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Bowdoin College, Schiller Coastal Studies Center

Orr's Island, ME

Project Contacts: Jason Der Ananian

Bowdoin College’s Schiller Coastal Studies Center, comprising 118 acres of coastal spruce-pine forest and 5 mi of coastline, serves as a living laboratory for research and learning. After receiving a $10 million gift from the...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Keywords:Air Infiltration, Building Science, Construction Administration, Field Testing, Mechanical/Electrical System, Nondestructive Testing, Peer Review, Roofing

4646 Broadway Lofts

Kansas City, MO

Project Contacts: Bradford Carpenter, Niklas Vigener

Completed in 2007, 4646 Broadway Lofts is a twelve-story condominium building. Shortly after construction, occupants reported water leakage, condensation on window frames and glazing, and areas of uncomfortably warm or cool temperatures in some...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Residential - Condominium

Keywords:Building Science, Curtain Wall, Mechanical/Electrical System, Thermal and Moisture Drive, Water Leakage

University of Utah, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Salt Lake City, UT

Project Contacts: Vince Cammalleri, Christopher Decareau

The Marcia & John Price Museum Building at the University of Utah was a collaborative, design-build effort between Prescott Muir Architects, VBFA Inc., and Layton Construction Co., Inc. In collaboration with the original project team,...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Air Barrier, Air Infiltration, Building Science, Masonry-Brick, Mechanical/Electrical System, Moisture Control, Museum, Thermal, Thermal and Moisture Drive, Windows

Smithsonian Institution, Multiple Mirror Telescope

Mount Hopkins, AZ

Project Contacts: Frank Kan

With the advent of economical large spun cast mirrors, the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Arizona wished to convert the Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) to a telescope with a single 6.5 m dia. mirror to retain its position as one of...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Science & Defense

Keywords:Construction Administration, Dome, Foundation, Mechanical/Electrical System, Spaceframe/Shell Structure, Telescope

Large Millimeter Telescope

Puebla, Mexico

Project Contacts: Frank Kan, Mehdi Zarghamee

Located at 15,000 ft on top of the Sierra Negra in central Mexico, the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) is a fully-steerable, 50 m dia. radio telescope used for astronomy at millimeter wave lengths. The LMT project, jointly executed by...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Science & Defense

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Composites-FRP / CFRP / GFRP, Finite Element Analysis, Foundation, Machines and Equipment, Mechanical/Electrical System, Telescope

Bowdoin College, Museum of Art

Brunswick, ME

Project Contacts: Jason Der Ananian, Sean OBrien

The Neo-Classical Walker Art Building, designed by McKim, Mead and White in 1894, now houses the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Throughout its life, the building experienced several problems, including chronic leakage at roofing transitions and...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Air Barrier, Building Science, Construction Administration, Dome, Historic, Mechanical/Electrical System, Metal, Metal-Copper, Museum, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Roofing, Skylight

Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3, Drop Load Analysis

Crystal River, FL

Project Contacts: Mehdi Zarghamee

The Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3, is part of a 4,700 acre energy complex that contains a 914 MW pressurized water reactor. When the client planned rigging operations for replacement of a steam generator at Unit 3, they required an...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Nuclear

Keywords:Buried, Cracking, Finite Element Analysis, Heavy Loads, Mechanical/Electrical System, Pipeline, Power, Soil-Structure Interaction

Idaho National Laboratory, Advanced Test Reactor, Diesel Generator for Deep Well No. 4

Project Contacts: Philip Hashimoto

Deep Well No. 4 provides make-up water to the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) in the event of a seismic-induced loss-of-coolant accident. A new diesel generator system was required to supply backup power to Deep Well No. 4. The associated structures...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Nuclear

Keywords:Machines and Equipment, Mechanical/Electrical System, Nuclear Facility, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit, Seismic Walkdown

Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory, Gamma Electron Muon (GEM) Detector Support System and Chambers

United States

Project Contacts: Mehdi Zarghamee

SGH reviewed the modular concept for the muon detection chamber support system by others and developed a monolithic integrated structural support system that meets the aggressive physics performance requirements, including stringent alignment and...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Science & Defense

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Composites-FRP / CFRP / GFRP, Engineering Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Foundation, Mechanical/Electrical System, Plastic/Composite, Spaceframe/Shell Structure