- Robert B. Atwood Building
The Robert B. Atwood Building is an office building in Downtown Anchorage,
Alaska . The building houses government offices for the State of Alaska. Standing at 20 stories and 81 m (265 ft), it is the second-tallest building in Alaska. [cite web|title=Robert B. Atwood Building, Anchorage|publisher=Emporis, GhbM|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=robertba2odbuilding-anchorage-ak-usa|accessmonthday=October 3|accessyear=2007] The building was formerly known as the "Bank of America Center". Together with the tallerConoco-Phillips Building , the skyscraper defines Anchorage's skyline.Facilities
A landscaped
plaza is featured on the building's east side. The single-story basement is used as a parking level. There are nineelevators in the building. Amenities includeteleconferencing -enabled conference rooms, vending and break rooms, and a central mail room. [cite web|title=Atwood Building Property Manager -- Request for Proposals #2000-0200-1441| publisher=State of Alaska, Division of General Services| url=http://notes4.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/0/2e227340cd1dbe43892567f60066161c/$FILE/Rfp_1441.pdf|accessmonthday=October 3|accessyear=2007]Parking Garage
A new
parking garage is currently under construction to replace the building's former surface lot, now the site of theDena’ina Civic and Convention Center . The new parking garage will be named for the late local activist Carolyn 'Linny' Pacillo. [cite web|title=Senate Journal of Alaska State Legislature, May 8, 2007| publisher=Alaska State Legislature| url=http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_single_journal.asp?session=25&date=20070508&beg_page=1105&end_page=1127&chamber=S&jrn=1110|accessmonthday=October 3| accessyear=2007]Involvement in Seismic Research
In
2003 , theUnited States Geological Survey installed a network ofaccelerometers throughout the building to monitor the effects ofearthquakes on tall buildings. The Atwood Building was selected due to the unique properties of the "Bootlegger Cove Formation" soil it stands on, and the historical seismicity of the region "(seeGood Friday Earthquake .)" The mission of the research is to better understand the effects of seismicity on similar buildings to better prepare them for future large earthquakes. [cite web| author=Mehmet Çelebi| title=Recorded Earthquake Responses from theIntegrated Seismic MonitoringNetwork of the Atwood Building,Anchorage, Alaska| publisher=United States Geological Survey| url=http://nsmp.wr.usgs.gov/celebi/celebi_atwood_spectra_200611.pdf|accessmonthday=October 3| accessyear=2007]Namesake
The building was named after Robert Bruce Atwood, an Alaska statehood activist and
Anchorage Times editor and publisher.ee also
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Conoco-Phillips Building Notes and References
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