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Ames Building

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Joseph Zona

At fourteen stories and 185 ft to the parapet, the historic Ames Building is one of the tallest load-bearing masonry buildings in the United States. The Richardsonian Romanesque building, designed by the architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan and...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Hospitality

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Award Winning, Facade Inspection, High Rise, Industrial Rope Access, National Register of Historic Places, Stone-Granite, Structural Strengthening

Procter & Gamble Company, Far East Headquarters

Kobe, Japan

Project Contacts: James Parker

The 500,000 sq ft, thirty-one-story building with an attached twelve-story technical research center houses Procter & Gamble’s (P&G’s) headquarters and research facilities for its Far East operations. Following the 1995...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Condition Assessment, Failure Investigation, High Rise, Laboratory, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit, Signature Project

Cook County Administration Building

Chicago, IL

Project Contacts: Donald Dusenberry

On the afternoon of 17 October 2003, a fire started on the twelfth floor of the thirty-seven story Cook County Administration Building. At that time, the doors from the stairway to the vestibules on most of the floors were locked against...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Expert Testimony, Fire, Fire Engineering, Fire/Smoke, High Rise, Office

1101 Second Avenue

Seattle, WA

Project Contacts: Ronald Hamburger

The concrete building at 1101 Second Avenue, originally developed in 1967 as the headquarters for Washington Mutual Savings Bank, was designed by the northwest modernist architect, Paul Thiry. Rockwood Capital (Rockwood) acquired the...

Services:Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Concrete, Concrete-Carbon Fiber Reinforced, Concrete-Post-tensioned, Concrete-Precast, Concrete-Reinforced, High Rise, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit

John Hancock Tower

Boston, MA

Designed by I.M. Pei & Associates, the John Hancock Tower in Boston’s Back Bay is clad with reflective glass. The sixty-story John Hancock Tower was still under construction in 1972 when many of the reflective glass units began to...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Curtain Wall, Expert Testimony, Failure Investigation, Glass and Glazing, High Rise, Wind Engineering, Windows

75 State Street

Boston, MA

The use of gold leaf in Boston dates back nearly 300 years. This material, however, was untried and unproven on a large scale for modern buildings in Boston until the construction of 75 State Street in the late 1980s. The design...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Materials Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Field Testing, High Rise, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Masonry, Materials Analysis, Stone-Granite

Miami-Dade Government Center

Miami, FL

When pieces of the 4 in. thick limestone facade began falling off the 500 ft tall Miami-Dade Government Center, SGH investigated the cause of distress.

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Government

Keywords:Concrete-Reinforced, Curtain Wall, Expert Testimony, Field Testing, High Rise, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Masonry, Monitoring, Stone-Limestone, Wind Engineering

Seattle Heights

Seattle, WA

Project Contacts: Eric Olson

Seattle Heights is a 26 story, EIFS-clad condominium building with four levels of below-grade parking. Shorty after construction, occupants experienced water leakage, excessive air infiltration, and apparent mold growth. SGH...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Mixed-Use

Keywords:Air Infiltration, Condominium, Expert Testimony, Glass and Glazing, High Rise, Residential, Water Leakage, Waterproofing, Windows

The Monarch

Troy, MI

Project Contacts: John Sumnicht

The Monarch was intended to be a mixed-use project consisting of two residential towers totaling approximately 350,000 sq ft. The two towers, one twelve stories and one twenty-two stories, were designed to include 158 residential units connected...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Mixed-Use

Keywords:New Construction, High Rise, Parking Structure, Residential

Lake Anne of Reston Condominiums, Heron House

Reston, VA

Project Contacts: Peter Nelson

Heron House, constructed in the mid-1960s, was the first residential building constructed in Lake Anna Village Center. The building comprises forty-six condominiums with concrete balconies. In 2002, the condominium association replaced the...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Residential - Condominium

Keywords:Construction Administration, Expert Testimony, Glass and Glazing, High Rise, Water Leakage, Windows

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Ames Building

Procter & Gamble Company, Far East Headquarters

Cook County Administration Building

1101 Second Avenue

John Hancock Tower

75 State Street

Miami-Dade Government Center

Seattle Heights

The Monarch

Lake Anne of Reston Condominiums, Heron House

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