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o the founda-tions of the original Capitol Building. To obviatethis difficulty, a structural steel frame on a hugeinverted waffle type foundation was decided uponand developed, and a lightweight concrete struc-ture was decided upon. One of the net results of this intricate engineer-ing problem was… … ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER financial. The Capitol addition was estimated inround numbers at slightly under $7,500,000. It hasbeen completed within this figure, and there is abalance of money left unexpended. There may beother Capitol buildings which have been builtwithin the basic original estimate,…
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