Underpinning with Steel: Stories from Mega-Retrofit Projects in the San Francisco Bay Area [Y12]

A historic warehouse building getting lifted 10 feet. An 8-story department store getting an entirely new foundation system. A concrete office building getting undermined 15 feet. All three projects required significant temporary underpinning systems, and all three were accomplished with steel. Come learn how the flexibility and versatility of steel was applied creatively to facilitate the 'gymnastics' of these three signature retrofit projects.

Source: NASCC
Year: 2023

Speaker(s): Robert Graff,SE,PE