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San Buenaventura City Hall

Ventura, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

This Beaux Arts-style building was designed by Albert C. Martin. Built in 1912, the building was used as a courthouse until 1972 when it began service as San Buenaventura City Hall. Special features include marble floors, a domed...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Government

Keywords:Concrete, Historic, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, National Register of Historic Places, Petrography, Preservation Technology

St. Dominic's Church

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Built in 1926, St. Dominic’s Church was designed by Arnold S. Constable and the Beezer Bros. of Seattle with a blend of collegiate and English Gothic-Revival styles. The church sought to arrest heavy leaks and address deteriorating and...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Materials Rehabilitation

Markets:Religious

Keywords:Cast Stone, Condition Assessment, Cracking, Glass and Glazing, Historic, Leaded and Stained Glass, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Monumental Buildings, Preservation Technology , Religious, Spire/Bell Tower, Water Leakage, Windows

Eastern Columbia Building

Los Angeles, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Designed by Claud Beelman, the thirteen-story Eastern Columbia Building with its turquoise terra-cotta and gold leaf exterior exemplifies the Art Deco Zigzag Moderne movement. SGH investigated cracked and spalled cladding and developed a...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Award Winning, Cladding / Recladding, Historic, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Walls

225 Bush Street

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Constructed in 1922 with a major addition in 1950, the twenty-two story building 225 Bush Street is a twenty-two story building located in the central downtown business district. The building is the former home of Standard Oil Corporation...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Facade Inspection, Historic, Industrial Rope Access, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Masonry-Terra Cotta, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Roofing, Clay Tile, Stone-Granite, Walls

530 Bush Street

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Located in the city’s financial district, 530 Bush Street was originally a power plant. The owner planned to convert the eighty-year-old building to office space and wanted to address cracks and spalling in the terra-cotta cornice...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Corrosion, Cracking, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Preservation Technology , Water Leakage

222 Sutter Street

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Featuring Gothic and Renaissance elements with a contemporary flare, the ten-story building exemplifies the character of downtown San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. The building, which once housed a W. & J. Sloane...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Corrosion, Cracking, Due Diligence, Facade Inspection, Field Testing, Industrial Rope Access, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Masonry-Transitional, Water Leakage, Windows

Sports Museum of America

New York, NY

Project Contacts: Kevin Poulin, Milan Vatovec

The Standard Oil Building at 26 Broadway was designed by Thomas Hastings and originally built for the Rockefeller Family in eight phases between 1885 and 1928. SGH was the structural design consultant to the architect, Beyer Blinder Belle, for...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Construction Administration, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Museum

Natural History Museum

Los Angeles, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

The original structure, constructed in 1913, was designed by local architects Frank Hudson and William A.D. Munsell in the Beaux-Arts tradition with Spanish Renaissance and Romanesque features. The 1913 Building with its iconic rotunda, along...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Cladding / Recladding, Dome, Historic, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Museum, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Walls

State University of New York, Plaza Building

Albany, NY

Project Contacts: Susan Knack-Brown

The SUNY Plaza Building, a historic Gothic-style building listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was originally constructed as the headquarters for the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company and Albany Journal. SUNY was concerned about...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Condition Assessment, Industrial Rope Access, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Masonry-Transitional, Preservation Technology , Stone-Granite, Stone-Slate

Hamilton College, Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art

Clinton, NY

Project Contacts: Peter Babaian

The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, on the Hamilton College campus, was designed by Machado and Silvetti Associates. With the museum set in upstate New York and requiring high-humidity space, Machado and Silvetti realized that thermal...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Air Barrier, Building Enclosure Commissioning, Building Science, Concrete, Concrete-Precast, Curtain Wall, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Museum

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San Buenaventura City Hall

St. Dominic's Church

Eastern Columbia Building

225 Bush Street

530 Bush Street

222 Sutter Street

Sports Museum of America

Natural History Museum

State University of New York, Plaza Building

Hamilton College, Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art

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