Use the menu at right to browse our listings. A team design-build effort with Swank Enterprises taking the lead role as general contractor and Taylor Architects acting as project architect. The building involved a three-story dormitory built to strict FEMA-302 and Corps of Engineer Standards. The steel super structure includes composite design of the floor system and a braced frame system for lateral resistance of seismic and high wind loads. The foundation system employs caissons and grade beams due to expansive soils in the area. The ground level detailing also included many provisions to deal with expansive soils. The roof system was comprised of site-built long span light gage steel trusses bearing on the structural steel skeleton. The building was commissioned in February 2002. Additional Photos: