Vistas at Summit Ridge – Santaquin, Utah
FOCUS designed five base plans for The Vistas at Summit Ridge, including three modifications and two new designs, while meeting HOA standards and incorporating client feedback.
Our projects in "Structural" category
Holladay Hills – Holladay, Utah
The Holladay Hills is a 6,500-square-foot custom home located in the foothills of Holladay, Utah. The home includes five bedrooms, six full bathrooms, and two half bathrooms.
Union Peaks – Sandy, Utah
The FOCUS structural team was tasked with engineering
a strong, safe, and attractive building, while providing value engineering without compromising on quality.
UTA Operator Restrooms – Salt Lake & Davis Counties, Utah
The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) tasked FOCUS with designing rest
rooms for its bus and train operators at five existing bus transit facilities
along the TRAX light rail line in Salt Lake and Davis counties. This
project included the use of pre-fabricated restroom buildings, a newer
concept for UTA. FOCUS worked diligently to assist UTA in selecting
these pre-fabricated structures, working with manufacturers, and setting
new standards that will influence future UTA projects. The project’s core
objective was to design sites with water, sewer, power, and grading to
Summerfield Access Road – Highland, Utah
FOCUS was tasked by Boyer to provide an entrance for Ridgeview Highland townhomes. Our transportation team worked to gain approval with UDOT for access on County Blvd. (SR-192) to complete the Summerfield Drive access road. At the onset of this project, the FOCUS team ensured that all UDOT access process steps and timing were explained to Boyer, which enabled the job to run smoothly and keep everyone in the loop.
Offices on the Glen – Highland, Utah
The Farmstead Apartments in Nampa, Idaho consists of 7 buildings, 120 units and covers 5.5 acres. FOCUS engineers worked closely with Ramsey Construction to address the complications associated with the sites high groundwater. This groundwater interfered with the construction of the buildings seepage beds. Working closely with the client a solution was developed that raised the site minimally and used low profile seepage beds. This strategy addressed the groundwater issue and avoided expensive earthworks costs.
12th East Apartments- Salt Lake City, Utah
The 12th East Apartments consist of two three-story apartment buildings that are connected by a concrete balcony walkway that spans the two buildings, and an exterior stair system. Each apartment was designed to be structurally independent from a seismic perspective, which presented challenges when designing the concrete walkway connection. FOCUS engineers developed a structural expansion system that allows for lateral drift so that each building can move independently while still being connected. This solution met all code requirements and was detailed in a way that made it cost efficient and easy to construct.
CC Bank Office Building- Pleasant Grove, Utah
FOCUS engineers did the full scope of structural work for the three-story, 20,600-square-foot office building for CC Bank. This is the first of five or six buildings that will be constructed in the Battle Creek Business Park. The architect’s vision for the building presented some structural design challenges. Primarily, there was a large amount of glass in the exterior design, which created some torsional irregularities and pushed the limit of capacity of the masonry shear walls. Working closely with the architect, FOCUS was ultimately able to balance the building’s structural and design requirements, resulting in building that is not only structurally sound, but also aesthetically pleasing and in line with the architect’s vision and the tenant’s wishes.
Wilde Residence- Salt Lake County, Utah
FOCUS provided full structural plans and calculations for a single-family home in East Canyon Estates. The residence was designed using distinctive design elements including curved study walls and complex steel work.
The use of the steel beams brings a defining architectural element to the home. Exposed steel beams support the angled roof of the great room. High above the circular living space is a suspended circular roof supported by the roof above with curved steel beams.
The design of curved walls posed a challenge for FOCUS structural engineers. It required unique analysis and detailing of structural members to account for the irregularity.
Gagan Residence- Charleston, Utah
The Highland Group hired FOCUS to provide structural engineering for his new two-story, 10,024 SF custom home. The front entry features a unique staircase design, encircled by a silo-like frame. For this distinctive element, the FOCUS team used curved beams; accurate load calculations were imperative to the design. The custom staircase within was designed with steel stringers to complete the overall design aesthetic, which included other detailed work from FOCUS—custom design corbels, timber truss designs, and exposed timber framing for the house’s deck.