The 185-bed John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital replaces the city’s 125-year-old Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. With a focus on patient and family comfort, the new 440,000 sq ft hospital features amenities such as a...
The retail development at 706 Madison Avenue is five above-grade and two below-grade stories of new construction surrounding an existing landmark building. The project included preserving the two street-facing facades and a complete interior...
With the Science & Engineering Complex, Tufts University expands and promotes collaboration within related programs on its Medford campus. The project involves complete renovations to Anderson and Robinson Halls. It also includes connecting a...
Ringling College of Art and Design wanted a new library to accommodate growth and new technologies, while being a place where students and faculty could study and collaborate. To support these goals, the space is highly customizable with moveable...
The Slawson Southeast Occupational Center, formerly Bell Adult Education Center, is a new job preparation facility for the Los Angeles Unified School District. The center offers academic and technical education courses for adults and high...
Cambridge Discovery Park is a 27-acre site with a master plan to build 820,000 sq ft of rentable space. As structural engineer of record, SGH designed three base building structures. Challenges of the project included design modifications for...
As part of Suisun City's downtown redevelopment, the city wanted to build a landmark that would serve as an icon and transition to Main Street West. City planners, residents, and local business members conceived of a lighthouse as an...
The Idaho Cleanup Project involved installation of an Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) that implemented a prototype technology. The IWTU processes radioactive acidic sodium-bearing waste and converts it into a solid carbonate product. As...
The headquarters offices of Camp Dresser & McKee occupied two office buildings in Kendall Square. CDM wanted to consolidate offices into a single structure. The developer required the new building within seventeen months in order to fit into...
By: Keith Palmer, Roeder, C., Lehman, D., Okazaki, T., Shield, C.
Abstract: Concentrically braced frames (CBFs) are stiff, strong systems frequently used to resist seismic loading. Special CBF (SCBF) behavior is dominated by brace buckling, while buckling restrained braced frames (BRBFs) develop tensile and...
This paper presents the analytical approach and associated laboratory testing of spliced Buckling Restrained Braces (BRBs) required for the seismic upgrade of a critical facility located in the city of South San Francisco. As part of an earlier...
This paper presents a case study of the seismic rehabilitation of an existing high school building in Southern California. The two-story 1968 building has extreme soft and weak story irregularities. Its second story concrete and masonry full...
While engineers in the Western U.S. are likely familiar with the rigorous connection design requirements instituted following the Northridge earthquake, many engineers in the central and eastern U.S. are just becoming familiar with the very...
In 1990, AISC and ASCE jointly commissioned a task group to develop a design philosophy for predicting the strength of bracing connections. The design methods in place prior to that time were only applicable to connections made to the webs of...