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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, International Design Center, Tectonics of Transparency: The Wall

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

The sculpture, designed by Cristina Parreño, is located on the second floor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Museum on Massachusetts Avenue as part of their International Design Center. Acting as a symbol of the...

Service:Materials Design, Structural Design

Market:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Art Work, Digital Fabrication, Structural Glass

2015 Design Biennial Boston, Tectonics of Transparency: The Tower

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

Second in Cristina Parreño's Tectonics of Transparency series, The Tower was a temporary installation on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. To align with the exhibition's infrastructure heritage theme, the glass tower served as a periscope,...

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Art Work, Structural Glass, Temporary Structure

Sacramento Valley Station formerly Southern Pacific Railroad Depot

Sacramento, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Providing passenger service to the region since 1926, Sacramento Valley Station, formerly Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, is listed on national, state, and local historic registers. SGH performed seismic/structural and facade assessments...

Service:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Transportation

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Award Winning, Code Consulting, Concrete, Due Diligence, Historic, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Masonry-Unreinforced, National Register of Historic Places, Plaster, Preservation Technology , Seismic Engineering and Retrofit, Station

University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center

Worcester, MA

Project Contacts: Dean Rutila

The granite-clad Medical Center building, built in the 1970s, is nine stories tall. The building houses the university teaching hospital, the medical school, and clinical research laboratories. SGH led an investigation of the stone...

Service:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Materials Investigation, Structural Design

Market:Health Care

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Cladding / Recladding, Construction Administration, Fasteners and Connections, Industrial Rope Access, Masonry, Signature Project, Stone-Granite, Walls

Mount St. Mary's College, Doheny Mansion

Los Angeles, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Built in 1899 for the Oliver P. Posey family, the Doheny family occupied the home for nearly sixty years. The three-story mansion was designed by architects Theodore A. Eisen and Sumner P. Hunt with elements from the Gothic, Chateauesque,...

Service:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Balcony, Cultural, Dome, Field Testing, Glass and Glazing, Historic, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Leaded and Stained Glass, National Register of Historic Places, Plaster, Preservation Technology , Water Leakage, Waterproofing, Wood

Prudential Gateway Center

Newark, NJ

Project Contacts: Thomas Schwartz, Mehdi Zarghamee

Built in 1983 and 1987, Two and Three Gateway Center served as the headquarters of Prudential Real Estate. The glass/metal curtain walls of these fifteen- and nineteen-story buildings suffered from nickel sulfide (NiS) induced spontaneous...

Service:Building Enclosure Investigation

Market:Office

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Construction Administration, Cracking, Curtain Wall, Expert Testimony, Field Testing, Glass and Glazing, Wind Engineering, Windows

Tuskegee Airmen (formerly 100th Street) Bus Depot

New York, NY

Project Contacts: Paul Kelley

Replacing a 108-year-old streetcar barn, the 100th Street Bus Depot opened in 2003. Shortly after construction, the elevated concrete floor slabs cracked. The contractor attempted to repair the 280,000 sq ft of elevated decks and ramps, but...

Service:Materials Rehabilitation, Structural Investigation

Market:Transportation

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Concrete, Concrete Rehabilitation, Cracking, Parking Structure, Petrography

Berklee College of Music, 160 Massachusetts Avenue

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Michael Louis, Derek McCowan

The new mixed-use building at 160 Massachusetts Avenue is the first completely new facility that the college constructed in over 60 years. The building offers 173 dormitory rooms, practice rooms and common areas, a fourth-floor roof terrace, a...

Service:Building Enclosure Design

Market:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Award Winning, Construction Administration, Curtain Wall, Dormitory, Glass and Glazing, Peer Review, Residential

National Park Service, Warehouse

Landover, MD

Project Contacts: Peter Nelson

The General Services Administration leased warehouse space to the National Park Service The General Services Administration leased warehouse space to the National Park Service (NPS) to house rare and valuable national artifacts, along with...

Service:Building Enclosure Investigation

Market:Government

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Building Science, Concrete, Field Testing, Flooring, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Thermal and Moisture Drive

Warner Bros. Studios, Glass Building

Burbank, CA

Project Contacts: Thomas Schwartz

The Glass Building is a four-story office building built over a parking structure. The steel moment-frame building features a structurally-glazed curtain wall. As a result of the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the building experienced...

Service:Materials Investigation, Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Office

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Curtain Wall, Failure Investigation, Fasteners and Connections, Glass and Glazing, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, International Design Center, Tectonics of Transparency: The Wall

2015 Design Biennial Boston, Tectonics of Transparency: The Tower

Sacramento Valley Station formerly Southern Pacific Railroad Depot

University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center

Mount St. Mary's College, Doheny Mansion

Prudential Gateway Center

Tuskegee Airmen (formerly 100th Street) Bus Depot

Berklee College of Music, 160 Massachusetts Avenue

National Park Service, Warehouse

Warner Bros. Studios, Glass Building

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