Paul J. Ford and Company provided structural design services for this new 119 bed, four-story hospital.  This hospital was selected as 2010 Project of the Year and is featured in the Decemeber issue of Midwest Construction magazine,  read the article: 

The hospital sits on a 44-acre greenfield site.  The hospital features include emergency, obstetric, outpatient, and imaging services; medical/surgical and ICU beds; a chapel, cafeteria, pharmacy; and various support services.

Structural focal points include the catilvered entrance canopy constructed of an exposed, tube steel moment frame.  The building is designed to meet sustainable standards. 

 Project Team:    

Architect: Karlsberger

Owner: Lake Health, Concord, Ohio

Contractor: Gilbane

This two-story outpatient surgical center addition and renovation project consisted of the addition of two Class C operating rooms, Procedure Rooms, Recovery areas and support areas  located over grade level parking.  A new two story atrium space was added to link the existing building to the new addition.  The building was constructed adjacent to the existing building utilizing a cantilevered structural steel framing system at the interface of the two buildings that minimized the interruption of the existing building’s foundations and utilities.

Project Team:

Architect: John Chapman – Architect

Contractor: Johnson- Laux Construction

Paul J. Ford and Company provides ongoing structural engineering services to Transmontaigne at their petroleum distribution facilities throughout the country.  Services include design of pipe bridges, maintenance facilities,  storage facilities and equipment support framing and foundations for equipment.

Client:  Prime Engineering

Owner: Transmontaigne

Design of three building complex an 8,000 SF shop building, 6,000 SF recycling building and a 12,600 SF storage building.

The existing 37,800 SF Hangar 1001 at Rickenbacker International Airport consists of a main hangar area with administrative offices along the north and south elevations  The original structure was constructed utilizing 160-foot span three-pinned open web arches in the main hangar.  The administrative offices are framed with structural steel.

Paul J. Ford and Company performed an initial structural condition assessment and field mapping of this facility since the original construction docuemnts were not available.  A new entry vestibule was designed comprising of structural steel moment frames and concrete masonry shear walls.  LArger hangar door pockets and tail door were designed to provide a larger clear opening while still supporting the top of the hangar door.  Through communication and coordination with the hangar door manufacturer, Paul J. Ford and Company developed a unique solution that accomodated the larger door by adding a structural steel truss on top of the existing open web steel arch.

Project Team:

     Prime Designer: Reynolds, Smith and Hill

     Owner: Columbus Regional Airport Authority

Structural design of a 132-ft tall steel framed air traffic control tower at Simmons Airfield.  Lateral bracing system was comprised of chevron braces supported on a mat foundation.

Project Team: 

     Architect: Transystems

     Owner: U.S. Army

A 180,000 SF educational and exhibit center for the sciences housing exhibit halls, a planetarium, IMAX theater, offices and a roof top observatory.   The building is six levels and contains a full height center atrium.  The structural system is comprised of a braced structural steel frame with composite steel beams supported on shallow foundations.  A pedestrian bridge connects the main building to the parking garage.  The glass enclosed bridge spans 250 feet across a public street.  Its structural system is a structural steel space frame. 

Project Team:

     Architect: HHCP

     Owner: City of Olrando

Structural design of a seven-story steel framed structure with concrete shear walls supported on drilled piers.  The 220,000 SF building contains is designed for state of the art medical offices.   The project includes a pedestrian bridge that connects the Medical Office Building to All Children’s Hospital. Paul J. Ford and Company served as Structural Engineer of Record for buildings.  The project opened in 2010.

Project Team:

     Architect:  Karlsberger

     Owner:  All Children’s Hospital

The Victoria Grand Apartment project located in Tallahassee, FL includes 320 units with ten style choices.  Two, three and four story conventional light frame buildings containing garden apartments and townhouse apartments.

Included in the project is a 5,000 SF clubhouse with fitness center, pool cabanas, Gatehouse and Maintenance buidling.

Architect:  Forum Architects

Paul J Ford and Company designed the 59,200 SF two-story Biblical Studies Center for Cedarville University.  The first floor houses the dean’s office and several classrooms, two of which have auditorium seating of up to 180 students.  The second floor is divided into administrative offices, classrooms, learning centers and testing labs.

The building utilizes structural steel moment frames supported on a shallow foundation system fir its lateral stability.  Challenges for the framing system included the incorporation of 20-ft floor heights, large clear spans over the auditorium classrooms, and a two-story atrium at the main entrance.  The atrium design has a full height glass curtain wall system that is arranged in a saw-tooth pattern inset 20-feet from the northwest corner of the building.

Project Team: 

     Architect: Design Group Incorporated

     Owner:  Cedarville University