Metropolis
at Dadeland is a large concrete building in suburban Miami, FL. All but
two of the floor slabs are reinforced concrete that are usually 8"
or 9.5" thick. The columns and shear walls are reinforced, cast-in-place,
concrete. the facade is CMU's covered with a stucco finish. At 29 stories
and 313 feet there no building south of it in Florida is taller.
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imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed. Differing assumptions, code references, requirements,
and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may
vary from the original design.
