| Vertical Load Carrying System | The roof diaphragm is 1/2" plywood sheathing covered by clay roofing tiles (12 by 6 pitch). The floor diaphragms are 3/4" plywood sheathing covered by 3/4" gypcrete at room floors and 2" light-weight concrete at corridors. |
| Lateral Force Resisting System | Two-sided plywood shear walls in both directions. Walls in the transverse direction are essentially solid, while walls in the longitudinal direction have many openings. |
| Foundation Type | Concrete continuous spread footings under shear walls. |
| Remarks | The Center has five buildings. Only the South Wing of Buildign D (Cemex Building) is instrumented. Push-over analysis of the builidng was published in the 1996 SEAOC Convention Proceedings. |
