Rooftop Pickleball
This was a 5 story wood framed apartment building. The architect chose type III-B, with exterior walls and shafts requiring a 2-hour fire rating. The 2-hour walls had to be made up of fire-retarded-treated lumber. This meant no engineered lumber (such as LVLs) could be used for headers or other framing members inside the 2-hour walls. At the rooftop amenity clubhouse, there was a 12ft opening which had to be framed with steel in lieu of wood. The parking structure was originally going to be Post-Tensioned concrete; however, halfway thru the design the owner decided to change the entire parking structure to pre-cast. This was due to the contractor stating the schedule would be much quicker with pre-cast. The lateral system for the wood framed building was an ATS anchor tie-down system. Footings for the wood building were on grade. The contractor elected to use soil improvement to save cost on footings. Some unique features include the rooftop amenity deck on top of the garage, which included a basketball court, pickleball court, and swimming pool.
Seven02
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Ammon Hedin
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Zach Thorner
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FFKR Architects
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Pickleball courts, basketball courts & swimming pool on the roof
5 Story parking garage