Storage Building at West Des Moines, Iowa
Location
West Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Developer
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Architect
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Consultant
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Contractor
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Client
Molin Concrete Products
Precaster
Molin Concrete Products
Use
Storage
Surface
55.000 ft2
Intervention
Optimization study of hollowcore floors structure (27.000 ft2 studied)
Components
Grooved Hollowcore
Result of optimization: -1,50$ / ft2 ==> -16,4% cost reduction
This building was no actually built after our design. It was rather used as a case study to showcase to the precaster how much cost reduction (or margin increase) would be expected in case of using grooved hollowcore floor instead of conventional hollowcore floors.