Page 109 - Bernardon Proposal for Design Services Revised

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VIRGIN HOTEL

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

CLIENT: Paradigm Hotels Group The shear wall locaons were carefully selected to minimize
ARCHITECT: Architectural Dimensions impacts on the architectural layout as well as the building
STORIES: 12 dris and required property line set-backs. These small

TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE: 110,000-sf property line set-backs allowed for greater usable square
CONSTRUCTION: concrete footage for the building, which was a necessity given the

COMPLETION DATE: 2015 very small site. The rooop bar and mechanical systems are
supported by a steel framing system , resulng in a flexible

Located across from the Moscone Convenon Center layout for architecture and mechanical demands, as well as

and directly adjacent to San Francisco’s planned Fourth reduced building loads.

Street Subway, this 150-key boque hotel features a full-
PROJECT EXPERIENCE xxxx xxxx The building’s primary framing system is cast-in-place staon, the enre project was closely coordinated with the PROJECT EXPERIENCE xxxx xxxx
Due to the building’s adjacenty to the new MUNI subway
service restaurant, fi tness center, a rooop bar, and suites.

concrete. In order to maximize floor-to-ceiling heights, DCI

San Francisco Municipal Transportaon Authority (SFMTA).
designed 6 ½” post-tensioned concrete slabs. In addion to

DCI developed a one-of-a-kind shoring system that ulized

creang more volume within the rooms, the thin slabs also
the exisng walls from the demolished building as the

signifi cantly reduced the mass of the building, resulng in
smaller columns, reduced foundaon sizes, and fewer shear
addional square feet of space.

walls. temporary shoring walls. This design, resulted in hundreds of
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