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Prada, Beverly Hills, CA
haw & Sons was contracted for
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white concrete structural walls, and site
City of Beverly Hills and adjacent property
the construction of the three-
and civil concrete. Shaw & Sons’ unique
owners and tenants.
story Prada retail building on
system for setting steel beams and inter-
Rodeo Drive, A fashion icon,
face with existing structural conditions
five decades in many cities with strict
Prada is one of the world’s leading retailers
enabled a smooth erection of steel fram-
building rules such as Beverly Hills with-
of women’s designer apparel and acces-
ing and shaved approximately two
out ever being cited or having work
sories. The project presented a challeng-
months off the project schedule. All steel
stopped. Certain cities demand profes-
ing urban infill construction process,
beams were pre-set with bolt plate con-
sional craftsmen such as those who work
including footings, grade beams, column
nections to the concrete walls prior to
for Shaw & Sons with attitudes that
pads, four levels of black structural con-
concrete construction. The project also
respect rules and regulations, and espe-
crete at the elevator and stairs corridor,
demanded close cooperation with the
cially safety issues. Shaw & Sons recently
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Mat slab construction for elevator and stair shaft, sheer wall forms and reinforcing.
Shaw & Sons has worked for the past