COMMERCIAL / DESIGN DETAILING
Design detailing for a complex S-shaped steel structure.
Project overview
The Barnard Office Complex in Bozeman, Montana, serves as the corporate headquarters of Barnard Construction, a heavy civil contractor delivering major infrastructure projects across North America.
The building’s distinctive S-shaped form creates a structural framework with continuously changing member orientations, framing angles and connection conditions.
Working with TrueNorth Steel, Anatomic provided structural and miscellaneous steel detailing for approximately 1,400 tons of steel. The project was delivered through a Design Detailing process, with modeling and fabrication information developed alongside the evolving structural design.
Approx. 1,400
Tons detailed
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Design detailing
Rather than waiting for a substantially complete design package, Anatomic developed the Tekla model as structural design information became available.
Close coordination with TrueNorth Steel and the design team allowed revised framing and connection requirements to be incorporated throughout the process.
The model supported the preparation of shop drawings, erection drawings and fabrication information while the design continued to evolve.
Technical complexity
The building’s curved plan created continuously varying member orientations, framing angles and connection conditions. Limited repetition required careful detailing of individual framing locations throughout the structure.
The SidePlate™ system had to be integrated into the building’s irregular framing. Detailing required accurate coordination of connection components with beams, columns and adjacent structural members.
