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...
The developer wanted to build a mixed-use property in San Francisco’s Pan Handle neighborhood. The five buildings consist of three wood-framed residential levels on a concrete podium with ground-level commercial space. SGH assisted the...
Old Academy and Village Hall are located in the Framingham Centre Common Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Old Academy is a stone masonry building originally constructed circa 1837 as a school house. Village...
The new 753,000 sq ft hospital at Palomar Medical Center West is eleven stories at its highest point. The building exterior features 250,000 sq ft of glass and metal curtain wall with fiber-reinforced concrete panels, metal panels, and glass and...
Waterproofing systems installed on bridge decks, elevated parking decks, and similar structures often have paving systems over them to protect the waterproofing and to provide a surface suitable for vehicular traffic. Vehicular loads are...
Abstract: This paper presents case studies of failures in the application of hot fluid-applied rubberized asphalt in new construction, discusses possible causes of failure, and discusses how the design and construction teams on each project...
Hot fluid-applied rubberized-asphalt waterproofing membranes have a long track record of performance. As designers strive to incorporate occupant-accessible rooftop plazas and vegetative roofs into their projects, these membranes have become...
Abstract: Traditional steep-slope roof systems for the residential buildings (single-family homes and multi-building apartment or condominium buildings) consist of asphalt glass-fiber shingles applied over vented or unvented attics. The long-term...
also published in RCI Interface, October 2009|Abstract: Fluid-applied rubberized-asphalt membranes have a long track record of performance in many roofing and waterproofing systems. These membranes can provide reliable waterproofing protection...