Photo of Frank's International Office in Lafayette, taken shortly before completion.

Formwork for the piercaps. The main building columns are supported on groups of 4 and 5 straight shaft drilled piers going 50-ft below grade.

Wet conditions and a high water table required slurry at all piers, and delayed grade beam and pier cap concrete pours.

Steel erection for bays 1 through 4, approximately 1/3 of the whole 5 story office.

Note the double cantilevers at the second and third levels. The second level cantilevers support a roof terrace above the double height, glass entry space.

The third level also boasts a cantilever that supports additional office space and an eyebrow that partially protects the terrace below and provides support for the continuous three story curtainwall system above.

Steel erection is nearing completion.

Precast cladding is being hung and the 2-story executive space is being sheathed.

Precast cladding along the front face of the building is almost complete.

Rendering of Frank's Internation Office in Lafayette, courtesy of Powers Brown Architecture

Formwork for the piercaps. The main building columns are supported on groups of 4 and 5 straight shaft drilled piers going 50-ft below grade.

Wet conditions and a high water table required slurry at all piers, and delayed grade beam and pier cap concrete pours.

Steel erection for bays 1 through 4, approximately 1/3 of the whole 5 story office.

Note the double cantilevers at the second and third levels. The second level cantilevers support a roof terrace above the double height, glass entry space.

The third level also boasts a cantilever that supports additional office space and an eyebrow that partially protects the terrace below and provides support for the continuous three story curtainwall system above.

Steel erection is nearing completion..

Precast cladding is being hung and the 2-story executive space is being sheathed.

Precast cladding along the front face of the building is almost complete.