Project Portfolio - Hilton Garden Inn , Southpoint – Durham, NC

The six-story Hilton Garden Inn was originally designed with concrete block as the axial load bearing wall material. The change to SigmaStud^® delivered exceptional value to the construction team, with the component weight of SigmaStud^® (8psf) replacing the much more cumbersome 45psf concrete material. This 80% reduction in bearing weight resulted in the utilization of a traditional thickened slab in place of a larger, thicker foundation. Additionally, the decrease in the wall mass also produced a lower base shear, minimizing materials needed for shear wall construction. As a result of the change to SigmaStud^® and by combining it with TSN’s StiffWall^® to address shear forces, the structural components were erected in six weeks rather than the 3.5 months it normally would have taken with the concrete block material.