The site had a high water table and was sitting on dredge spoils. The native soils created a challenge for the project. The casino and back of house structures were designed using long-span composite steel with steel bracing to resist wind loading.

Amenities include a golf course, tennis, swimming pools, spa and fitness center, and restaurants.ĬKC studied several structural framing options and selected cast-in-place concrete system with post-tensioned slabs for the hotel towers and concrete shear walls to resist lateral loads.

The hotel is composed of a 20-story tower and a 14-story tower. This site consists of two hotel towers, a casino on floating foundations, spa, ballrooms, outdoor amenities and a parking structure.

The Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino Resort is located at the riverfront of Lake Charles. Project Size: 1,600,000 square feet Architect: Bergman Walls & Associates, Las Vegas, Nevada Structural Engineer: Cary Kopczynski & Company, Bellevue, Washington Contractor: Yates Construction, Lake Charles, Louisiana

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