Grace Episcopal Church Design - Providence, RI

Architect Centerbrook Architects and Planners

Project Cost Undisclosed

Address Providence, Rhode Island

5,300 s.f. One-story addition to existing religious facility housing new event hall, administrative offices and a four-story stair tower tying into the original structure.

THE CHALLENGE

Existing site was a former movie theater turned parking lot. During excavation it was discovered that the former theater structure had been demolished and buried in the hole of the foundation.

The Pavilion at Grace Episcopal Church Engineering Design

Mat Foundations

Steel Bent Moment Frames

Structural Steel Stair Tower

THE SOLUTION

The Engineer designed a new mat slab that mitigated differential settlement and allowed the project to stay on track.