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Bowdoin College, Park Row Apartments

Brunswick, ME

Project Contacts: Jason Der Ananian

Needing to expand its housing options, Bowdoin College undertook several projects, including constructing the new Park Row Apartments for upperclass students. The eighty-eight-bed development includes four wood-framed buildings, each with...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Keywords:Air Infiltration, Building Science, Construction Administration, Dormitory, Field Testing, Mechanical/Electrical System, Nondestructive Testing, Peer Review, Residential, Walls

Bowdoin College, Schiller Coastal Studies Center

Orr's Island, ME

Project Contacts: Jason Der Ananian

Bowdoin College’s Schiller Coastal Studies Center, comprising 118 acres of coastal spruce-pine forest and 5 mi of coastline, serves as a living laboratory for research and learning. After receiving a $10 million gift from the...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Keywords:Air Infiltration, Building Science, Construction Administration, Field Testing, Mechanical/Electrical System, Nondestructive Testing, Peer Review, Roofing

Discovery Elementary School

Arlington, VA

Project Contacts: Nicholas Piteo, Niklas Vigener

Arlington County Public Schools needed to accommodate increasing enrollment. They undertook constructing a new school to meet these demands and added the challenge of making this building the first zero-energy school in the Mid-Atlantic. To help...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Education - K-12

Keywords:Air Barrier, Air Infiltration, Award Winning, Building Science, Field Testing, LEED Projects, Photovoltaics/Solar power, Roofing, Water Leakage

Duke University, Craven and Crowell Quadrangles

Durham, NC

Project Contacts: Bradford Carpenter, Nicholas Piteo, Niklas Vigener

Housing approximately 800 students, Craven and Crowell Quadrangles (Quads) make up a significant portion of Duke University’s West Campus Quads. The university determined the 1920s structures, each comprising multiple houses, required...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Air Infiltration, Condition Assessment, Condition Assessment-Multi-Building, Dormitory, Roofing, Roofing, Clay Tile, Roofing, Steep-Sloped, Stone, Windows

Hotchkiss School Natatorium

Lakeville, CT

Project Contacts: Vince Cammalleri

The Hotchkiss School Natatorium is a competitive swimming and diving facility within a 212,000 sq ft athletic complex. During its first winter, the owner reported problems, including brown stains and water dripping from the ceiling,...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Education - K-12

Keywords:Air Infiltration, Building Science, Natatorium, Roofing, Thermal and Moisture Drive, Walls

Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Jason Der Ananian, Michael Louis

To expand the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College relocated it to a landmark 1927 Renaissance Revival building on Commonwealth Avenue. The project included renovating the existing 23,000 sq ft space and constructing a 6,000 sq ft three-story,...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Air Infiltration, Award Winning, Below-Ground Waterproofing, Building Science, Curtain Wall, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Museum, Roofing, Thermal and Moisture Drive, Windows

St. Paul's School

Concord, NH

Project Contacts: Jason Der Ananian

During winter seasons, St. Paul’s School struggled to maintain daily temperatures with overnight mechanical setbacks in their 1936 schoolhouse. Window air leakage leading to occupant thermal discomfort drove St. Paul’s to replace...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Education - K-12

Keywords:Air Infiltration, Building Science, Field Testing, Leaded and Stained Glass, Research/Development, Thermal and Moisture Drive, Windows

Van Ness at 1325 Boylston Street

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Michael Louis

The 550,000 sq ft Van Ness offers offices, apartments, retail space, and below-grade parking in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood. The mixed-use development comprises two towers bridged by a landscaped plaza over ground-level retail spaces...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Mixed-Use

Keywords:Adhesion Testing, Air Barrier, Air Infiltration, Below-Ground Waterproofing, Construction Administration, Curtain Wall, Field Testing, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Plaza, Preengineered/Prefabricated/Modular, Residential, Walls, Waterproofing

University of Utah, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Salt Lake City, UT

Project Contacts: Vince Cammalleri, Christopher Decareau

The Marcia & John Price Museum Building at the University of Utah was a collaborative, design-build effort between Prescott Muir Architects, VBFA Inc., and Layton Construction Co., Inc. In collaboration with the original project team,...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Air Barrier, Air Infiltration, Building Science, Masonry-Brick, Mechanical/Electrical System, Mechanical/HVAC systems, Moisture Control, Museum, Thermal, Thermal and Moisture Drive, Windows

Grinnell College, Athletic and Fitness Center

Grinnell, IA

Project Contacts: Vince Cammalleri, Jason Der Ananian

For the new Athletic and Fitness Center at Grinnell College, the design team needed to address the combination of high internal temperature and humidity of the natatorium set in a cold climate. To minimize problems, such as staining, icicle...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Air Barrier, Air Infiltration, Building Science, Natatorium, Sport/Entertainment, Thermal and Moisture Drive