Peter B. Lewis Building - Cleveland, OH
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N 41° 30.580 W 081° 36.467
17T E 449280 N 4595516
The Peter B. Lewis Building is the home of the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM9TVZ
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2010
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Building Facts
* Building cost: $61.7 million
* Size: Approximately 150,000 square feet; five stories
* Groundbreaking Date: April 29, 1999
* Completion Date: Summer 2002
* Construction Statistics:
Excavation:
* 40,000 cubic yards of soil
* 700 cubic yards of rock
Documentation:
* 15,600 square feet of blueprints
Construction:
* 30,000 tower crane lifts
* 20 subcontractors
Materials:
* 1.2 million pounds of structural steel
* Over 2 miles of curved 4-inch steel pipe
* 2 million pounds of concrete-reinforcing steel
* 11,600 cubic yards of concrete (1,500 truck loads)
* 320,000 bricks
* 250,000 pounds of stainless steel
* 20,000 stainless steel roof shingles
* 250,000 stainless steel screws for the roof system
* 500,000 lineal feet of piping
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Group tours of the Frank Gehry designed Peter B. Lewis Building are offered on a specially arranged basis. Requests must be received two weeks in advance.
Contact Mimi Filsinger at 216 368-6995 to schedule your tour.
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