the People

Owner
City and County of San Francisco Convention Facilities Department

Design Architect & Joint Venture Manager
Gensler www.gensler.com

Core and Shell Architect of Record
Michael Willis www.mwaarchitects.com

Interior Architect of Record
Kwan Henmi Architecture www.kwanhenmi.com

Engineer(s)
Structural:
– Structural Design Engineers, San Francisco (prime)
–  Faye Bernstein & Associates, San Francisco (foundations and cladding) www.fbaengineering.com

Mechanical:
– Ajmani & Pamidi, San Francisco (prime)
–  Farber Energy Design (Title 24)

Electrical:
The Engineering Enterprise, Alameda www.engent.com

Consultant(s)
Landscape:
Patricia O’Brien Landscape Architects, San Francisco

Lighting:
JS Nolan + Associates Lighting Design, San Francisco

Acoustical:
Shen Milsom & Wilke/Paoletti www.smwinc.com,
San Francisco

Public Artists:
– Diller + Scofidio, exterior www.dillerscofidio.com
–  Shum, Shu, Gordon, LLC, interior

Civil Engineer:
AGS, Inc., San Francisco www.agsinc.com

Cost Estimator:
Hanscomb Associates, Inc., San Francisco

Exterior Wall Consultant:
Gordon H. Smith Corporation, New York

Environmental Consultant:
Geomatrix Consultants, Oakland www.geomatrix.com

Telecommunications Consultant:
TEECOM Design Group, Alameda www.teecom.com

Life-Safety Consultant:
Rolf Jensen & Associates, Walnut Creek www.rjagroup.com

Elevator Consultant:
Edgett-Williams, Mill Valley www.ewcg.com

Food Service Consultant:
Cini–Little International, Inc. www.cinilittle.com

Specifications Consultant:
John Raeber, San Francisco

Waterproofing Consultant:
Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger Inc., San Francisco www.sgh.com

Window Washing Consultant:
C. S. Caulkins Company Inc., Yorba Linda

Thermal Analysis:
Ove Arup & Partners, San Francisco www.arup.com

Modelmaker:
Scale Models Unlimited, Menlo Park www.smu.com

Construction Management Consulting:
Moscone Associates www.moscone.com and the City and County of San Francisco Department of Public Works www.ci.sf.ca.us/sfdpw

Wind Tunnel Testing:
Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc., Guelph, Ontario www.rwdi.com

General contractor
Hunt Construction Group, San Francisco
www.huntconstructiongroup.com

Photographer(s)
– Sherman Takata, Gensler
415/433-3700
– Roland Halbe
Boeheimstr. 45
D-70199 Stuttgart
Germany
tel +49 711 6074073
contact@rolandhalbe.de
www.rolandhalbe.com

CAD system, project management, or other software used
Autocad usa.autodesk.com, Microsoft Project www.microsoft.com, Form Z www.autodessys.com

the Products

Structural system
Steel frame of Grade 50 and Grade 65; Coupled Girder Moment Resisting System and friction dampers. Typical spans of 90 feet, and a long-span space on the top floor of 200 feet.

Friction seismic damping devices:
Pall Dynamics. www.palldynamics.com

Architectural exposed structural steel: George Third & Son www.geothird.com

Exterior cladding
Metal/glass curtainwall:
Unitized aluminum window assembly, 3/16" aluminum panels, and architectural exposed structural steel support; fabricated and installed by Enclos Corporation

Concrete:
Clark Pacific www.clarkpacific.com

EIFS, ACM, or other:
formed aluminum panels; corrugated steel panel system; painted steel support structure for curtainwall and canopies

Roofing
Built-up roofing:
Built-up bituminous and traffic coating; Western Roofing Service www.westroof.com

Windows
Wood:
see curtainwall above

Glazing
Glass:
Clear low-emissivity glass in insulated double-layered units; light-reducing patterned frit. Viracon. www.viracon.com

Hardware
Schlage www.schlagelock.com, LCN www.lcnclosers.com, Rixson www.rixson.com, Bloomcraft, Forms+Surfaces www.forms-surfaces.com, Von Duprin www.vonduprin.com, Glynn Johnson www.glynn-johnson.com, Pemko www.pemko.com

Distributor:
Design Hardware Company

Interior finishes
Acoustical ceilings:
Armstrong 2 x 2 acoustical tiles, www.ceilings.com installed by George Family Enterprises; and gypsum board soffits, installed by Frederick Meiswinkel.

Demountable partitions:
Advanced Equipment Corporation

Paints and stains:
Paint: ICI www.ici.com, installed by George Masker, Inc.

Wallcoverings:
Sygma Vicrtex by RJS International

Stone:
Gold quartzite from Great Wall Stone, installed by KZ tile

Special surfacing:
Terrazzo- Portland cement terrazzo installed by Corraddini Corporation

Floor and wall tile:
Ceramic Tile – wall: Dal-Tile www.daltile.com, installed by KZ Tile Company.

Floor:
American Olean 2x2 www.americanolean.com

Resilient flooring:
Armstrong Stonetex 12x12 (tile) www.armstrong.com

Carpet:
Collins & Aikman carpet tiles www.collinsaikman.com

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
Sportlite 21 inch diameter, 8 lamp compact fluorescents www.sportlite.com; Prescolite recessed compact fluorescent downlights www.prescolite-lsp.com; Neoray single lamp recessed continuous troughers www.cooperlighting.com; Elliptipar wall washers www.elliptipar.com; Lumark metal halide downlights www.cooperlighting.com; Bega accent lights www.bega-us.com; Elliptipar indeirect lights and wall-washers www.elliptipar.com

Exterior:
Bega www.bega-us.com, Elliptipar www.elliptipar.com, Kurt Versen www.kurtversen.com; custom fixtures by Shaper www.shaperlighting.com

Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators:
2 passenger elevators; 2 service elevators of 6500 lb capacity; 3 freight lifts of 20,000 lb capacity; 1 freight lift of 30,000 lb capacity; 8 reversible escalators in pairs
– Thyssen Krupp Elevator Corporation www.thyssenkruppelevator.com

Other
Below grade water-proofing:
Bentonite geotextile- Lawson Roofing Company