Paramount Building, 3rd & Mission, San Francisco

The World's Tallest Precast Concrete Building In A Region Of Highest Seismicity

Co-winner of Precast-Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) 2002 Harry H. Edwards Industry Advancement Award
 

Owner: The Related Companies

General Contractor: Charles Pankow Builders

Precast Concrete Sub-Contractor: Mid-state Precast

Structural Engineer: Robert Englekirk Consulting Structural Engineers, Inc.

Architects: Kwan Henmi, Architecture and Planning and Elkus/Manfredi Architects, Ltd.                                  Photo above courtesy of Pankow Builders

425 feet tall, two floors of retail, one floor of commercial office space and 36 stories of apartments.  Three floors sub-grade parking.

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For more on this project, see the Robert Englekirk article "Design - Construction of the Paramount - A 39-Story Precast Prestressed Concrete Apartment Building"  published in the PCI Journal, July-August, 2002, or see the case study on the PCA website.