Eiffel Tower II receives 1999 SEAOC's highest award for Engineering Excellence

The Eiffel Tower II which recently completed construction in Las Vegas, is a half scale model of the original Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Design and construction of this tower involved complex technical and non-technical issues such as:

Extreme temperature changes and thermal stresses (as much as 60 from side to side and from day to night). Fire protection and investigation of several arson scenarios to optimize fireproofing. This required a complex set on linear and nonlinear buckling analysis. Structural detailing necessary to preserve the look of the original tower while using alternative structural sections. Complex issues involved in design of the elevator shafts in light of the small motion tolerance of 1.0 in. over a height of 540 feet. Construction issues, including shop and field fabrications, shipping fabricated components from Phoenix to Las Vegas, and on site construction