Marine Engineering

Looking for more?

Charlestown Bus Facility Shoreline Stabilization and Yard Improvements

Lynn, MA

Project Contacts: Dominic Kelly, Paul Schuman

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...

Service:Structural Design, Structural Investigation

Keywords:Civil, Civil: On-Site Stormwater Management, Deterioration, Flood, Geotechnical, Marine Engineering, Retaining Wall, Storm Drains, Structural Stabilization

SR 520 Floating Bridge

Bellevue, WA

Project Contacts: Rune Iversen, Sam Yao

With the SR 520 Floating Bridge and Landings Project, the Washington State Department of Transportation replaced the existing floating bridge, also known as the Governor Albert D. Rosellini or Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, over Lake Washington...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Bridge

Keywords:Bridge, Major Vehicular, Concrete, Concrete-Precast, Construction Engineering, Design-Build, Marine Engineering

Brooklyn Basin

Oakland, CA

Project Contacts: Sam Yao

The Brooklyn Basin project revitalizes 65 acres along Oakland’s waterfront, transforming an industrial site into a mixed-use development. The new neighborhood offers more than 3,000 residences, public parks and trails, a new marina, and 200...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Ports & Terminals

Keywords:Bridge, Pedestrian, Condominium, Marine Engineering, Multi-Family, Pier/Wharf/Boat Ramp, Pile, Residential, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit

Liquid Bulk Terminal Replacement

Wilmington, CA

Project Contacts: William Bruin

The aging marine oil terminal exceeded its design life and did not comply with the applicable seismic and berthing standard. The port, the ultimate owner of the marine structures, and the terminal operator undertook a project to replace the...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Oil & Gas, Ports & Terminals

Keywords:Construction Consulting, MOTEMS audit, Marine Engineering, Mooring and Berthing, Pier/Wharf/Boat Ramp, Terminal

Montauk Lighthouse

Montauk, NY

Authorized by the Second Congress and President George Washington, construction of the Montauk Lighthouse at the eastern end of Long Island was completed in 1796. The octagonal lighthouse suffered from chronic leakage and numerous repairs...

Service:Building Enclosure Investigation, Structural Investigation

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Coating, Cracking, Field Testing, Freeze-Thaw, Historic, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Marine Engineering, Masonry-Load Bearing, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Stone

Brightman Street Bridge

Fall River, MA

Project Contacts: Paul Kelley, William Konicki

During the six-year rehabilitation of the Brightman Street Bridge, SGH provided investigation and concrete design services and performed testing, analysis, and thermal modeling of mass concrete placements.

Service:Materials Design, Materials Investigation

Market:Bridge

Keywords:Bulkhead/Cofferdam, Concrete Mix Design, Failure Investigation, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Marine Engineering, Petrography

Timber Approach Trestle Repair

Martinez, CA

Project Contacts: William Bruin, Gayle Johnson

The 1,900 ft long timber-framed approach trestle exhibited damage and deterioration due to aging and required repairs to maintain the function and structural integrity. SGH developed a comprehensive rehabilitation plan that allowed the...

Service:Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Oil & Gas, Ports & Terminals

Keywords:MOTEMS audit, Marine Engineering, Pier/Wharf/Boat Ramp, Terminal

New Marine Terminal

Richmond, CA

Project Contacts: William Bruin, Gayle Johnson

Originally built in the 1950s, the timber terminal was becoming increasingly costly to maintain and was no longer considered fit-for-purpose for seismic and berthing requirements. Instead of embarking on an incremental improvement program,...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Oil & Gas, Ports & Terminals

Keywords:Construction Consulting, MOTEMS audit, Marine Engineering, Metal-Steel, Pier/Wharf/Boat Ramp, Risk Assessment, Terminal

Fender Replacement

Martinez, CA

Project Contacts: William Bruin, Gayle Johnson

The existing fender systems at two berths of a refinery terminal were significantly deteriorated. SGH was the engineer of record for the design of a replacement fender system. We developed an innovative modular design that could...

Service:Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Oil & Gas, Ports & Terminals

Keywords:Concrete, Construction Staging, MOTEMS audit, Marine Engineering, Mooring and Berthing, Pier/Wharf/Boat Ramp, Structural Adequacy Assessment, Terminal

Tugboat Allision Investigations

Various Marine Terminals, CA

Project Contacts: William Bruin, Gayle Johnson

During the spring of 2013, SGH investigated two hard tugboat allisions (collisions with fixed objects such as bridges or docks), at separate marine oil terminals. In both cases, the tugs were maneuvering their respective barges when they...

Service:Structural Investigation

Market:Oil & Gas, Ports & Terminals

Keywords:Marine Engineering, Pier/Wharf/Boat Ramp, Structural Adequacy Assessment