Pacifica is a 418-foot tall, 51-level, 830,000 SF mixed-use high-rise in the heart of Honolulu. This live, work, play environment has 41 residential floors over a 60-foot tall podium consisting of commercial spaces at ground level, 10 half levels of parking, and a recreation deck at the top of the podium. During brain-storming sessions with… Read More
This competitively-won design-build, six-story, 166,000 SF bachelor enlisted quarters includes 308 sleeping/living modules that accommodates up to 616 students at Naval Station, Great Lakes, Illinois. The structural design proceeded on a fast-track basis with the foundation and superstructure completed in only three months. The structural system consists of a two-way cast-in-place concrete frame supported on… Read More
This 69,000 SF expansion of Okkodo High School included new classrooms, laboratories, dining area, work and administrative rooms, a standalone culinary arts building, and a 1,500 SF field house. Construction for this design-assist project consisted of cast-in-place (CIP) concrete load-bearing walls supporting precast, prestressed double tees with CIP topping. In the dining area precast, prestressed… Read More
A 510,000 GSF, 352-unit affordable market rate apartment tower that will transform the entry sequence of Phoenix’s Arizona Center. The 28-story, 292-foot tall tower appears to float above a translucent parking podium. Level 7 is a landscaped amenity deck and Levels 8 – 28 are 21 floors of rental units in a variety of unit… Read More
This affordable residential development includes a 19-story tower and a standalone five-story parking structure, wrapped by retail on one side and two-level townhomes on the other. The tower uses concrete tunnel-form construction for the typical apartment floors that is reconfigured at the ground floor to provide more open retail and community meeting spaces along the… Read More
This mixed-use development is an approximately 28,000 SF property in the charming Chicago neighborhood of Old Town, home to the historic architectural landmark of St. Michael Catholic Church. The design team was tasked with incorporating the traditions of the surrounding architecture while providing the convenience and luxury of a modern hotel. The greatest design challenge… Read More
This eight-story, 650,000 SF competitively won design-build parking garage includes over 1,700 stalls and is connected to the existing interisland terminal garage at the 7th and 8th floors by a two-level 150-foot structural steel bridge designed to accommodate traffic as well as moving walkways for pedestrians. To create a competitive advantage, the team evaluated several… Read More
This project makes the most of a compact site by supporting a 12-story office building with an area of approximately 126,000 SF. The building has prime retail storefront on the ground floor with building services in the rear, and three levels of parking, eight levels of offices and an accessible amenity deck above. Vertical circulation… Read More
This 260,000 SF, 130-bed state-of-the-art hospital includes 15 dedicated emergency beds, 15 intensive care rooms, eight surgery rooms, a birthing center and a neonatal care unit. It is five stories tall with a partial basement at one end. BASE investigated various systems for the primary structural framing including cast-in-place concrete, structural steel and precast concrete…. Read More
BASE was brought in by the design-assist contractor to work towards a design that could maintain a tight development budget. This residential project consists of two buildings with a total square footage of approximately 250,243 GSF. The first building is 10-stories tall with 212 residential units and consists of CIP concrete tunnel form construction. The… Read More