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...
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...
The Speen Street Culvert conveys the Beaver Dam Brook and connects Settlement Pond to Fisk Pond in Natick, Massachusetts. The original double-barrel, stone-arch culvert is believed to be over 100 years old. Following the partial...
The General Edwards Bridge is a multiple-span steel-girder bridge over the mouth of the Saugus River where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The central moveable span over the main navigation channel is a four-leaf, rolling-lift, bascule girder...
Hartwell and Richardson designed the Exeter Street Theater in the 1880s as the first Spiritualist Temple in Boston. The building exterior consists of brownstone walls, a slate roof, and copper flashing. In 1995, a fire severely...
Odd Fellows Hall, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in the late 1800s as a manufacturing building with then-common post-and-beam interior framing and unreinforced brick masonry exterior walls. In 1997, when a...
SGH developed an emergency repair for a 48 in. dia. prestressed concrete cylinder pipeline penetrating the concrete core of the Spot Pond Dam. The pipe was cracked at the penetration point due to ground movement at a nearby bend in the pipeline...
The Old State House in Boston, originally constructed in 1713, was largely reconstructed in 1748 after a fire. The building served as the colony seat prior to the American Revolution, is a National Historic Landmark, and is part of Boston...
Hurricanes bring wind, rain, and flooding that can damage buildings, causing municipalities, asset managers, property owners, and insurance companies to seek information about their buildings’ condition. A post-hurricane assessment can help determine the extent and causes of damage to the building and its enclosure, including roofs, exterior wall cladding/siding, insulation, windows, and curtain walls.
Abstract: This paper summarizes the observations and findings of the performance of several marine oil and fueling terminals subjected to the 11 March 2011 Great Tohuko Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan and the October 2012 Superstore Sandy storm...
This paper summarizes the observations and findings of the performance of several marine oil and fueling terminals subjected to the 11 March 2011 Great Tohuko Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan and the...