AQUA VISTA

PRESIDENTIAL TOWER
Located in the Little Italy community of San Diego, this residential tower takes advantage of street access and waterfront viewing. A cast in concrete building, this project has post-tensioned flat plate floor slabs, concrete shear walls, and a mat foundation. The building is located in an active seismic region. The project was modeled with a 3D finite element program that evaluated the seismic performance of the building under static and dynamic loading. The mat footings, combined footings and post-tensioned slabs were all modeled using finite element analysis. Concrete piles were required to support the mat foundation in the vicinity of a major sewer interceptor located 50 feet below existing grade.