Val A. Browning Performing Arts Center
at Weber State University

Project:Val A. Browning Performing Arts Center
Ogden, Utah
Size:156,900 square feet
Completion Date:August 1997
Construction Cost:$ 23,000,000

Val A. Browning Center at WSU

Project Description:
The Browning Performing Arts Center project consisted of a seismic rehabilitation, renovation and addition on three levels. The existing 122,600 square foot facility consisted of an in place unreinforced masonry wall structure. The 34,300 square foot addition comprises band and choral practice rooms, theater, private practice rooms, and a state-of-the-art music computer center. The building is constructed of concrete and masonry walls which act as shear walls, and composite steel beams supported by either masonry or steel columns.