Frost Center at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Wins National ACI Award
The Frost Center at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo received the Mid-Rise category award at the 2024 ACI Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards ceremony during the ACI Concrete Convention on November 4, 2024. After winning the same award in the ACI Chapter in southern California in 2023, the project was submitted by the council to the national awards.
The Frost Center features 126,417 ft² of faculty offices, classrooms, labs, and lecture halls designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. Concrete is a key architectural element, with 2000 yd³ of self-consolidating concrete used for vertical elements and 93,802 ft² of elevated decks formed with the Titan HV Shoring system. Designed for a full liquid head placement rate, the walls were constructed with fifteen 21 ft tall gang panels using EFCO super stud strongbacks and sheeted with Swanson Multipour HDO plywood. All vertical elements were cast using Nox-Crete Bio-Nox form release agent and featured 90-degree corners. There are more than 24,000 ft² of polished concrete floors. All of these elements contribute to the building’s LEED Gold certification and seamless integration of academic spaces.
