to Existing Structures.
What’s New
Articles
Engineering News Record – April 8, 2002
New Seismic System Braces Unusually Tall Convention Hall
A patented girder system braces an usually tall story of the new San Francisco Moscone West Convention Center and shaved an estimated $2m in steel costs from the project. SDE’s Raj Sahai credits Gensler’s team with taking a chance, “They really let us experiment with an idea that’s never been done before.”
Modern Steel Construction - June, 1999
Golden Gate Warriors Training Facility
Jurors’ comments to this National Engineering Award of Excellence winning project included, “A significant engineering achievement given the existing structure and loadings. Provided the owner with the facility they needed, at the location they needed – despite an existing building at the location!”
Press Releases
Moscone West’ Expands San Francisco’s Convention Center With Civic-Minded Building
Innovative Design Features Establish New Paradigm For U.S. Meeting Centers
Technical Papers
Title: Performance-Based Seismic Design of Four-Story Moscone West Convention Center Expansion using Steel “Coupled Girder Moment Resisting Frame: (CGMRF) and Friction Dampers.
By Raj Sahai, John W. Laws, Dan Chen, Fanlang Kong, and Francisco Castillo Structural Design Engineers, Inc.
To request a copy of this paper: eroldan@sdesf.com
Latest Updates
New Projects: Carolina Medical Center Surgery Addition, Palmetto Richland Cardiovascular Hospital, USF War Memorial Gymnasium Addition, Lim’s Residence, SF Parks & Recreation - Coffman Pool.
We’ve expanded our 120 Montgomery Street office – if you’re in the neighborhood, come by and see the new space.
Welcome Back Tom Chidley. After a sojourn to the snow country (where he was leading an engineer/ski fanatic’s dream of working minutes from the slopes), one of the Bay Area’s favorite structural engineers is back.
