Tribune Publishing
Company
Client: SAS Architects and Planners
Location: Columbia, Missouri
Construction Completed: 2002
Construction Cost: $16 Million
Challenge
SAS Architects and Planners retained Bowman, Barrett & Associates
Inc. (BB&A) as the structural engineers for this 34,000 square
foot publishing facility in Columbia, Missouri. The new facility
houses press and folding equipment on the first and basement levels.
Details
The facility has a 17-foot high basement and a first floor clearance
of 25 feet. Due to the use of the facility, two types of structural
systems were used for the project. Heavier mass concrete, which
is more suitable in dampening floor vibration, was used to support
the printing press equipment on the first floor. Lighter and more
economical structural steel beams and joists were used to support
the roof. Seventeen foot high cantilever retaining walls were constructed
for the basement walls to isolate the first floor slab from the
rest of the building to minimize transferring floor vibration from
the printing equipment.
A special excavation retention system composed of grouted anchor
rods and shotcrete walls was utilized on the site so that the basement
could be excavated and constructed without undermining the adjacent
building’s shallow foundation.
Benefits
Efficiency: The Columbia Tribune needed the facility for the on-site
printing of The New York Times and more efficient distribution
of the newspaper to the surrounding areas.
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