Jefferson Green @ Journal Center

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This 85,000sf, three-story steel framed office building is situated in an area with soft soils that yielded an IBC Site Class D. This drove the structure into stringent Seismic Design Category D. After studying several lateral bracing schemes, the design team and general contractor settled on a creative use of infill concrete shearwalls with steel columns as boundary elements. This allowed the entire steel frame to be erected prior to casting the shearwalls, minimizing impact on the construction schedule. These shearwalls and much of the structural steel framing are exposed architecturally in the building lobby and tenant spaces.

Location: Albuquerque, NM
Size: 85,000sf

2008 Energy Star rating of 99 out 100

2007 United States Green Building Council, Double LEED Gold Certification, LEED-CS Gold in March of 2007 and LEED-CI Gold in June of 2007