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Summer Star Wildlife Sanctuary

Boylston, MA

Project Contacts: Erik Farrington, Pedro Sifre

As a gateway to the expansive forty-five acre sanctuary, the Trailhead House offers visitors an opportunity to learn about the area’s woodlands and wildlife. Given the sanctuary’s focus on preserving the natural environment, the...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, BIM, Concrete, Green / Sustainable Design, LEED Projects, Metal-Steel, Revit/BIM, Wood

Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant

Seabrook, NH

Project Contacts: Jesse Beaver, Said Bolourchi, Matthew Sherman

The discovery of alkali-silica reaction (ASR) in concrete structures at the Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant (Seabrook) was first documented case of ASR at any U.S. nuclear facility. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) required Seabrook...

Services:Materials Investigation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Nuclear

Keywords:Concrete, Cracking, Field Testing, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Nondestructive Testing, Petrography

Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

The Boston Harbor Island Alliance and the National Park Service wanted the first permanent structure on the Rose Kennedy Greenway to act as a beacon, attracting people to Boston’s Harbor Islands. In collaboration with Utile, SGH designed...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Concrete, Construction Consulting, Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Metal, Metal-Steel, Mockup, Renewable Energy: Photovoltaics

Nemours Children's Hospital

Orlando, FL

Project Contacts: Michael Bolduc, John Thomsen, Joseph Zona

The Nemours Children’s Hospital includes four buildings on a 60-acre campus. The two seven-story, cast-in-place concrete hospital and clinic buildings and two steel-framed, two-story structures for the central energy plant and loading dock/...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Markets:Health Care

Keywords:Below-Ground Waterproofing, Building Enclosure Commissioning, Concrete, New Construction, Green / Sustainable Design, Green Roofs, Ground (Soil) Improvement, Hospital, LEED Projects, Revit/BIM

Storrow Drive Interchange/Tunnels

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Rosalind Imbaro, Paul Kelley

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...

Services:Materials Rehabilitation, Structural Design

Markets:Highway & Tunnel

Keywords:Award Winning, Below-Grade, Bridge, Major Vehicular, Concrete, Construction Administration, Cracking, Emergency Response, Field Testing, Tunnel

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Sports and Recreation Center

Worcester, MA

Project Contacts: Sal Capobianco

Recognizing sports and fitness are important to the campus community, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) wanted to update its current facilities by constructing a new sports and recreation center. The facility includes a precast concrete...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Award Winning, Concrete, Concrete-Precast, Concrete-Prestressed, Long-Span Structure, Natatorium, Signature Project

Bangor Savings Bank Garage

Bangor, ME

Project Contacts: Michael Bolduc, Sal Capobianco

Bangor Savings Bank was looking to consolidate their operations by constructing a new headquarters with a five-story office building and a four-story parking garage along the Bangor waterfront. SGH served as the prime consultant, structural...

Services:Structural Design

Keywords:Concrete, Parking Structure

325 North Ashland Avenue

Chicago, IL

Project Contacts: Terrence McDonnell

The 80,000 sq ft building in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood was constructed in the early 1950s as a manufacturing facility. Potential buyers were considering redeveloping the property for use as office space or a data center, and the...

Services:Structural Design

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Addition, Concrete, Feasibility Study

Concrete Sidewalk Investigations

Belmont, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Sherman

SGH investigated the causes of deteriorating concrete sidewalks at multiple locations in Massachusetts. Deterioration ranged from scaling to surface delaminations.

Services:Materials Investigation

Keywords:Concrete, Deterioration, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Petrography

Boston University, Law Tower

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Bronski

This seventeen-story structure is one of several architecturally significant, mid-century modernist concrete buildings designed by Josep Lluís Sert for Boston University’s campus. The tower's concrete facade deteriorated over time,...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Materials Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Award Winning, Concrete, Concrete Mix Design, Concrete Rehabilitation, Concrete-Cast-in-Place, Concrete-Precast, Mockup, Preservation Technology