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UFORA Gainesville

UFORA Gainesville

Gainesville, FL

McClure served as the Engineer of Record (EOR) for an eight-story, approximately 480,000-square-foot mixed-use development featuring ground-floor commercial space, residential units, and a five-story post-tensioned (PT) concrete parking garage at the core. The structure includes a PT concrete podium above the garage, supporting four stories of cold-formed steel (CFS) framing. A rooftop pool and amenity deck crown the eighth floor of the CFS structure, adding to the building’s complexity and appeal.

The floor system consists of a concrete deck over open-web CFS joists, spanning from exterior to interior supports and bearing on CFS walls. Large red iron framing was incorporated above the first-floor commercial space to support the floors above. McClure also served as the specialty engineer for all CFS components on the project.

The lateral force-resisting system includes concrete shear walls and shafts within the garage and liner buildings, with the CFS-framed residential units laterally braced back to the garage. The project also required separate structural designs to accommodate a building expansion, adding further coordination and design effort to the scope.

Highlights

  • 480,000 square foot mixed-use development with commercial space, 288 residential units, and a central five-story post-tensioned concrete garage
  • Four stories of cold-formed steel framing above a post-tensioned podium, topped with a rooftop pool and amenity space
  • Served as Engineer of Record and specialty engineer for all cold-formed steel (CFS) components
  • Incorporated large red iron framing above commercial areas to support upper residential levels
  • Designed for a phased building expansion requiring two separate structural designs and coordination

Discipline

Structural

Project Type

Multi-Story Mixed-Use Residential/Commercial

Client

Eisen Group, LLC