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99 Summer Street Parking Garage

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Greggrey Cohen, Gustavo Tumialan

The parking garage, constructed with concrete slabs on metal deck supported by steel beams and columns, includes two below-grade levels under a twenty-story office building built around 1985. SGH performed a condition assessment and...

Services:Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Parking

Keywords:Concrete, Concrete Rehabilitation, Condition Assessment, Construction Administration, Corrosion, Metal-Steel, Parking Structure

Medford High School Pool

Medford, MA

Project Contacts: Paul Kelley, Matthew Sherman

The swimming pool at Medford High School was constructed in 1970 and exhibited spalling, staining, leakage, and exposed corroded reinforcing bars on the underside of the pool deck; corrosion of the pool piping and pump components; and staining of...

Services:Materials Investigation, Structural Investigation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - K-12

Keywords:Concrete, Concrete Rehabilitation, Condition Assessment, Construction Administration, Corrosion, Deterioration, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Natatorium, Nondestructive Testing, Petrography

Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Pool

Acton, MA

Project Contacts: Paul Kelley, Matthew Sherman

The natatorium was constructed in the early 1970s as an addition to the high school. The pool and deck are constructed of reinforced concrete and precast plank forms the ceiling. SGH evaluated the condition of the natatorium as part of a school...

Services:Materials Investigation, Structural Investigation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - K-12

Keywords:Concrete Rehabilitation, Condition Assessment, Construction Administration, Corrosion, Field Testing, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Natatorium, Nondestructive Testing, Petrography

War Memorial Pool Complex

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Paul Kelley, Matthew Sherman

The pool complex at the War Memorial Recreation Center was designed and built around 1955. The complex comprises three separate pools (a 31 ft diameter circular beginner’s pool, the 43 ft by 76 ft main pool, and a 33 ft by 41 ft diving well...

Services:Materials Investigation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Sports & Entertainment

Keywords:Concrete Rehabilitation, Condition Assessment, Corrosion, Deterioration, Field Testing, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Natatorium, Nondestructive Testing, Petrography

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Pipelines

Tonopah, AZ

Project Contacts: Rasko Ojdrovic, Mehdi Zarghamee

Constructed in the early 1980s by the Arizona Public Service Company, the water reclamation supply system at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Plant consists of thirty-six miles of prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP), with diameters ranging...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Nuclear

Keywords:Condition Assessment, Corrosion, Cracking, Failure Risk Assessment, PCCP, Pipe, Pipeline, Risk Assessment

Norwottuck Trail Pedestrian Bridge

Amherst, MA

Project Contacts: Rosalind Imbaro

Constructed in the late 1800s, the Norwottuck Trail Pedestrian Bridge carries the recreational bicycle and walking path over Snell Street. The steel through-girder structure was corroded and the east girder had a large hole. ...

Services:Structural Design, Structural Investigation

Markets:Bridge

Keywords:Bridge, Pedestrian, Bridge, Railroad, Corrosion, Metal-Steel, Structural Adequacy Assessment

Galvanic Testing of Materials

Waltham, MA

Project Contacts: Jeffry Ceruti

Contact between dissimilar metals can lead to accelerated deterioration due to galvanic corrosion. Standard sample Galvanic Series charts (e.g., ASTM G82) provide general guidelines for compatibility. However, most of these charts are...

Services:Materials Investigation

Markets:Other

Keywords:Corrosion, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Material-Related, Materials Analysis, Metal, Research/Development, Roofing

Boston Center for Rehabilitative and Subacute Care

Roslindale, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson

The Boston Center for Rehabilitation and Subacute Care was built in two phases, with the north wing dating from 1953 and the south wing dating from 1980. Deteriorated and aged building systems, active leakage, and visible masonry and...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Health Care

Keywords:Code Compliance, Concrete, Condition Assessment, Corrosion, Masonry-Brick, Water Leakage

Ritz-Carlton Hotel

Boston, MA

Designed by Strickland and Blodgett in 1927, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel consists of a steel-framed structure clad with brick masonry and accented with decorative cast stone and limestone features. A contributing structure to Boston's Back Bay...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Hospitality

Keywords:Corrosion, Cracking, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Masonry-Transitional, Metal-Steel, Stone-Cast, Water Leakage

530 Bush Street

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Located in the city’s financial district, 530 Bush Street was originally a power plant. The owner planned to convert the eighty-year-old building to office space and wanted to address cracks and spalling in the terra cotta cornice that...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Corrosion, Cracking, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Preservation Technology , Water Leakage

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99 Summer Street Parking Garage

Medford High School Pool

Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Pool

War Memorial Pool Complex

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Pipelines

Norwottuck Trail Pedestrian Bridge

Galvanic Testing of Materials

Boston Center for Rehabilitative and Subacute Care

Ritz-Carlton Hotel

530 Bush Street

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