Deer Valley East Village

overview

Spanning more than 3,700 acres, the Deer Valley East Village in Wasatch County, Utah, aims to be a premier ski destination. It will boast the largest ski beach in the world, extending half a mile across the base of the slopes. The “mountain village” will offer luxury hotels, condominiums, retail and recreational facilities. We are providing integrated services for various buildings.

For the first new ski area development in the United States since 2004, we worked directly for the owner, Extell Development Company, providing structural design, façade engineering, energy modeling, thermal analysis and façade access services for the 1,047,000-square-foot complex. Our scope includes the 233,000-square-foot Deer Valley East Village Skier Services Facility, the 556,000-square-foot Four Seasons Resort and Private Residences Deer Valley and a separate 211,000-square-foot condominium. The condominium buildings are connected by a bridge for access to shared amenities, such as lounges, an indoor pool, spas and a fine-dining space.

highlights

• We provided an early foundation permit as well as accelerated structural and façade bid packages to cut months off the schedule and allow procurement and construction to begin as quickly as possible. We integrated the complex building designs with each other while considering the final condition along with temporary conditions of construction.
• The extreme environment of this project is unique. Very heavy snow loads as well as patterns of potential accumulation were modeled and evaluated, and buildings optimized accordingly. We provided 25-foot cantilevered roof overhangs at the ski lodge that could handle 200 PSF of snow load and integrated this with the façade design. The roofing assemblies were also designed to incorporate tie-off anchors in order to facilitate future access for snow removal and maintenance as well as incorporated robust retention devices to mitigate the potential for falling snow and ice.
• Another challenge was controlling the potential for condensation risks due to cold bridging at the balconies and identifying other potential thermal bridges in the facade assemblies. Structural thermal breaks were incorporated into the balcony connections to the main structure and iterative thermal simulations were conducted to determine the required insulation thickness / extents as well as locate thermal breaks within the building envelope to maintain energy efficiency and ensure optimal thermal comfort.