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North Carolina Museum of Art, Smokestack Project

Raleigh, NC

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson

As they planned for a multi-million dollar renovation to their 164-acre park, the North Carolina Museum of Art commissioned artist Jim Hodges to reinvent their existing smokestack as a permanent art installation. The brick masonry smokestack is...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Chimney/Stack, Computational Design, Condition Assessment, Masonry-Brick

Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Susan Knack-Brown, Dean Rutila

Designed by McKim, Mead & White, Symphony Hall opened in 1900. The auditorium, a National Historic Landmark, is home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). The BSO hired SGH to investigate the condition of the building enclosure and design...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Sports & Entertainment

Keywords:Award Winning, Chimney/Stack, Industrial Rope Access, Masonry-Brick, Sport/Entertainment, Stone-Granite, Stone-Limestone, Theater/Performing Arts, Windows

Mount Greylock Veterans War Memorial Tower and Bascomb Lodge

Lanesborough, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Bronski, Pedro Sifre

Mount Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts, is home to two historic structures: the Veterans War Memorial Tower, built in 1932, and Bascom Lodge, completed in 1937. Both structures are on the National Register of Historic Places as part...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Chimney/Stack, Historic, Masonry, Mockup, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Sealants and Coatings, Stone-Granite, Wood

Springfield Housing and Juvenile Court (historically known as Hampden County Courthouse)

Springfield, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Bronski, Thomas Schwartz

The Hampden County Courthouse was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Constructed in 1871, the courthouse features a thick-walled, gneiss stone facade. SGH assessed the...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Materials Rehabilitation

Markets:Government

Keywords:Chimney/Stack, Courthouse, Field Testing, Historic, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Masonry, National Register of Historic Places, Nondestructive Testing, Petrography, Preservation Technology , Roof Replacement, Roofing, Spire/Bell Tower, Stone

Edgell Memorial Library

Framingham, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Bronski

Edgell Memorial Library was constructed circa 1872 and consists of load-bearing masonry walls, double-hung and fixed wood windows, and slate roofs. Built to commemorate veterans of the Civil War, the building originally functioned as a library...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Chimney/Stack, Glass and Glazing, Historic, Library, Masonry, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Roofing, Stone-Slate, Windows

Youth Development Center, Brick Masonry Chimney Repair

Manchester, NH

Project Contacts: Greggrey Cohen, Gustavo Tumialan

The brick masonry chimney at the Manchester Youth Development Center (YDC) power plant is an 80 ft tall structure that vents the facility’s boilers. Constructed in the first half of the 20th century, the chimney exhibited signs of severe...

Services:Structural Rehabilitation

Keywords:Chimney/Stack, Concrete, Deterioration, Masonry-Brick, Structural Stabilization

Bellevue-Staten Condominiums

Oakland, CA

Project Contacts: Kenneth Klein, John Sumnicht

The Bellevue-Staten building was constructed in the 1920s in the Art Deco style and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The owners were concerned about the structural integrity of the elaborate rooftop chimneys on the fourteen-story...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Markets:Residential - Condominium

Keywords:Chimney/Stack, Composites-FRP / CFRP / GFRP, Historic, National Register of Historic Places, Plastic/Composite, Preservation Technology , Seismic Engineering and Retrofit

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North Carolina Museum of Art, Smokestack Project

Symphony Hall

Mount Greylock Veterans War Memorial Tower and Bascomb Lodge

Springfield Housing and Juvenile Court (historically known as Hampden County Courthouse)

Edgell Memorial Library

Youth Development Center, Brick Masonry Chimney Repair

Bellevue-Staten Condominiums