Victoria Ward
Entertainment Center
Honolulu, Hawaii
80,000 sf theater
145,000 sf, 2-story parking garage
55,000 sf, 3-story retail space
8,000 sf, 1-story retail space
The design work on this project, consisting of a total of 350,000 SF contained within three contiguous buildings, began in September 1999. Pile driving was started in June 2000, and the theater complex was opened on Memorial Day (May 30) 2001.
This tight schedule was made possible by the design-assist process suggested and im-plemented by CM & D, a national construction management firm based in Honolulu.
The contractor was selected after bidding on schematic drawings of the project and final structural framing & design work commenced with input from the contractor.
A post-tensioned flat beam and slab system was selected for the "theater box" floor framing as besides the theatre floor, a suspended parking deck below the theater floor was part of the program. This framing system was selected for construction speed and allowed us to thicken the slab and deepen the beam for the theater floor (without changing the floor forms) which, was subjected to much higher uniform and concentrated loads. To accommodate the large open spaces in the theater box, a structural steel roof system was used.
The attached 3-story retail structure was framed in steel to take advantage of its economy & flexibility in a commercial retail structure which, allows mod-ification of the structure once tenant requirements are established (initially and in the future).
The "Kamakee Street 1-story retail" structure was designed as a "Type V non-rated structure" to take advantage of the economies of light wood-framed construction. This was made possible by close coordination with the Architect to provide a fire separation between the theater box and this 1-story retail structure.
We believe that this project is a successful example of a "design-assist," "fast-track" project.
