Projects - Structures
Buildings: Sports/Recreation

Horizon High School Gymnasium Addition,
Thornton, Colorado

H + L Architecture
Denver, Colorado

LORIS provided full structural engineering and civil engineering services for this $3 million addition to the High School's athletic facilities. The project added a new gymnasium, large weight-lifting room, and administrative space for the athletic facility staff. A new entrance incorporates a Hall of Fame Lobby showcasing the school's athletic achievements.

Because the available site was land-locked by road access on three perimeters, it was necessary to build the addition as close to the existing gymnasium building as possible. LORIS' structural solution utilized the existing building's outer masonry wall for lateral stability of the new gymnasium. The gymnasium's roof design features three, 120' long steel trusses spanning the long direction to prevent transference of vertical loads onto the existing wall and foundations.

LORIS also provided structural engineering services for a new orchestra pit cover in the auditorium of the High School, and has recently conceived a scheme design for extending the balcony in the same auditorium.