Monthly Archives: August 2008

Las Vegas Springs Preserve Visitor Center Modern Steel Construction, August 2008 "Getting Back to Nature…In Las Vegas" "The Center’s structures consist of a 53,000-sq.-ft exhibit building, a 24,500-sq.-ft retail/restaurant building, and a 560-sq.-ft restroom building. Shade structures, with a total area of approximately 20,000 sq. ft, surround various portions of the buildings, controlling solar [...]

World Market Center III Modern Steel Construction, August 2008 "Good Seats" "The project is notable as the first in Las Vegas to use BRBFs. Furthermore, according to CoreBrace, who provided the buckling-restrained braces, this is the largest U.S. structure to date to be constructed with a BRBF system; almost 600 braces were used in [...]