Education

Architect: LCA Architects – Boise, Idaho

Location: Boise, Idaho

Size: 40,100 square feet

Description: A four-story steel frame office building with concentric braced frame lateral load resisting system.

Architect: LCA Architects – Boise, Idaho

Location: Boise, Idaho

Size: 140,000 square feet

Description: The structure of this two-story school consists of load bearing CMU shear walls, composite steel floor joists, and open-web steel roof joists. The building includes an 850 seat auditorium as well as two full-size gyms.

Description: This school utilizes an open-web steel joist roof system and load-bearing CMU walls throughout. Four classroom pods branch off one side of a central connecting corridor. The administration area, media center, multipurpose room, kitchen and other support areas are grouped on the opposite side of the corridor. Located near a major fault line, the structure uses special reinforced masonry shear walls to resist seismic loads.

Architect: Nielsen / Bodily & Associates Architects – Idaho Falls, Idaho

Location: Rexburg, Idaho

Size: 92,000 square feet

Description: Seismic upgrade of an existing three-story library building. CMU shear walls were added to provide a lateral force-resisting system for the existing concrete structure. Steel stud walls were added to support unreinforced masonry walls for out-of-plane loading. Where exterior walls with windows prevented using full height studs, tube steel frames were added to resist out-of-plane loads.

Architect: Nielsen / Bodily & Associates Architects – Idaho Falls, Idaho

Location: Shelley, Idaho

Size: 58,986 square feet

Description: The school utilizes an open-web steel joist roof system and load-bearing CMU shear walls throughout. Three classroom wings extend out from a central core consisting of a library, multi-purpose rooms, and cafeteria areas. A mechanical mezzanine is located above the corridors.

Architect: NBW Architects – Idaho Falls, Idaho

Location: Rigby, Idaho

Size: 23,870 square feet

Description: The school utilizes an open-web steel joist roof system and load-bearing CMU shear walls throughout. The addition comprised an administration area, a gymnasium, eight classrooms and support areas.