Working as a design-build team, SGH and CW Keller analyzed, fabricated, and erected the central dome display. Highlights of SGH’s work include the following:

• Used CW Keller’s three-dimensional fabrication model as the basis of our structural analysis model, facilitating a fast and accurate iterative process for evaluating geometries and different framing concepts

• Performed a structural analysis of the dome structure to support the fabric enclosure

• Evaluated sequential stressing of the inner fabric enclosure

• Optimized member sizes and connection details considering material yield, constructability, and scheduling

• Detailed connections to minimize erection time and meet the short project schedule

• Provided reaction loads for the dome structure to the project’s engineer of record and the installer and designer of the aluminum shoring system that suspended the dome above the exhibit space

• Collaborated with the erector/contractor for the base structure to incorporate modifications into their plans to help us optimize the timber framing