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Georgetown University, Dahlgren Chapel

Washington, DC

Project Contacts: Bradford Carpenter, Niklas Vigener

Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, dedicated in 1893, is one of the campus’s iconic structures. The brick masonry building, with a below-grade crypt and program space, suffered from water infiltration and experienced structural damage...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Award Winning, Below-Grade, Below-Ground Waterproofing, Foundation, Preservation Technology , Stone, Stone-Limestone, Water Leakage

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium (Building W16)

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Bronski, Pedro Sifre

Designed by Eero Saarinen and dedicated in 1955, Kresge Auditorium (Building W16) is an iconic mid-century modernist venue for gatherings, classes, and performances. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) undertook a major renewal project at...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Below-Grade, Cultural, Curtain Wall, Glass and Glazing, Historic, Preservation Technology , Roofing, Waterproofing

Naval Hospital Replacement Project

Camp Pendleton, CA

Project Contacts: Amy Hackney, Kenneth Klein

Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton needed a new hospital to facilitate expansion and advancing medical and technical services. To promote healing, the new building features calming interiors, a sunlit atrium, and central courtyard. SGH assisted HKS...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Health Care

Keywords:Award Winning, Below-Grade, Curtain Wall, Design-Build, Green / Sustainable Design, LEED Projects, Parking Structure, Waterproofing

University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Berkeley, CA

Project Contacts: Jeffry Ceruti, Ronald Hamburger, Kenneth Klein

The University of California needed to seismically retrofit the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, but determined it would negatively affect exhibit space. Needing a new home for the museum, the university chose a downtown Berkeley...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Award Winning, Below-Grade, Below-Ground Waterproofing, Cladding / Recladding, Construction Administration, Metal, Museum, Peer Review, Roofing, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit

The Beacon

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Kenneth Klein

Responding to an increasing demand for San Francisco housing, Catellus developed The Beacon as a mixed-use complex for city living in the Mission Bay neighborhood. Located on an entire city block in close proximity to the Giants’ ballpark...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Mixed-Use

Keywords:Below-Grade, Condominium, New Construction, Podium, Residential, Roofing, Waterproofing

California Academy of Sciences

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Kenneth Klein

After 90 yrs in the Golden Gate Park, the California Academy of Sciences demolished most of its eleven buildings to clear the site for a new home. As one of the nation’s leading natural history museums and research centers, the academy...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Asphalt, Award Winning, Below-Grade, New Construction, Green / Sustainable Design, Green Roofs, LEED Projects, Museum, Peer Review, Roofing, Roofing, Vegetative

Contemporary Jewish Museum

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Kenneth Klein

The Contemporary Jewish Museum’s new home in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena cultural district involved adaptive reuse of the Jessie Street Power Substation. Designed by the architectural team of Daniel Libeskind and WRNS Studio, the...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Below-Grade, New Construction, Facadism, Masonry-Brick, Metal-Steel, Monumental Buildings, Museum, Peer Review, Plaza, Waterproofing

University of California, Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences

Berkeley, CA

Project Contacts: Kenneth Klein

The UC Berkeley Health Sciences Initiative included replacing Warren Hall near the northwest corner of campus with the new Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences. The five-story Li Ka Shing Center offers space for scientists to...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Air Barrier, Award Winning, Below-Grade, Classroom, New Construction, LEED Projects, Laboratory, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Peer Review, Roofing, Waterproofing

The Brannan

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Kenneth Klein, Kenneth Tam

As part of the revitalization for the South of Market area of San Francisco, Reliance Development Group wanted to build three luxury condominium buildings. The 700,000 sq ft Brannan complex consists of seventeen-story towers with a total of 356...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Residential - Condominium

Keywords:Balcony, Below-Grade, Construction Administration, New Construction, Curtain Wall, High Rise, Residential, Walls, Waterproofing

de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Kenneth Klein

The original museum opened in Golden Gate Park in 1895. Damaged beyond repair by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the building was demolished in 2000 to make way for a new 292,000 sq ft building containing 116,000 sq ft of gallery and...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Materials Investigation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Below-Grade, Cladding / Recladding, Field Testing, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Metal, Metal-Copper, Museum, Plaza, Signature Project, Walls, Waterproofing

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Georgetown University, Dahlgren Chapel

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium (Building W16)

Naval Hospital Replacement Project

University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

The Beacon

California Academy of Sciences

Contemporary Jewish Museum

University of California, Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences

The Brannan

de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park

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