The “bathtub” slurry wall at the World Trade Center (WTC) site survived when the WTC towers collapsed in 2001, making it a symbol of endurance. WTC site redevelopers wanted a section of the wall incorporated and exposed within the...
This new residence was constructed on a property overlooking Lake Michigan and including an existing 20 ft retaining wall along the bluff. The owners wanted to enhance sight lines to the lake by constructing a pool adjacent to the retaining wall...
This new residence was constructed on a property overlooking Lake Michigan and including an existing 20 ft retaining wall along the bluff. The owners wanted to enhance sight lines to the lake by constructing a pool adjacent to the retaining wall...
The Charlestown Bus Facility along the Mystic River is the MBTA’s largest bus garage and critical to daily operations. The existing steel sheet pile seawall, which protects the facility from flooding and river erosion, was severely...
The Meehan Family Pavilion, an 88,000 sq ft addition, is Milford Regional Medical Center’s largest expansion to date. The medical center gains flexible space with this addition, allowing them to evolve with medical advances and continually...
A conveyor belt runs along one of the canyon benches at the copper mine. The upper slope of the canyon was undergoing a slow and predictable landslide transverse to the conveyor belt. To protect the conveyor belt from falling debris due to the...
Shortly after the site was developed, a terraced, mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall failed. The MSE wall, with heights up to 63 ft tall, consisted of precast concrete facing panels and soil backfill interlayered with geogrid reinforcement...
The William F. Connell Pavilion, an emergency facility for St. Elizabeth Medical Center, houses the latest state-of-the-art diagnostic and imaging equipment. The 44,000 sq ft structure includes a three-story entrance atrium with grand stair...
SGH provided structural engineering services for several new buildings at Maine Medical Center. The project began with a new Women and Infants Birthing Center and led to additional phases of work, including a new parking garage, central...
The City of Lowell wanted to build a stadium for the Division A Lowell Spinners minor league baseball team on a site formerly used as an urban landfill above the banks of the Merrimack River. Below the fill were soft soils and a 72 in. dia. sewer...