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IN REVIEW
DBI’s Structural Design Review / Peer Review Projects:
In the past few years, remarkable buildings have risen up, gleaming in the San Francisco skyline. There
is no doubt that San Francisco is experiencing one of its largest building booms. Many new towers using
seismic performance based design, are appearing throughout the City. To ensure these designs provide
the equivalence of the provisions in the codes, DBI has been working collaboratively with the project
sponsors and engineers to select independent Structural Design Review Panels (SDRP) to provide

Examples of Projects:

1500 Mission Street
This project has two towers: a 38-story residential
and 18-story office tower.

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245 First Street
A 55-story tower and an eight story residential
building.