The concept was first to erect the steel casino structure, supporting it on concrete stair and elevator cores and 90-foot tall steel “stilts” that would eventually become encased in the final concrete garage columns.

The casino steel structure construction was prioritized ahead of the garage structure underneath it, to compress the overall construction duration and accelerate the completion of the design-intensive casino interior.Ī single High Definition Building Information Model (HD BIM), developed in Tekla Structures, was used from conceptual design to construction documents, and finally to shop drawings. The parking garage is a post-tensioned concrete slab system built using an unconventional construction sequence. This keeps the integrity of the perimeter cantilevered gravity system protected while the lateral system is repairable after a major seismic event. The casino structure’s innovative steel lateral force resisting system utilizes rocking braced frames and Krawinkler fuses integrated into Vierendeel trusses to produce a performance-based seismic design.

Hollywood Casino Jamul (HC Jamul) is a three-story entertainment facility, located in Jamul, California, with approximately 200,000 square feet of gaming, restaurants, and lounges atop an eight-story, below-grade, 1,800-space parking garage.