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California Department of Parks and Recreation, Columbia State Park

Columbia, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

The National Historic Landmark District of Columbia State Historic Park is a mid-nineteenth-century gold rush town that has been in varying degrees of continuous use since the town’s inception. It retains a high level of integrity and...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Condition Assessment-Multi-Building, Glass and Glazing, Historic, Masonry-Brick, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Walls, Windows, Wood, Wood Frame

Omni Hotel

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

The owner planned to rehabilitate the 1927 office building and adapt it for use as a luxury hotel. The brick walls of the fifteen-story building had large vertical cracks at the corners and suffered from water leakage. SGH...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Hospitality

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Cast Stone, Condition Assessment, Construction Administration, Hotel, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Preservation Technology , Seismic Engineering and Retrofit

Pennsylvania Capitol

Harrisburg, PA

Project Contacts: Scott Silvester, Niklas Vigener

When historical murals in the rotunda of the Pennsylvania Capitol showed signs of water damage, SGH investigated leakage and collaborated with Perfido Weiskopf / Noble Preservation Joint Venture to develop repairs for the 1906 Beaux Art-Italian...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Government

Keywords:Building Science, Construction Administration, Dome, Finite Element Analysis, Historic, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Monumental Buildings, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Stone-Granite, Thermal and Moisture Drive, Water Leakage

University of Connecticut, Wood Hall

Storrs, CT

Project Contacts: Susan Knack-Brown, Stephen Ruggiero

Wood Hall at the University of Connecticut (UConn), constructed in 1938, is a load-bearing brick masonry building with a gable roof and slate roofing. The masonry facade features decorative stone trim and accents. SGH completed a...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Cladding / Recladding, Condition Assessment, Deterioration, Masonry-Brick, Preservation Technology , Walls, Water Leakage

80 Broad Street

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Michael Louis, Dean Rutila

Developer Jones Lang LaSalle planned the construction of a 135,000 sq ft, fourteen-story residential condominium building located a few blocks from Boston's waterfront on the edge of the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The development revitalizes and...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Mixed-Use

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Condominium, Curtain Wall, Glass and Glazing, Masonry-Brick, Plaza, Preservation Technology , Residential, Windows

Sudbury Aqueduct

Needham, MA

Project Contacts: Jesse Beaver, Phillip Sharff, Mehdi Zarghamee

Built in 1880, the aqueduct was a major pipeline for the City of Boston’s water distribution network until 1940, when the Hultman Aqueduct replaced it. Connecting reservoirs in Framingham with the City of Boston, the 17.4 mi. long aqueduct...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Water/Wastewater

Keywords:Adjacent Construction, Engineering Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Inspection, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Pipeline, Risk Assessment, Soil-Structure Interaction

One Bethesda Center

Bethesda, MD

Project Contacts: Niklas Vigener

One Bethesda Center (OBC), a twelve-story office building located in downtown Bethesda, was constructed around 1985. The building has approximately 170,000 sq ft of office space and four levels of below-grade parking. The building features a...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Cladding / Recladding, Due Diligence, Masonry-Brick, Office, Walls, Water Leakage

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Main Group Buildings

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Michael Louis

The iconic Main Group Buildings are eleven limestone and brick-clad buildings surrounding Killian Court. Built between 1913 and 1937, the structures are generally concrete-framed with mass masonry exterior walls. MIT monitored, maintained, and...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Condition Assessment, Glass and Glazing, Masonry-Brick, Preservation Technology , Windows

Harvard University Science Complex, MWRA Sewer

Allston, MA

Project Contacts: Daniel Valentine, Mehdi Zarghamee

Harvard University planned to locate a new science complex above a Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) brick masonry pipeline that was over 115 years old. The University was concerned about the impact of construction on the 69 in. high...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Water/Wastewater

Keywords:Adjacent Construction, Masonry-Brick, Nonlinear, Pipe, Soil-Structure Interaction, Vibration / Fatigue Analysis

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building NW21

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Jeffrey Langlois, Paul Millette

Building NW21 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was constructed in the early 1900s and now houses the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. The center, which is a vital part of the university, performs roughly $30 million in...

Services:Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Building Settlement, Cracking, Foundation, Geotechnical, Masonry-Brick, Masonry-Load Bearing, Pile, Settlement

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California Department of Parks and Recreation, Columbia State Park

Omni Hotel

Pennsylvania Capitol

University of Connecticut, Wood Hall

80 Broad Street

Sudbury Aqueduct

One Bethesda Center

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Main Group Buildings

Harvard University Science Complex, MWRA Sewer

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building NW21

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