Mauna Kea Telescope Facilities
NASA 3-Meter Infrared Telescope Facility
Client: |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Project Location: |
Mauna Kea Summit, Hawaii |
Project Scope: |
Architecture, Structural Engineering and Construction Engineering |
Project Details: |
1-story building with an 18 m (60 ft.) diameter rotating steel dome to house a 3-meter infrared telescope. 975 m2 (10,485 ft2) total area. |
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope
Client: |
Science Research Council, United Kingdom |
Project Location: |
Mauna Kea Summit, Hawaii |
Project Scope: |
Architecture, Structural Engineering and Construction Engineering |
Project Details: |
2-story circular building capped by a 18 m (60 ft.) diameter aluminum dome to house a 3.8-meter infrared flux collector telescope. 600 m2 (6,480 ft2) total area. Use of precast concrete radial wall sections with cast-in-place beams and slabs. |
