B a r b e r  &  H o f f m a n ,  I n c . C o n s u l t i n g E n g i n e e r s
	Project Name: Location: Owner: Project Cost: Year Completed:				Cleveland Clinic Foundation Taussig Cancer Center Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Clinic Foundation $50,000,000. 2000
	The new Cancer Center, which is the gateway to the Cleveland Clinic along Euclid Avenue from the west, is a four-story, granite-clad facility used for research and treatment.  A pedestrian bridge and node at the existing oncology building is part of this project.  The completed project will be a 210,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility, at a construction cost of $50,000,000.
	The building's north elevations have irregular curvilinear profiles with setbacks occurring at the third, fourth, and roof levels.  The unique shape provides a challenge for developing the framing system.  With a construction manger as part of the team and a fast-track schedule, a steel frame was selected for the structural system.  A basement is located under 50 percent of the building and used to house mechanical and electrical equipment, as well as a treatment center.  The basement floor elevation is below the ground water table requiring a hydraulic slab to resist the hydrostatic ground water pressure.