The City of Houston
Houston, Texas
Structural design of new 30,000 square feet, LEED Certified facility is the largest, single library in the City of Houston's system, aside from the main library downtown. The facility contains a computer training lab, gaming room, conference room, study rooms and 107 computers and laptops for patron's use. the facility also included a drive-thru book drop and for those patron's with fuel-efficient vehicles, preferred parking spaces.
Super-structure framing for the library was designed using a combination of steel-braced and moment frames. The second floor is composite concrete and steel framing and the roof consists of a metal deck supported by beams and open web joists. The foundation for the super-structure consists of a slab-on-grade with perimeter grade beams and shallow spread footings at the columns.
Project Team
- Owner: The City of Houston, General Services Department
- Architect: Kirksey
- Structural Engineer: Rogers Moore Engineers, LLC
- Civil Engineer: Klotz Associates, Inc.
- MEP Engineer: Infrastructure Associates, Inc.
- Landscape Architect: Kudela & Weinheimer
- Contractor: SpawGlass