Three Creeks Medical Office Building

Vancouver, Washington

Located in the Salmon Creek area of Vancouver, the Three Creeks Medical Center is a new 29,000 sq. ft. medical office building. The two-story structure is constructed with a combination of exterior concrete masonry unit bearing walls along with interior steel columns and elevated floor/roof framing. Elevated floors were constructed with composite concrete over metal decking supported by steel beams and girders. In addition to masonry walls, special steel braced frames were used in conjunction to provide resistance to earthquake and wind demands. Also, a creative structural framing approach was used to support a large entrance canopy “floating” above the building entry.