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Bahá’í House of Worship of South America

Santiago, Chile

Project Contacts: Amy Hackney, James Parker

Designed by Siamak Hariri of Hariri Pontarini Architects, the Chile Baha’i House of Worship sits on a hillside set against the Andes Mountains. At nearly 100 ft high, the temple features nine entrances, welcoming worshipers from all...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Materials Design, Structural Design

Markets:Religious

Keywords:Award Winning, Base Isolation, Glass and Glazing, High-Performance/Advanced Enclosures, International, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Materials Analysis, Materials Testing for Design, Religious, Seismic Isolation, Signature Project, Spaceframe/Shell Structure, Stone, Structural Glass

Archdiocese of Boston, Multiple Building Condition Assessments

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Paul Kelley, Milan Vatovec

With a need to evaluate more than 100 properties with a total of 200 individual structures, the Archdiocese of Boston asked SGH to develop and implement a condition assessment program that provided them with easy access to information about their...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Religious

Keywords:Condition Assessment-Multi-Building, Religious, Spire/Bell Tower, Term Contracts and IDIQs

Shrine of Christ the King

Chicago, IL

Project Contacts: Peter Babaian

On 7 October 2015, a fire at Shrine of Christ the King significantly damaged the building. The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest undertook a fundraising campaign to stabilize and restore the 1923 church. SGH investigated the condition...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Religious

Keywords:Condition Assessment, Construction Engineering, Fire, Historic, Masonry-Brick, Preservation Technology , Religious, Stone-Limestone, Structural Stabilization

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Chapel (Building W15)

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Bronski, Pedro Sifre

Designed by Eero Saarinen and dedicated in 1955, the chapel (Building W15) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a nondenominational space for worship and gathering. As part of their Capital Renewal Program, MIT undertook a major...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Award Winning, Concrete Rehabilitation, Cultural, Curtain Wall, Glass and Glazing, Historic, Preservation Technology , Religious, Roof Replacement, Roofing, Skylight, Window Wall

Christ Church

Waltham, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Bronski, Stephen Ruggiero

Built in 1897 of rounded fieldstone boulders, Christ Church was designed by Peabody and Stearns. The original designers understood the sloped spire surface was susceptible to absorbing water and they detailed a secondary, internal roof...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Religious

Keywords:Historic, Masonry, Material-Related, Preservation Technology , Religious, Roofing, Stone, Structural Stabilization, Water Leakage

Congregation Darchei Tzedek

Baltimore, MD

Project Contacts: Gary Strand

The new Darchei Tzadek's synagogue features a large sanctuary with congregational seating for 380 people and includes vaulted ceilings and a tiered, second-floor balcony. The complex also includes a large social hall that can accommodate more...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Religious

Keywords:Balcony, Metal, Metal-Steel, Religious, Truss

Union Presbyterian Seminary

Richmond, VA

Project Contacts: Gary Strand

Spence Hall, now the Allen & Jeannette Early Center for Christian Education & Worship, served as the library for the Union Theological Seminary from 1897 until the mid-1990s. The seminary sought to renovate Spence Hall to its...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Interior Renovation, Office, Preservation Technology , Religious

Our Lady of Perpetual Help School

Ellicott City, MD

Project Contacts: Jeffrey Kerr, Gary Strand

Our Lady of Perpetual Help School consists of single-story, brick-clad structure, built in 1958, and a second-story addition constructed in the early 1960s. Following a window replacement project in the 1990s, the exterior walls developed...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Education - K-12

Keywords:Damage, Masonry, Masonry-Load Bearing, Religious, School, Structural Strengthening, Water Leakage

Bowdoin College Chapel

Brunswick, ME

The Chapel at Bowdoin College, built between 1844 and 1855, was designed by Richard Upjohn in the German Romanesque style. The chapel is symmetrical in plan and contains a central nave flanked by two side aisles and bell towers with stone spires...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Award Winning, Cracking, Finite Element Analysis, Historic, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Masonry, Metal, Metal-Copper, Preservation Technology , Religious, Roofing, Spire/Bell Tower, Stone, Stone-Granite

St. Dominic's Church

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Built in 1926, St. Dominic’s Church was designed by Arnold S. Constable and the Beezer Bros. of Seattle with a blend of collegiate and English Gothic-Revival styles. The church sought to arrest heavy leaks and address deteriorating and...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Religious

Keywords:Condition Assessment, Cracking, Glass and Glazing, Historic, Leaded and Stained Glass, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Monumental Buildings, Preservation Technology , Religious, Spire/Bell Tower, Stone-Cast, Water Leakage, Windows

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Bahá’í House of Worship of South America

Archdiocese of Boston, Multiple Building Condition Assessments

Shrine of Christ the King

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Chapel (Building W15)

Christ Church

Congregation Darchei Tzedek

Union Presbyterian Seminary

Our Lady of Perpetual Help School

Bowdoin College Chapel

St. Dominic's Church

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