Purdue University, Mackey Arena
Purdue University, Mackey Arena
1 PagesPROJECT PROFILE WJE www.wje.com Purdue University, Mackey Arena Roof and Hoist Load-Carrying Capacity Study | West Lafayette, IN CLIENT Purdue University BACKGROUND Mackey Arena was designed in 1965 and constructed from 1966 to 1967. Since then, a scoreboard and other loads were added to the roof structure, typically without accompanying structural analyses to assess the effects on the structure. WJE first analyzed the structure in the early 1990s, and then again in 2004 to evaluate the load-carrying capacity of the roof structure. SOLUTION WJE visited Mackey Arena to review the condition, as-built connections, and geometry of the cold-formed steel decking covering
