1. Presented by:
Derek Boeldt, PE, MLSE
Structural Team Leader,
Vice President
Smith Engineering Company
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Pioneer Bank, Roswell, New Mexico
Solutions for today… Vision for tomorrow.

2. ◦ A regional civil/structural engineering firm.
◦ Offices in Albuquerque, NM, Las Cruces, NM, Midland, TX and Roswell, NM
◦ Founded in 1989
◦ Offers the following services:
 Construction Services (including inspection, materials testing and surveying)
 Flood Control and Drainage Engineering
 Grant and Funding Application Assistance
 Site Engineering
 Structural Engineering
 Transportation Engineering
 Water/Wastewater Engineering
Solutions for today… Vision for tomorrow.

3. ◦ 20 million project
◦ 119,00 square feet
◦ Building includes:
 Classrooms, a gym, locker rooms,
computer labs, a film studio, a
technology lab and a kitchen
◦ Kitchen built over a crawl space to
allow easy access to equipment
plumbing with a composite concrete
floor slab over composite steel
beams.
◦ Cafeteria is complete with two story
windows to the north and south. It
is also enclosed with 95’ long
bowstring roof trusses.
◦ Gym has 120’ long bowstring roof
trusses.
Solutions for today… Vision for tomorrow.

4. ◦ High-profile “flagship” branch.
◦ Two story atrium space with a barrel
vault roof.
◦ Banker’s offices showcase unique
mansard roof system.
◦ Contains:
 A secure vault, four lane covered
drive-through, easily accessible walk
up teller desks and lender desks.
◦ Building was constructed with steel
roof joists and beams on steel
columns, bearing on concrete
spread footings with a steel-braced
frame lateral system.
Solutions for today… Vision for tomorrow.

5. ◦ 12,000 square foot stand-alone
auditorium.
 Serves entire Stanton school district
◦ Two 100’ span girder trusses on
load-bearing concrete masonry over
spread footings and concrete slab-
on-grade.
◦ Roof was fireproofed and noise
controlled with 4” light-weight
cementitious fill on the metal roof
deck.
◦ Stadium seating was built on light-
gauge pony walls topped with
concrete slabs
Solutions for today… Vision for tomorrow.

6. ◦ 1 story, 6,500-SF office building
will serve as the Me-Tex Oil & Gas,
Inc’s new corporate headquarters.
◦ Main entrance: covered wrap-
around porch with exposed rough-
sawn timber framed roof.
◦ Floor to ceiling windows and doors
continue the inviting entrance into
the front lobby.
◦ Construction of the building was
wood roof trusses on load bearing
wood stud walls and concrete
spread footings.
Solutions for today… Vision for tomorrow.

7. ◦ Expansion of the public outreach
center at Blakemore Planetarium,
Museum of the Southwest.
◦ Includes a new 25’x70’ classroom
area with a wall of glass facing east.
◦ Also includes a new 12’x70’
covered patio overlooking the
Museum grounds.
◦ The existing planetarium theater
was completely demolished, re-
oriented and rebuilt, complete with
stadium seating, reclining leather
chairs, modern furnishings and
state of the art projectors and
sound system.
Solutions for today… Vision for tomorrow.

8. ◦ 75,000-SF elementary school was
built to support the growing school
age population of Las Cruces.
◦ 4 classroom wings all extending
north off the central services area
which includes administration
offices, gymnasium and cafeteria.
◦ Construction of the building was
steel frames in the classroom and
administrative areas and load-
bearing concrete masonry in the
gymnasium and cafeteria.
◦ The estimated construction cost
$14 million and the actual bid
cost $11.7 million.
Solutions for today… Vision for tomorrow.

9. ◦ Project included demolition,
remodel, adaptive re-use and
additions to the existing20,000-SF,
1950’s era building that housed the
High School kitchen and cafeteria.
◦ The extent of work incorporated the
new media center and book
depository into this existing
building.
◦ Existing roof structure was
reinforced to support new RTU’s,
reinforcing existing walls for new
grand entries and reinforcing
existing columns, beams and
footings for removal of existing
columns.
Solutions for today… Vision for tomorrow.

10. Structural Projects
Plainview High School
Plainview, TX
◦ $12 million, 59,000sf High School
Addition to be built in 4 Phases.
◦ Phase I is a two story, 26,000sf
administrative office and library
addition to the front of the existing
entrance to the high school, putting
a fresh new face on an existing
1950’s era school with it’s curved
glass and stone façade with glass
tower stair tower “book ends”.
◦ Phase II will be a 2 story, 32,000sf,
brick clad classroom addition.
◦ Challenges included building over
and next to an existing basement to
remain for tornado shelter needs
and existing pipe tunnels.
Solutions for today… Vision for tomorrow.

11. Structural Projects
St. Ann’s Chapel and Commons Addition
Midland, TX
◦ 9,000sf chapel and
commons addition
◦ Challenges included:
 building a vestibule to
serve as a fire
separation between the
new and existing
buildings and to
showcase and protect
the existing stained
glass windows.
 Created a column-free
43’x43’ chapel space
with a pyramid shaped
roof.
 19’ cantilevering porte
cochere
Solutions for today… Vision for tomorrow.