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Massachusetts State House

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Susan Knack-Brown

The State House was constructed in three phases. The original Federal/Georgian building was designed by Charles Bulfinch and completed in 1798. In 1896, a renaissance revival Annex with yellow brick and marble features was added onto the back of...

Service:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Government

Keywords:Award Winning, Condition Assessment, Dome, Emergency Response, Historic, Masonry, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Renewable Energy: Photovoltaics, Roofing, Water Leakage

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 10 Great Dome

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Peter Babaian, Emily Hopps, Thomas Schwartz

MIT’s Main Group Buildings, dedicated in 1916, include Building 10 with its prominent limestone- and copper-clad Great Dome. SGH investigated leakage into the Barker Library below the Great Dome and developed a durable repair solution...

Service:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Market:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Award Winning, Dome, Library, Masonry, Metal, Metal-Copper, Mockup, Preservation Technology , Signature Project, Stone-Limestone, Thermal and Moisture Drive, Waterproofing

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute Gala Exhibition

New York, NY

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson

On display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) from May to September, the Costume Institute’s 2016 exhibit examined the balance of creating fashion both by hand and with new technology. To support the Manus x Machina exhibit, the...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Design-Build, Digital Fabrication, Dome, Revit/BIM, Temporary Structure

Kansas State Capitol

Topeka, KS

Project Contacts: Nick Floyd, Niklas Vigener

Officially completed in 1903, the Kansas State Capitol is the impressive home to the state’s government offices. The building is topped with a striking copper dome over a central rotunda that joins four wings. As part of a major...

Service:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Market:Government

Keywords:Dome, Historic, Metal-Copper, National Register of Historic Places, Peer Review, Preservation Technology , Roofing

U.S. Pavilion, Expo '67 World's Fair and Exposition

Montreal, QC

Project Contacts: Glenn Bell, Mehdi Zarghamee

With a theme of Creative America, the U.S. Pavilion at Expo ‘67 required a structure that would showcase the country’s innovation and design accomplishments. Conceived by R. Buckminster Fuller, the 250 ft dia. transparent...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Sports & Entertainment

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Award Winning, Dome, Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Metal-Steel, Signature Project

Smithsonian Institution, Multiple Mirror Telescope

Mount Hopkins, AZ

Project Contacts: Joseph Antebi, Frank Kan

With the advent of economical large spun cast mirrors, the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Arizona wished to convert the Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) to a telescope with a single 6.5 m dia. mirror to retain its position as one of...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Science & Defense

Keywords:Construction Administration, Dome, Foundation, Mechanical/Electrical System, Spaceframe/Shell Structure, Telescope

California State Capitol Security Improvements

Sacramento, CA

Project Contacts: Ronald Hamburger, Stephen Harris

Modeled after our nation’s capitol, the California state capitol building was built between 1860 and 1874. The building features a dome rising 210 ft above the street and a stately granite facade. As home to the executive and...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Government

Keywords:Blast Analysis & Resistance, Dome, National Register of Historic Places, Office

Bowdoin College, Museum of Art

Brunswick, ME

The Neo-Classical Walker Art Building, designed by McKim, Mead and White in 1894, now houses the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Throughout its life, the building experienced several problems, including chronic leakage at roofing transitions and...

Service:Building Enclosure Design, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Market:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Air Barrier, Building Science, Construction Administration, Dome, Historic, Mechanical/Electrical System, Metal, Metal-Copper, Museum, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Roofing, Skylight

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

Griffith Observatory

Los Angeles, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Griffith Observatory, which sits on the southern slope of Mount Hollywood, is a Designated Historic-Cultural Monument for the City of Los Angeles. The Art Deco observatory, constructed in 1935, was envisioned and funded by Col. Griffith J....

Service:Building Enclosure Design, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Materials Rehabilitation

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Below-Grade, Cultural, Dome, Field Testing, Historic, Metal-Copper, Preservation Technology , Waterproofing

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Massachusetts State House

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 10 Great Dome

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute Gala Exhibition

Kansas State Capitol

U.S. Pavilion, Expo '67 World's Fair and Exposition

Smithsonian Institution, Multiple Mirror Telescope

California State Capitol Security Improvements

Bowdoin College, Museum of Art

Mount St. Mary's College, Doheny Mansion

Griffith Observatory

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