Vancouver City Hall*

Vancouver, Washington

Provided Performance-Based Design (PBD) services for a five-story, 160,000 sq. ft., Class A office building. The building was design as landmark structure in downtown Vancouver with a 100-year building design lifetime (vs. 50-year life for Code building). The owner desired the building to be fully-functional following a major seismic event to ensure operations would continue without disruption. As a result, PBD was used to implement buckling-resistance braced frames for the structural system and provide near continuous operational performance following a seismic event. Project construction cost was $30M; however, the use of PBD reduced construction cost by approximately $200,000.