Retail and Restaurant Pad Design Logan Utah
Team: Bode Faidiga, Parker Hansen, Kaydence Huffaker, Garret Mango, Allyssa Mathern, Josh Medsker and Rosemary Yahne
Project Summary
Chef’s Special Engineering designed a retail and restaurant pad for Dunn Associates to support commercial development in Logan, Utah. The proposed one-story structure is located along a growing commercial corridor, addressing increased demand for retail and dining space.
The team evaluated multiple structural systems, considering initial cost, long-term maintenance, constructability, and overall performance.
The primary alternatives included structural steel, wood framing, masonry construction, and a “donothing” baseline scenario, to identify the most efficient and cost-effective solution.
The team completed detailed structural design and analysis of the preferred alternative, complying with safety, durability, and serviceability requirements. This included evaluation of subsurface soil conditions, development of the structural system, and optimization for strength and efficiency.
Alternatives
Structural Steel
Timber
Reinforced Masonry
No-build
Alternative Analysis
Design Criteria
- Construction Cost
- Lifetime Cost and Longevity
- Construction Feasibility and Time
- Material Availability
- Carbon Footprint
Construction Costs
- Timber: $1,019,545
- Structural Steel: $1,305,565
- Reinforced Masonry: $2,924,818
- No-Build: $0
| Timber | Steel | Masonry | |||||
| Weight | Rating | Score | Rating | Score | Rating | Score | |
| Construction cost | 25 | 10 | 250 | 8 | 200 | 5 | 125 |
| Lifetime cost and longevity | 22 | 3 | 66 | 8 | 176 | 6 | 132 |
| Construction feasibility and time | 19 | 8 | 152 | 7 | 133 | 3 | 57 |
| Material availability | 18 | 4 | 72 | 9 | 162 | 6 | 108 |
| Carbon footprint | 16 | 8 | 128 | 5 | 80 | 6 | 96 |
| Totals | 100 | 668 | 751 | 518 | |||
Selected Alternative: Structural Steel
Structural steel was selected as the preferred system based on its strong performance across key evaluation criteria, including cost efficiency, constructability, durability, and structural capacity.
3D rendering of the Retail and Restaurant Building
Proposed Site Development
Design
Structural Design
Foundation Design
Drainage Design
Acknowledgments
Austin Ball, SE
Marvin W. Halling, PhD, PE, SE, F.ASCE
Gil Nichols, PE
Cooper Faidiga, EIT
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department