Convention Centers
Convention centers and hotel conference facilities, including large-span meeting areas and trade-show floors.
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Austin Convention Center Expansion
Tons: 5,000
Square Footage: 435,000
Location: Austin, Texas
A 435,000-square-foot, 5,000-ton addition that included a 65-feet deep by 280-feet long, 500-ton supertruss on falsework carrying a pathwork of trusses spanning 110 feet to 220 feet.
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Corpus Christi Bay Front Convention Center
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Convention Center expansion that included removal of existing 120-foot ballroom trusses and roof framing, then re-constructing to increase roof height by 15 feet. Involved extensive strengthening and modification of existing structure.
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Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel and Convention Center
Tons: 6,000
Square Footage: 460,000
Location: Grapevine, Texas
New hotel featuring a 2.5-acre center atrium utilizing an octagonal 352-foot clear-span, tied-arch space frame and an internal compression ring. Also included two smaller atria covering slightly less than one acre each. The hotels convention center utilized 180-foot clear-span trusses spanning a total of 360 feet across the structure. Project included more than 6,000 tons of structural steel and 460,000 square feet of framed area.
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Moody Gardens Convention Center
Location: Galveston, Texas
Construction of 225-foot, rigid-frame trusses for a convention center, completed in two phases to keep existing structure open during construction.
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Shreveport Convention Center
Tons: 5,000
Square Footage: 350,000
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
A new 350,000-square-foot structure with 5,000 tons of steel. Included thirty-four 180-foot trusses, weighing 90,000 to 150,000 pounds.
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Houston Coliseum
Location: Houston, Texas
The city of Houston’s original convention center and exhibition hall.
