Playa Vista, CA

Building 3 at Water’s Edge

Scope/Solutions

Water’s Edge is a three-building creative-office campus. The six-story Building 3, also known as WE3, features a custom aluminum screen that filters sunlight to make it more functional as interior lighting. Tenants enjoy flexible office space, balconies, an upper level garden, outdoor meeting areas, and below-grade parking. SGH consulted on the building enclosure and fire life safety design.

SGH consulted on the design of below-grade, podium, walkway, and balcony waterproofing; curtain walls; exterior walls; and roofing. Highlights of our work include:

  • Reviewing the proposed design, helping select systems, and suggesting ways to improve performance
  • Developing performance criteria and recommending a mockup and testing scope
  • Preparing details to integrate the various assemblies and transition between horizontal and vertical surfaces
  • Evaluating alternate below-grade waterproofing options and helping the team develop details to address below-grade conditions
  • Providing construction phase services, including reviewing contractor submittals, visiting the site to observe ongoing construction, and helping address field conditions

We also assisted with the fire life safety design, including:

  • Reviewing the design’s compliance with applicable code and fire life safety requirements
  • Evaluating egress and exit access, occupant load, and fire resistance rating approaches and developing fire life safety plans
  • Helping the project team develop alternate means-and-methods approaches for exiting the Level 4 Sky Garden, outdoor soccer field occupancy loading, and protecting the elevator/lobby hoistway opening
  • Analyzing exterior egress balconies, stair capacity, open-air ventilation, smoke movement, automatic sprinkler protection, and operational occupant load controls

Project Summary

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2020

Completion Date
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180K

Construction Value
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Award

Winner
Solutions
New Construction
Services
Building Enclosures | Performance & Code Consulting
Markets
Commercial
Client(s)
Studio Pali Fekete: Architects
Specialized Capabilities
Roofing & Waterproofing | Fire Life Safety & Accessibility

Key team members

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Nathan Wittasek
Principal
Amy Hackney
Executive Principal, Building Technology, West

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