Intuit Dome has received the American Council of Engineering Companies of California’s (ACEC California) 2025 Golden State Award. The citation was presented to Walter P Moore at the organization’s Engineering Excellence Awards banquet in Garden Grove, California yesterday. The award is their highest honor.
In the announcement, ACEC California applauds Intuit Dome for “redefine(ing) what an owner may expect from their engineering team.” The 1.14 million square foot, 18,000-seat arena is the new home to the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, and features state-of-the-art practice and training facilities, private offices and public gathering spaces, including indoor and outdoor basketball courts. Key engineering considerations included unique seismic designs and detailing because of the facility’s proximity to the nearby Newport-Inglewood Fault.
ETS collaborated with Walter P Moore to design and engineer 242,300 square feet of tensile facades. Once panel geometries, connections and structural requirements were resolved, ETS fabricated and installed the arena’s secondary steel frames, the atrium’s single-skin ETFE panels, the plaza’s PTFE membrane and AESS trellis, and the escalator’s ETFE canopies.
ACEC California was founded over 70 years ago to support consulting engineers and land surveyors, protect the general public, and promote the growth and development of the state. Their annual Engineering Excellence Awards program recognizes outstanding achievements in engineering and land surveying by California firms.
You can read the full awards program here.
