PROJECT: Grand Avenues Plaza, Los Angeles, California
ARCHITECT: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
TYPE OF APPLICATION: Area Separation

Project description
Because the critical dimension for the floor-to-floor height is normally determined by the clearance necessary for the housing and support for the vertical steel roll-down doors (see photo at right), the substitution of Won-Door FireGuard™ for these doors yields dramatic savings.

In this instance, the Grand Avenue Plaza Project will save approximately $350,000 because the floor-to-floor dimensions will be reduced by 15 inches per floor. The parking structure has four floors which provide a total reduction in subterranean excavation of five feet, along with similar savings in structural steel and concrete.