From 24 ft above grade to 60 ft below it, the $88.4-million Ford Center variously incorporates multiple concrete systems that include pan joists, beams, girders, shear walls, columns, slab on grade, pile caps and auger cast piles—more than 13,000 cu yd of cast-in-place concrete in all.
Structural-steel framing above a concourse rests atop a concrete superstructure supported by a deep foundation system of auger cast grout piles and pile caps. Due to site constraints, the superstructure cantilevers more than two dozen ft over surrounding sidewalks to support the steel framing.