Glass Building, Warner Bros. Studios

Burbank, CA

The Glass Building is a four-story office building with three parking levels. The steel moment-frame building features a structural glass curtain wall exterior. Following the Northridge earthquake, SGH performed a dynamic analysis of the building and recommended that steel moment-frame connections and seated beam connections be inspected. SGH designed repairs to the glass curtain wall system frame attachments and performed dynamic tests of the glass panels to verify performance subject to future earthquakes. In addition, SGH designed repairs to cracks in moment connections of the lateral load resisting moment frame and to the gravity load seated connections to allow the beams to move compatibly with the columns.

Service Provided:
Investigation & Rehabilitation

Supporting Capabilities:
Building Envelope Engineering