From 24 ft above grade to 60 ft below it, the $88.4-million Ford Center variously incorporates multiple concrete systems that include pan joists, beams, girders, shear walls, columns, slab on ...

The building foundation is a cast-in-place concrete, pan-joist system supported on concrete piers, which limited lift weights to a maximum concentrated wheel load of 2,500 lb, with a minimum ...