Fire Station #45 is a two-story, H-shaped building with a wing on either side of the central apparatus bay. Shortly after construction in 2006, station personnel observed water leaking at various locations throughout the building. SGH...
To expand and modernize their Academy of Entertainment and Technology Campus, Santa Monica College undertook a project to construct two new buildings and renovate an existing one. The project brings innovative classrooms, production facilities,...
The Math Corner block currently houses Sloan Mathematical Center, Margaret Jacks Hall, and the corner’s original building, Jordan Hall. The building features sandstone cladding and clay tile roofs, typical of Stanford’s historic Main...
Adjacent to the city’s new central library and just blocks away from Petco Park, K1 at 330 13th Street offers residents a variety of community areas for gathering and relaxing. The building includes 222 apartment units, ground-level retail...
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. The seven-story annex...
The developer wanted to build a mixed-use property in San Francisco’s Pan Handle neighborhood. The five buildings consist of three wood-framed residential levels on a concrete podium with ground-level commercial space. SGH assisted the...
The first phase of a multi-parcel development, The Emerson is a twenty-story residential tower designed by Arquitectonica. In addition to its luxury apartments, the building houses a restaurant and offers a pool and spa, gym, library, ground-...
Frank Gehry designed the four-story, cement plaster-clad building as the headquarters for the Rouse Company. The building, which opened in 1974, features several tiered terraces with wooden trellises. As part of renovation project to...
Providing passenger service to the region since 1926, Sacramento Valley Station, formerly Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, is listed on national, state, and local historic registers. SGH performed seismic/structural and facade assessments...
Tulare County needed a new courthouse to serve their growing demand for court services, consolidate court operations, and improve access and services for the southern half of the county. Located on the former site of Porterville Fairgrounds...
Building codes require a concealed water-resistive barrier (WRB) with a means of drainage (drainage subassembly) at the base of an exterior Portland cement-based plaster (stucco) drainage wall. Although not mandated, similar drainage screed...
SGH's Payal R. Vora and Jeffrey A. Bowlsby published a paper in the ASTM E06 Selected Technical Papers 1549. The paper, titled “The High Costs of Minimum Quality Cement Plaster (Stucco) Assemblies: A Performance Case Study...