MSOE Viets Tower

The MSOE Viets Tower project is a $37 million expansion and renovation of an existing 13-story residence hall and living-learning community from 1965.

The new structure is a two-way concrete flat slab with concrete shear walls. A wind study on the existing building was completed to reduce the expansion joint size. It was found that significant thermal stresses were causing damage to the existing corner columns, which required analysis and repair of the existing building.

The updated tower includes a 50,000-square-foot addition with 48 new dorm rooms, new bathrooms, a new stair tower, and 6 new two-story collaboration hubs constructed in a southern-facing, glass-enclosed addition overlooking the Milwaukee skyline.