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Skewed Culvert

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Jesse Beaver, Andrew Sarawit

With limited guidance in existing design standards, the culvert manufacturer was struggling to efficiently design headwalls for their metal culverts skewed relative to the road. SGH implemented a design procedure allowing them to quickly analyze...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Water/Wastewater

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Culverts and Storm Drains, Metal, Research/Development

The Littleton Trials

Littleton, MA

Project Contacts: Erik Farrington, Pedro Sifre

With the Littleton Trials, students at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design investigated New England forestry practices, mass timber construction, and wood’s heat transfer behavior. They conducted studies on three timber-...

Services:Materials Design, Structural Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Award Winning, Fasteners and Connections, Wood

Applied Technology Council, ATC-58 Project

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Ronald Hamburger

In the mid-1990s, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supported a joint effort of the Applied Technology Council (ATC), American Society of Civil Engineers, and Building Seismic Safety Council to develop seismic retrofit design...

Services:Structural Design, Structural Investigation

Markets:Government

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Performance-based, Research/Development, Seismic Analyses, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit

Formwork Optimization

Various Locations, United States

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

Concrete formwork must be easy to produce, structurally stable, stiff enough to prevent deflections, and removable. Traditionally, formwork has been labor-intensive and challenging for complicated structures. By capitalizing on our experience...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Other

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Computational Design, Construction Engineering, Digital Fabrication

Pile Design Consulting

Project Contacts: Stephen Harris, Paul Kassabian

SGH has worked with Berkel & Company Contractors, Inc. (Berkel) for many years providing structural engineering services to support their installation of piles at numerous projects.

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Other

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Computational Design, Construction Consulting, Foundation, Pile

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

Montreal, QC

Project Contacts: 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...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Sports & Entertainment

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

Crash Performance for Lightweight, High Speed Trains

Washington, DC

The high speed train industry relies on relatively lightweight equipment to conserve energy and to minimize the effects on infrastructure and rolling stock design. Recent crashworthiness recommendations presented by the Federal Railroad...

Services:Structural Design

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Finite Element Analysis, Research/Development

Vanadium Technology Program, Long-Span Trusses

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Ronald Hamburger

Over ten years, SGH researched innovative uses of High Strength Low Alloy Vanadium (HSLA-V) steels in a variety of structural applications under the Vanadium Technology Program, an initiative sponsored by the U.S. ARL in conjunction with VPRA....

Services:Materials Investigation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Science & Defense

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Collapse, Fire, Fire Engineering, Fire Protection, Long-Span Structure, Metal, Metal-Steel, Research/Development

Cook County Administration Building

Chicago, IL

Project Contacts: Donald Dusenberry

On the afternoon of 17 October 2003, a fire started on the twelfth floor of the thirty-seven story Cook County Administration Building. At that time, the doors from the stairway to the vestibules on most of the floors were locked against...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Expert Testimony, Fire, Fire Engineering, Fire/Smoke, High Rise, Office

National Missile Defense, Inflated Fabric Radome for Sea-Based X-Band Radar

United States

Project Contacts: Frank Kan, Mehdi Zarghamee

The Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) is a major component of the Ground-Based Mid-Course Missile Defense (GMD). The SBX is a mechanically steerable, phased-array radar antenna mounted on a self-propelled, ocean-going, semi-submersible platform. This...

Services:Materials Design, Structural Design

Markets:Science & Defense

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Engineering Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Materials Analysis, Materials Testing for Design, Wind Engineering

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Analytical Studies

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Skewed Culvert

The Littleton Trials

Applied Technology Council, ATC-58 Project

Formwork Optimization

Pile Design Consulting

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

Crash Performance for Lightweight, High Speed Trains

Vanadium Technology Program, Long-Span Trusses

Cook County Administration Building

National Missile Defense, Inflated Fabric Radome for Sea-Based X-Band Radar

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