| Shear Wall and Column and Beam Reinforcement Project |
From February to August 2008,
Larry D Builders formed and
poured two story shear walls
throughout El Garces. While
shear walls were being built a
reinforced concrete beam was
constructed around the entire
circumference of the building and
every structural column was
either wrapped in concrete or
steel for reinforcement (left)
workers build the form for a
section of the new concrete
beam that now circles El Garces.
Larry D Builders formed and
poured two story shear walls
throughout El Garces. While
shear walls were being built a
reinforced concrete beam was
constructed around the entire
circumference of the building and
every structural column was
either wrapped in concrete or
steel for reinforcement (left)
workers build the form for a
section of the new concrete
beam that now circles El Garces.
| Support for the two story shear wall forms on the NW side of El Garces |
| Forms and bracing for a second story shear wall in the Fountain Courtyard area |
| (left) Workers complete a form for a shear wall in the Fountain Courtyard. (right) Workers apply shotcrete to a second story shear wall form. Approximately 1/3 of the shear walls on this project were created using shotcrete and the remainder were caste in place. |
| Workers pumping concrete into a shear wall form |
| (left) Workers raise a reinforcement I beam into place between two steel reinforced columns on the second floor. (right) a completed two story shear wall (with a first floor window to provide views from the future restaurant) on the NE corner of El Garces. |
| Completed (light gray) shear walls in the Fountain Courtyard area. |
| (above) Welders fashion steal supports to wrap every second floor column. (right) Welders install cross bracing to section of second floor ceiling at the junction of a new shear wall. |