U of T Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Student Chapter

Divide and Conquer: How a Multi-Billion-Dollar Challenge was Met through Careful and Creative Division into Manageable Components

Guest Lecture by Mr. Rafael Sabelli,
S.E., Senior Principal Director of Seismic Design at Walter P Moore

Wednesday, March 12, 1:30-3:00 p.m. EST

In-person Session: Sandford Fleming Rm. SF1009.
Zoom Session: ID: 842 3246 9584 Pass: 498226

Lecture Abstract:
The state-of-the-art SoFi Stadium was showcased in Superbowl LVI in 2022, a fitting nod to several years of design and construction work. This project posed a tremendous structural and geotechnical challenge, including deep excavation, dramatic soil retention, high seismicity, and long spans. To meet this challenge, the design team divided the project to create a small set of large, but manageable, component projects. This presentation will discuss in detail the specialty design and construction management of all of these systems, the difficulties in having four separate geotechnical consultants/designers on a project, the challenges of formulating an independent peer review panel and obtaining their review consensus on a complex series of designs, and managing interaction between the City of Inglewood plan check process and the peer review panel.
Register: https://forms.gle/x9f6nJeYtnptpRoD8.     Food and Drinks will be provided!!! 
For more information, or to join the U of T EERI Student Chapter, email: uoft.eeri@gmail.com