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New York State Capitol Building

Albany, NY

Project Contacts: Susan Knack-Brown, Niklas Vigener

The New York State Capitol was designed by a succession of architects, including H.H. Richardson and Leopold Eidlitz. Constructed in stages between 1870 and 1900, the building features Second Empire and Richardsonian Romanesque elements. Sporadic...

Massachusetts State House

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Susan Knack-Brown

The State House was constructed in three phases. The original Federal/Georgian building was designed by Charles Bulfinch and completed in 1798. In 1896, a renaissance revival Annex with yellow brick and marble features was added onto the back of...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Government

Keywords:Award Winning, Condition Assessment, Dome, Emergency Response, Historic, Masonry, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Renewable Energy: Photovoltaics, Roofing, Water Leakage

Building Enclosure Condition Assessments for Schools

Chicago, IL

Project Contacts: Peter Babaian

SGH helped several schools in the Chicago area by assessing the condition of their buildings’ enclosures and working with them to develop plans for future capital projects, maintenance, and repair work. Our evaluations encompass a wide...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Keywords:Condition Assessment, Roofing, School, Walls, Walls and Fenestration

Stanford University, Lathrop Library

Stanford, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Originally constructed as the Graduate School of Business, the Lathrop Library was converted to a library and auditorium in 2015. The building is distinguished by exposed cast-in-place concrete facades, bronze-anodized aluminum windows and...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Condition Assessment, Library, Preservation Technology , Roof Replacement, Roofing, Roofing, Clay Tile, Roofing, Low-Sloped

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Washington, DC

Project Contacts: Eric Ober, Joseph Rogers

Designed by Cass Gilbert and constructed in the 1920s, the Chamber of Commerce is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The street-facing elevations feature a story-high, granite-clad water table with three stories of limestone...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Condition Assessment, Facade Inspection, Failure Investigation, Government, Roof Replacement, Roofing, Stone

Salt Processing Dome

Savage, MN

Project Contacts: Neal Anderson, Dominic Kelly

The salt processing dome, with an inside diameter of 173 ft and a dome peak of 65 ft, houses equipment for processing and packaging bulk rock salt for commercial sale. The shell structure was constructed in 1985 by placing a nominal 3-1/2 in. of...

Services:Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Manufacturing & Industrial

Keywords:Composites-FRP / CFRP / GFRP, Concrete, Concrete Rehabilitation, Concrete-Post-tensioned, Condition Assessment, Dome

The Richardson Olmsted Campus

Buffalo, NY

Project Contacts: Matthew Bronski, Erik Farrington, Pedro Sifre

Designed by H.H. Richardson and Frederick Law Olmsted in the 1870s, the 203-acre Richardson Olmsted Campus began as the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane. The 38-building site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Mixed-Use

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Award Winning, Condition Assessment, Historic, Hospital, Masonry, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Revit/BIM, Shoring/Temporary Structure, Structural Stabilization, Structural Strengthening

Portsmouth Navy Yard, Modular Submarine Enclosure

Portsmouth, NH

Project Contacts: Aaron Lewis

The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard owns and maintains a temporary steel modular-enclosure system to protect submarines during overhaul, repair, and modernization operations. While a contractor was repairing the modules in a nearby staging area, strong...

Services:Structural Investigation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Science & Defense

Keywords:Condition Assessment, Construction Engineering, Damage, Metal-Steel, Preengineered/Prefabricated/Modular, Wind Loads

Minera Escondida, Organic Growth Project 1, Tunnel 4

Atacama Desert, Chile

Project Contacts: Jesse Beaver

Expansion of the Minera Escondida copper mine included constructing a corrugated steel structural plate arch tunnel. The tunnel acts as a buried bridge to carry a haul road over the mine’s conveyor system. During construction of the...

Services:Structural Investigation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Highway & Tunnel

Keywords:Buried, Condition Assessment, Culverts and Storm Drains, Damage, Finite Element Analysis, International, Metal, Metal-Steel, Pipe, Pipe, Steel, Pipeline, Settlement, Structural Adequacy Assessment, Tunnel

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