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The mixed-use development was designed by MANICA Architecture and Kendall Heaton Architects. The construction was managed by Mortenson Clark Joint Venture. The arena will also have 9,290 m² (100,000 ft²) of retail space, a 3,252 m² (35,000 ft²) plaza, and a 22,258 m² (5.5-acre) bayfront park.
Enclos was commissioned to plan and install the glass facade in the arena. The Enclos team fabricated and installed 14,864 m² (160,000 ft²) of rain-screen mega-panels and secondary structure. Each mega-panel consists of roughly 7,500 panels with different dimensions. The mega-panels are attached to the secondary steel structure with special members, crossbeams, and anchors to the primary structure. The facade includes a total of 3,716 m² (40,000 ft²) of curtainwall on architecturally exposed structural steel (AESS) with an additional 465 m² (5,000 ft²) of storefront on AESS.
The Arena is being constructed as part of a larger mixed-use development, including the Office Towers and Gatehouse. The arena is the new home of the Golden State Warriors and opened in September 2019, in time for the NBA season. The project has been designed to achieve LEED Gold certification.
Studies in RFEM
Enclos utilized Dlubal’s FEA software RFEM to model the Chase arena for various purposes during the pre-sale bidding process and design-assist phase. "The program was very useful for fast interoperability between Rhino + GH / Excel / RFEM. RFEM remains a very fast and efficient way compared to many other programs the Enclos engineering team has used, continues to use, and has used alternately," according to the Enclos engineers.
RFEM was utilized for the Chase Center Arena project as follows:
- Creation of the FEA model based on the proposed system by the clients / consultants
- Improvement suggestions by Enclos for the engineers' proposals
- Creation of a completely new secondary framing system by Enclos
- Report reactions based on Enclos's framing system
- Steel checks, deflection checks, reaction output - visualized in Rhino
| Location | 1 Warriors Way |
| Architects | Kendall/Heaton Associates, USA www.kendall-heaton.com MANICA Architecture, USA www.manicaarchitecture.com |
| Engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates, USA www.mka.com |
| Building Construction | Mortenson Clark Construction Joint Venture, USA |
| Planning and Installation of Facade | Enclos Corp., USA www.enclos.com |
