With industrial design features, 10 Farnsworth Street celebrates the history of its Fort Point neighborhood. The six-story building houses ground-level retail, eight loft-style condominiums sharing access to a rooftop amenity deck, and one...
The Charlestown Bus Facility along the Mystic River is the MBTA’s largest bus garage and critical to daily operations. The existing steel sheet pile seawall, which protects the facility from flooding and river erosion, was severely...
The Mobile Press Register building, which houses newspaper printing and processing operations, is near the Mobile River and Mobile Bay. The owner wanted to protect their critical equipment from flooding during extreme events to avoid significant...
The Artist Building at 300 Summer Street, originally constructed in 1898, was converted to cooperative residences/art studios in the 1990s. Current flood maps show the building is vulnerable to coastal flooding and rising sea levels may increase...
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...
Looking to modernize their library facilities, the University of Baltimore planned to renovate the existing Langsdale Library and construct a new library building. SGH assessed the flood risk for the library building complex, housing a...
Located throughout the Northeastern United States, the sites of several new and existing stores are exposed to riverine flooding and subject to local floodplain regulations. SGH performed flood hazard assessments of the building sites to help our...
The Indian Valley Reservoir provides long-term irrigation storage and flood control. A 2010 inspection report recommended seismic analyses of the floodgates and control structure to confirm the gates could be raised following a earthquake. SGH...
Fontbonne Academy, a secondary girls’ school, experienced several flooding events on the campus and adjacent roadway. At times, water entered the school’s below-grade spaces, causing damage to equipment and affecting operations within...
Hall Equities Group wanted a modern, luxury apartment building near downtown Walnut Creek, where building heights are limited unless the public votes to allow the development to exceed the established limit. In addition, the project could...
Located in harsh marine environments, coastal and waterfront developments require special attention to improve resilience over the project’s design life. Material selection, siting questions, protective coatings, waterproofing detailing, and drainage are all important considerations for the design team.
Natural disasters can significantly damage buildings and disrupt operations. With flooding as the nation’s leading cause of disaster, it is important for facility owners and managers to understand flood risk and possible mitigation options.