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Since 1995 CTS Engineering has provided structural engineering services for over one million square feet of commercial buildings. Materials for our structural systems ranged from reinforced masonry, reinforced concrete, and structural steel. Each structure presented our staff with unique challenges. These challenges enabled us to demonstrate our expertise and meet our clients’ expectations. Following are brief summaries of some of the structures we have engineered.
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Tucanos, Boise, Idaho
Client: Oldham Hirst Design
8,700 Square feet Brazilian restaurant. Structural features include: wood shear walls and open-web wood Joists. Services: Structural Engineering |
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Consolidated Electrical Dist., West Valley City, Utah
Client: The Elm Group
27,500 Square feet of warehouse and office space, with 2500 SF mezzanine area. Unique features include the corbelled masonry wall with two eight inch rows of CMU at third heights to provide the dark accents around the building. Services: Structural Engineering |
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RC Auto, Murray, Utah
Client: Eldridge and Nicholson Architects
The 9,500 square foot structure is constructed of insulated concrete form (ICF) bearing and shear walls. The roof is steel framed with open web joists and steel deck. The ICF walls provide superior insulation value while providing seismic resistance of special concrete shear walls. Services: Structural Engineering |
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Project: Metro Business Park,
West Valley City, Utah
Client: The Elm Group
CTS was contracted to provide structural engineering services for six office buildings constructed by The Elm Group. Each individual building provided approximately 20,000 square feet of interior work space. Some advanced and modern construction techniques were incorporated into the design of the buildings, such as masonry bearing walls, shear walls, steel roof trusses, and a steel deck. Services: Structural Engineering |
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Technology Building A, West Valley City, UT
Client: The Elm Group
At the request of the Elm Group, a long time client, CTS was once again contracted to provide structural engineering services for a commercial office building. This project would involve a building boasting 30,000 square feet of office space, situated on a 2.95 acre site. A steel-framed (truss girder moment frame) single-story building was required in order to meet and exceed our clients needs. Services: Structural & Civil Engineering |
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Union Plaza Office Tower, Denver, Colorado
Client: Denver Drywall Corporation
Exterior panelized steel stud system for five stories of the seven story office tower. Value engineered the steel stud exterior skin system for cost savings of 30%. Services: Structural Engineering and Shop Drawing Preparation |
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Tai Pan Trading Company
Client: S-Dev Corporation
This large retail store boasts 100,000 square feet of retail space. To accommodate The interior wall heights of twenty-four feet, and parapets as tall as fourteen feet; tilt –up concrete construction was chosen as the most efficient structural system. The tilt-up concrete bearing and shear walls supported open web steel joists, and steel decking.
Civil engineering services were also provided for the site development. This site is approximately 11 acres containing the 100,000 SF Tia-Pan Trading structure and potential development for two additional buildings. Services: Structural and Civil Engineering. |
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