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Vertical Integration at Vanderbilt University

Post-tensioned transfer truss system allows medical center to expand above existing auditorium

As part of an initiative to increase its ranking among medical research institutions, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has undertaken a major expansion project. A key component of this expansion is the VUMC Medical Research Building IV that will house research programs and staff in a state-of-the-art laboratory facility with over 400,000 ft^sup 2^ (37,000 m^sup 2^) of space. A lack of green-field sites available on campus that could hold such a facility, however, produced an engineering and construction challenge that required an unorthodox solution.

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