General contractor ECC encountered several safety and logistics challenges during construction of the $21.7-million, 70,299-sq-ft U.S. Air Force Recruit Family In-Processing and Information Center.
The roof height in RFIIC's open central lobby and auditorium slopes upward from 28 ft in the front of the auditorium to 55 ft at the lobby peak. As a result, all mechanical, electrical and ceiling installation had to be performed at high elevations. The building foundation is a cast-in-place concrete, pan-joist system supported on concrete piers, which limited lift weights to a maximum concentrated wheel load of 2,500 lb, with a minimum spacing of 4 ft in each direction. However, lift use was critical to access the heights under an aggressive schedule.