The six-story Health Sciences Education Building at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus houses classrooms, lecture halls, offices, and a below-grade research core. The cladding consists of a 45,000 sq ft rain screen comprised of approximately 2,500...
Storrow Drive, a parkway along the Charles River in Boston, carries more than 100,000 vehicles per day. The tunnels provide access to city streets, and are constructed of reinforced concrete sections with concrete-slab roofs that are supported by...
Balancing the need for more space with a commitment to keeping the growing collection on campus, the University of Chicago undertook constructing a new library building that connects to the existing Regenstein Library. The design takes advantage...
Designed by Gio Ponti, the North Building opened in 1971. The castle-like exterior represents the building’s function of protecting the museum’s artwork. The facade is clad in glass tiles that Ponti chose to reflect the light and sky...
The Avalon Dogpatch development brings three residential buildings to the neighborhood formerly defined by its waterfront commerce and working class residences. The five-story buildings are visually different, but complement each other with their...
Boston Children’s Hospital wanted a new clinical building that would incorporate the latest healthcare programming and technology. The building, with 150 patient rooms and 16 operating rooms, includes 28,000 sq ft of green space to promote...
To serve its growing community, the University Hospital needed to expand. The University of Virginia (UVA) wanted to renovate the existing hospital and construct a new addition on the site of an adjacent, unused helipad. The project enlarges the...
The first phase of the eighteen-acre development in Tyson’s Corner includes four new buildings and a shared podium, which extends two levels below grade. The buildings house 750 apartments, 400,000 sq ft of office space, more than 200,000...
Harvard Kennedy School was looking to reinvent the campus and undertook a major project to add new flexible classrooms and collaboration areas, improve connectivity between the existing buildings, and revive their central courtyard. Three new...
Adjacent to the city’s new central library and just blocks away from Petco Park, K1 at 330 13th Street offers residents a variety of community areas for gathering and relaxing. The building includes 222 apartment units, ground-level retail...
Natural disasters can significantly damage buildings and disrupt operations. With flooding as the nation’s leading cause of disaster, it is important for facility owners and managers to understand flood risk and possible mitigation options.
The October 2018 issue of Construction Specifier magazine features an article by Jonathan Stafford and Xiu Li. The article, “Waterproofing Elevator Pits 101,” discusses the challenges of designing waterproofing systems for...
Matthew Normandeau, Paul Sujka, and Alex Kosis published an article in Building Enclosure magazine article that explores below-grade waterproofing warranties. In “Below-Grade Waterproofing Warranties: The Common Misperception,” the...
A half-day seminar titled, “Waterproofing Disasters and How to Avoid Them,” sponsored by the CSI East Bay/Oakland Chapter and the AIA East Bay took place at Jack London Square in Oakland on 23 April. SGH's Andrea Bono and...
Abstract: Below-grade waterproofing and temporary earth retention systems should be coordinated and designed in tandem to maximize continuity of the waterproofing system. We discovered that some designers and contractors do not consistently...
Each year, uncontrolled water bypasses waterproofing systems, impacts interior occupancies, and damages interior finishes and contents of below-grade structures. A design professional can combat this problem by identifying...
Abstract: Current construction methods such as piles, micropiles, and tiebacks permit the building of foundations that were previously impossible or impractical. Coordination of a fully integrated below-grade waterproofing design is required to...
Abstract: Our practice in forensic engineering often includes investigating the causes of reported problems, documenting the extent and types of problems found, developing repair solutions, implementing a pilot (mockup) repair program, and...
Abstract: Ideally, the designers of waterproofing systems work as part of a team, along with the owner (or tenant), architect, structural engineer, geotechnical engineer, and contractor, to assist in developing integrated waterproofing systems...