Project: The Paramount

Location: San Francisco, California

Project Information:

• Owner: The Related Companies
• Contractor: Charles Pankow Builders
• Architect: Kwan Henmi/Elkus Manfredi
• Structural Engineer: Robert Englekirk
• Gross Building Area: Residential: 440,000 SF, 486 units; Parking: 112,000 SF, 351 cars; Retail: 44,000 SF; Office: 20,000 SF

Products Provided:

• Precast moment frame columns and beams
• Precast gravity columns
• Architectural precast finish on exterior face of moment frame elements
• Earl panels

Project Description: The Paramount is the tallest precast concrete structure in a high seismic zone. The towering building reaches a height of 425 feet. The project is built with the innovative Precast Hybrid Moment Resistant Frame in a tube arrangement. Precast frame components serve as both the structure and architecture of the building. MidState Precast is unmatched in its ability to produce structural precast elements with an architectural finish. This design-build project was constructed in a 25-month schedule.