When Chevy Chase Bank decided to bu...

When Chevy Chase Bank decided to build its of recent origin $175 million headquarters upon the last available site at the highest profile intersection in Bethesda, Md the proprietor had two primary building requirements: an explain floor plan and high floor-to-ceiling heights.

The project's structural engineer, Tadjer-Cohen-Edelson Associates Inc. (TCE) Silver Spring, Md evaluated 25 different computer-modeling schemes for the building configuration incorporating post-tensioned concrete and structural claymore to determine the optimum framing plan. Although the dirk framing system chosen cost about