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The Point LIC, Paragon and Blanchard

Long Island City, NY

Project Contacts: Matthew Normandeau, Kevin Poulin

The Point LIC, a new commercial development, reinvents two seven-story industrial buildings as the Paragon and Blanchard. The renovated buildings offer open office floor plans, ground-level retail, and other amenities. SGH provided building...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Design

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Construction Administration, Deterioration, Masonry-Brick, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Masonry-Transitional, Office, Renovation, Roof Replacement, Roofing, Structural Strengthening, Windows

PG&E Building, 215 Market Street

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: James Mendygral, Carolyn Searls

Now part of Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s (PG&E’s) General Offices, The Matson Shipping Building (215 Market Street) was constructed in 1924 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After performing an...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Materials Rehabilitation

Markets:Mixed-Use

Keywords:High Rise, Historic, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Masonry-Transitional, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Roofing, Windows

Franklin County Courthouse

Greenfield, MA

Project Contacts: Dominic Kelly

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts wanted to explore options for renovating and expanding the 1931 Franklin County Courthouse building. One proposed design concept involved retaining three existing masonry facades and demolishing the remainder of...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Government

Keywords:Addition, Condition Assessment, Construction Engineering, Courthouse, Government, Masonry-Brick, Masonry-Transitional, Shoring/Temporary Structure

University of Connecticut, Beach Hall

Storrs, CT

Project Contacts: Susan Knack-Brown, Stephen Ruggiero

Beach Hall, originally constructed in 1929, is a transitional masonry building with mass masonry walls and an embedded structural frame. The building features a slate mansard roof, low-slope membrane and copper roofs, and a brick masonry...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Deterioration, Masonry, Masonry-Transitional, Preservation Technology , Water Leakage

Ritz-Carlton Hotel

Boston, MA

Designed by Strickland and Blodgett in 1927, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel consists of a steel-framed structure clad with brick masonry and accented with decorative cast stone and limestone features. A contributing structure to Boston's Back Bay...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Hospitality

Keywords:Cast Stone, Corrosion, Cracking, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Masonry-Transitional, Metal-Steel, 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

Ten Post Office Square

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Dean Rutila

Ten Post Office Square is a thirteen-story, steel-framed structure with a transitional masonry facade. The building, constructed in phases during the 1920s and 1930s, occupies most of a city block. The facade featured a limestone cornice that...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Composites-FRP / CFRP / GFRP, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Masonry, Masonry-Transitional, Plastic/Composite, Preservation Technology , Stone-Limestone, Vibration / Fatigue Analysis, 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