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	Education Exhibition Space Historical Properties Hotels Mixed Use Office Buildings Parking Structures Residential Resorts Special Projects	Signal Mountain High School – Signal Mountain, TN Signal Mountain High School consists of several wings of either single or 2-story structure and was completed in 2009. It is a state of the art high school containing full facilities for use by the students. The complex contains approximately 250,000 square feet. The building structure utilizes load bearing masonry walls with any second floor structure constructed utilizing concrete precast hollow core planks. The roof structure consists of open web joists and metal decking. The load bearing masonry walls are utilized also for resistance to lateral loads including wind and seismic code-specified loads. The building structure is supported on shallow spread and continuous wall footings. Architect:  Derthick Henley & Wilkerson
		Heritage High School – Catoosa County, Georgia Signal Mountain High School consists of several wings of either single or 2-story structure and was completed in 2009. It is a state of the art high school containing full facilities for use by the students. The complex contains approximately 250,000 square feet. The building structure utilizes load bearing masonry walls with any second floor structure constructed utilizing concrete precast hollow core planks. The roof structure consists of open web joists and metal decking. The load bearing masonry walls are utilized also for resistance to lateral loads including wind and seismic code-specified loads. The building structure is supported on shallow spread and continuous wall footings. Architect:  Derthick Henley & Wilkerson
		Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Facility University of Tennessee at Chattanooga   The four-story structure is cast-in-place concrete with brick veneer exterior, and the roof is steeply pitched and framed with structural steel. The building contains classrooms, labs, and two auditorium/lecture spaces. Classrooms, computer labs, electrical labs, and faculty offices are dispersed throughout the remaining floors of the building.  The smaller of the two seats approximately 140 in lecture type seating with integral desks. The larger space seats 300 in theater seating. The building contains approximately 203,000 gross square feet. The structure was completed in 2003.   Architect:  Derthick, Henley and Wilkerson
		UTC Wellness Facility (Natatorium) The University of Tennessee of Chattanooga has a complete student work-out facility with the addition of the Natatorium of the recently completed wellness center.  The Natatorium is a partial two story indoor pool structure with a diving pool, lap lanes, lazy rivers, slide and saunas.  The pool structure and surrounding floor is cast-in-place concrete.  The roof structure spans the full building width by using long span (SLH series) joist and 3: acoustical metal deck specifically coated for indoor natatoriums.  Vertical and lateral loads are primarily supported by concrete walls and columns.  Due to the unique curvature shape of the exterior, the perimeter roof beams are precast concrete.  Poor soil conditions were solved by the use of vibratory aggregate piers under all load bearing elements as well as the pool.       Architect: Derthick Henley & Wilkerson   Artech Design Group
		UTC Library The University of Tennessee of Chattanooga found that due to a steady increase of the student population a new library was required.  Also because of a transition of media type and storage, as well as research techniques, a modification of the existing library’s space allocation was also required.   A five story structure will house the new library.  The structure is composed of cast-in-place concrete that utilizes post-tensioned as well as conventional reinforcement.  Lateral loads are resisted by shear walls and moment resisting structural frames.  Existing geotechnical problems required a two step resolution.  First it was determined that a shallow spread footing foundation system would be the most economical solution.  However both overall and differential settlement would be issues.  Soil enhancement utilizing a rammed aggregate system was used to alleviate settlement issues.  As a byproduct of this system the allowable soil bearing was also increased.  A second geotechnical issue involved deep voids located in various locations throughout the site.  The non uniform size of these voids, their depth from the existing ground surface, and most importantly the impact on the selected foundation system required installation of deep pressure grout.   Architect:  Derthick Henley & Wilkerson                Artech Design Group