Structural engineer Sean P. Clifton owes his career trajectory to the liquid “sloshing” damper. As a graduate student at the University of Texas Austin, he watched with fascination as a guest lecturer demonstrated the action of the device—which damps a tall building’s sway—using a 1-ft-tall “homemade” oscillator to represent a skyscraper.
Site and utility challenges, critical backstage requirements and bringing the owner’s vision to life complicated the design and construction of this $$338-million P3 project for the University of Texas at Austin.
Austin’s newest entertainment and sports venue is home to the city’s Major League Soccer team. On 26 acres, the LEED Silver 410,000-sq-ft stadium has permanent seating for 20,000 as well as club seats, lounges and luxury suites.
Building Indeed’s Austin office involved renovating a five-story, 183,911-sq-ft space into a collaborative work area with a café, game room, gym, library and break rooms.
Despite a number of injuries, no fatalities or life-threatening injuries have been reported after two cranes collided above an Austin job site on Wednesday morning.
