LACCD Student Union Building
Los Angeles, CA
Status – Completed 2023
Services – Structural
Size – 31,000 Sq Ft
Architect – HGA Architects
General Contractor – W.E. O’Neil
Cost – $34 Million
Structural design of new three-story, steel framed Library Learning Commons Building with buckling restrained braced frame lateral force resisting system. Upper floors cantilever out from 1st floor on three sides. A large opening in floors at 2nd and 3rd levels provide for a feature stair. A seismically separated, 15-foot tall retaining wall is located at north side of building due to a large step in terrain.