Proj Overview

PROJECT OVERVIEW

The East Paces Medical Office Building provides 121,000 square feet of much-needed rentable medical space, along with 425 structured parking spaces. The upscale healthcare hub serves the fast-growing Buckhead Village of Atlanta and surrounding neighborhoods, providing medical practitioners with state-of-the-art offices and on-site amenities, all within walking distance of everything Buckhead Village has to offer.

Read more about this project in the Winter 2023 issue of Ascent.

PRECAST SOLUTION

While the building was originally conceived as a cast-in-place (CIP) concrete structure, the project team recognized the potential for a total–precast concrete system to reduce costs and minimize disturbance to the tight urban jobsite.

 

Project Team

Architect

Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio

Engineer

Uzun + Case

Owner

The Loudermilk Cos.

Contractor

Brasfield & Gorrie

Precast Concrete Producer

Metromont

Precast Concrete Specialty Engineer

TRC Worldwide

PCI-Certified Erector

Precision Stone Setting Co.

 

Key Project Attributes

  • Architects Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio worked closely with precast concrete producer Metromont, based in Greenville, S.C., during the schematic design stage to develop a total–precast concrete system with a double-tee floor and roof system and integral, load-bearing wall panels.
  • The office tower was erected from the interior of the parking structure footprint, working from one side to the other so that a nominal laydown area was required.
  • Precast concrete also allowed the contractor to focus their attention on a smaller group of trades, with the added benefit of minimizing jobsite waste from drywall, sheathings, waterproofing applications, and other equipment.
 

Project/Precast Scope

  • Precast concrete components totaled 859 pieces, including 52 beams, 309 12 × 24-ft field-topped double tees, 31 columns, 92 stairs and landings, 321 wall panels and spandrels, and 54 flat slabs.
  • The nine-story building includes seven floors of medical office space, 7000 square feet of retail space on the main street level, and 425 parking spaces in a seven-level deck with direct elevator access to each floor.
  • The use of a total–precast concrete building system met the proposed construction schedule while offering economies in the building façade.