Commercial Facilities
FLAPPY JACKS CENTRE
LOCATION: Glendora, California
ARCHITECT: Norman R. Nichols, AIA
SCOPE: A 1-story, 10,000 square foot commercial building. The structural
analysis of the plywood diaphragm indicated it would behave as a
rigid diaphragm in the longitudinal direction but as a flexible
diaphragm in the transverse direction. Due to property line limitations
and functional requirements, a combination of steel rigid frames
and masonry shear walls were selected as the lateral load resisting system.
