The recent issue of the STRUCTURE Magazine features Samuel Merritt University's new #research and #academic #building in downtown #Oakland, #California, with an innovative #seismic #design approach. The 10-story #steel building covers 259,000-square foot and benefits from a floor assembly including 6?-inch #lightweight #concrete #slab over #metal #decking on wide-flange #beams and #columns. Leo Panian, Gina Carlson, and Jason Armes, S.E., Tipping STRUCTURE Magazine American Society of Civil Engineers #SEI
