With an oceanfront site and three floors of amenities, the Jade Signature brings a resort experience to residents’ everyday life. The fifty-five-story condominium building features an exposed cast-in-place structure, large expanses of glass...
The Chicago Federal Plaza in Chicago’s Loop district includes the John C. Kluczynski Federal Building and Loop Station Post Office, both designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The plaza is used often for community activities, such as protest...
The stormwater retention system at the MassBiologics facility at the UMass Medical School comprises subsurface chambers constructed from modular, stackable thermoplastic units. Following partial collapse of the chambers in 2006, SGH...
In the summer of 2014, a high-intensity rainfall in Cambridge surcharged the city’s stormwater drainage system, resulting in localized flooding near a basement-level retail space. The floodwaters overtopped the sidewalk and flowed down the...
Constructed in 1929, historic Krieger Hall sits on the Keyser Quadrangle at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). It connects to Ames Hall through a vestibule and colonnade walkway to the west and adjoins an elevated plaza over the library to the east...
With a 21-acre footprint, the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) is the largest convention center in New England. The facility features nearly a mile of elevated roadway partly over occupied space and a barrel-shaped, metal roof...
During construction of the ITC Crossing development, sections of corrugated metal pipe (CMP) and reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) in the storm drainage system were found to be structurally distressed and damaged. SGH investigated the extent and...
The new Fluvanna County High School included four buried, stackable crate-type, stormwater detention systems under deep cover. Shortly after installation in 2010, the contractor observed that the backfill material over two of the detention...
The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) wanted a new marquee at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC). This 76 ft tall tower includes two levels of digital displays to advertise events and broadcast video art...
The University of Connecticut’s (UConn’s) Fine Arts Building is a u-shaped, two-story building built in 1974. The building is a ribbed concrete masonry unit load-bearing structure with low-slope built-up roofs, batten-seam metal...
As with many structures, understanding issues with design, construction, and material performance for artificial turf fields can help inform investigations and repair design when these systems do not perform as expected.
On 15 February 2016, Aaron Lewis and Sean Homem presented at the Geotechnical and Structures Congress in Phoenix, Arizona. The event was hosted by the Geo-Institute (G-I) and Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil...
Artificial turf field construction has increased significantly during the last three decades. A new field is a significant investment for an owner; however, drainage problems resulting in ponding water on the surface of the field can be a source...
Building codes require a concealed water-resistive barrier (WRB) with a means of drainage (drainage subassembly) at the base of an exterior Portland cement-based plaster (stucco) drainage wall. Although not mandated, similar drainage screed...
Approximately half of all of today’s commercial and institutional buildings were built before 1980¹. Many of these buildings were conceived and designed for generations of use, but have outlasted, or will soon outlast, the...
Abstract: Waste disposal sites require subsurface gravity pipe systems to collect waste leachate and safely convey it to treatment and disposal facilities. As the availability of suitable land for waste disposal sites decreases and the cost to...