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The large columns carry as much as 5 million lb. and, to resist these loads, high strength bars of A432 steel weighing 7001b. each and the largest diameter reinforcing bars rolled in the United States

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Beams, 4ft. wide and varying in depth from 8ft. to 14ft., form a matrix between the columns and the central core shear walls. Because of the high shearing stresses induced by the column levels on the perimeter beams, a dia- gonal strut was placed between the

1. Lecture room on the mezzanine floor of

the low block

2. Office area. Partitions are demountable 3. Reference library

4. Lift lobby - marble walls, luminous ceiling 5. Conference room

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