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Featured Project: China Basin Office Complex

  • Feb 25, 2022
  • 1 min read

Updated: Feb 15, 2024


China Basin Office Complex


Delivering seismic retrofit for the iconic San Francisco Bay-facing China Basin office complex, our team performed shotcrete for vertical concrete walls and structural concrete, all while the complex remained occupied.


Capabilities performed included cast-in-place shear walls, slab on grade, slab on deck and Vapor Blast. To provide seismic support, we added 15-inch shotcrete to building walls in four sections, each a block long and six stories high.


We installed steel-frame buttresses to keep the building sturdy in case of an earthquake. And we made it all look good by creating an architectural finish, including curved walls and beveled concrete at each window to ensure nice views of the bay.


For more, visit our China Basin project page.


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It is bloody impressive how they managed a seismic retrofit like this while the complex remained fully occupied. Adding 15-inch shotcrete across four block-long sections six storeys high must have taken some serious coordination to minimise noise and disruption for the tenants. Reminds me a bit of researching How to Write an Essay Introduction, where you have to lay down a solid structural base before building out the rest of the work. I really appreciate that they took the time to craft the beveled concrete around the windows so the bay views weren't ruined. Curious to know how long the concrete pouring phase took overall from start to finish.

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