UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
LONE MOUNTAIN DORMITORY
SEISMIC RETROFIT, ADDITION
AND ADAPTIVE REUSE
BUILT: 1960
LOCATION: San Francisco, CA
OWNER: University of San Francisco
DESIGNERS: Oculus Architects /ARUP Engineers
CONTRACTOR: DEVCON
CONTRACT: Design
Build
CONTRACT COST: $11,500,000
SQ FT: 87,000
PROJECT SCOPE: The dormitory building was constructed in the early
1960's on a steeply sloping hill atop Lone Mountain in the Western Addition
area of San Francisco. The building was constructed in concrete with a steel
frame supported on belled piers that support in bedrock. The building is 7
stories with a partial basement and a mezzanine level, the top four levels of
which are dormitory rooms. The new construction calls for the addition of a new
15,000 sq. ft. floor plate within the existing building footprint between the
current auditorium floor and the 1st level of the dormitory floors and a 6,500
sq. ft. excavation and expansion of the basement. The majority of the work will
take place on the lower 3 floors including the new floor addition. Also, 17,500 sq. ft. of existing space
will be remodeled for adaptive reuse into office, dorm rooms and network server
space. The entire building will be seismically strengthened to support the new
loads from the additional floor and to supplement the existing buildings
seismic system. The new seismic strengthening will add additional foundations
by way of additional drilled battered micro piles, pile caps and and grade
beams and the addition of concrete sheer walls to support new vertical loads
and strengthen the lateral resistance of the building during a seismic event.
The building will be supported by new 500KW emergency back up generator, fire
service and 1600 amp electrical and domestic water services. The new space
created will house the Information Technology Department (ITS) along with the
central server room and distribution for the campus.
ROLE: Owners Representative and Project Manager
SCHEDULED COMPLETION: Summer 2005
