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The Palazzo Hotel and Resort Finished
Walter P Moore provided structural engineering and parking consulting services for the new $1.9 billion Palazzo Resort Hotel and Casino. The new resort includes an all-suites 50-floor luxury hotel tower with 3,025 rooms, including 375 concierge-level suites and six villas with up to 11,000 square feet each, a 105,000 square foot casino, 375,000 square foot enclosed shopping, dining and entertainment complex, 450,000 square feet of added meeting and conference space and 4,500-car, below-grade parking.
The tower concrete core is supported on 11-foot thick pier assisted mat foundation. The mat rests on over 100 concrete piers extending over 100 feet further into the ground. The tower lateral brace frames at each of the three tower wings were supported by 8 foot diameter by 100 foot deep piers.
A secant wall retention system was installed to provide two million square feet of parking below the casino podium level. The secant wall extended 60 feet down from the street elevation. The secant wall was temporarily supported by tiebacks under Las Vegas Boulevard and Sands Avenue and four below- grade garage slabs were designed to support the secant wall forces when the temporary tiebacks were released. Guests arriving from the street enter through a 60-foot glass domed lobby featuring two-story fountains. Those approaching from The Venetian make the transition through a towering octagonal structure, topped by a glass and iron dome.
In addition to its Silver LEED certificate, the US Department of Energy presented Las Vegas Sands Corp. with "The Energy Innovator's Award." The award recognizes businesses, individuals and governmental agencies that have successfully developed or deployed energy-efficient and/or renewable energy technologies, services, or policies.
UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs Completed
Walter P Moore provided structural engineering services for the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. This building houses broadcasting facilities and studios, classrooms, departments suites, and faculty offices for the growing UNLV campus.
Two L-shaped towers, ranging from two- to five-levels, emerge from a one-story plinth to create an exterior courtyard and a portal to the community. By inviting student and public entry into the raised courtyard, the broadcasting program located on the ground level can achieve the tight security measures required. The design team focused on creating a sustainable design intended to be LEED certified to address the desert climate of Las Vegas while meeting the needs of a structure located in Seismic Design Category C. The $69 million, 117,300 square foot building was completed in 2008.
