The mayor selected EastBanc’s team to lead the West End’s revitalization and redevelopment of the neighborhood’s library, police special operations building, and fire station. The development includes two parcels: Square 50...
The mayor selected EastBanc’s team to lead the West End’s revitalization and redevelopment of the neighborhood’s library, police special operations building, and fire station. The development includes two parcels: Square 37 is...
Constructed on the site of former plumbing supply warehouse, Atlantic Plumbing is a 310-unit, mixed-use apartment building and shares the site with an adjacent condominium building, 2030AP. Atlantic Plumbing residents enjoy a fitness center,...
Constructed on the site of a former plumbing supply warehouse, 2030AP includes sixty-two condominiums over ground-level retail space and below-grade parking. 2030AP shares the site with the neighboring Atlantic Plumbing apartment building. The...
With a 21-acre footprint, the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) is the largest convention center in New England. The facility features nearly a mile of elevated roadway partly over occupied space and a barrel-shaped, metal roof...
With the Science & Engineering Complex, Tufts University expands and promotes collaboration within related programs on its Medford campus. The project involves complete renovations to Anderson and Robinson Halls. It also includes connecting a...
Bowie State University wanted a new home for their STEM and nursing department that would engage students, promote collaboration, and offer program flexibility. Primarily clad in curtain wall and featuring a three-story, elliptical multipurpose...
Set on the thirty-acre Menil Campus, the Menil Drawing Institute is the first museum dedicated entirely to the art of drawing. In three distinct volumes the museum houses areas for study, exhibition, and conservation surrounding an open-air...
Pulte Home Corporation (Pulte) builds residences throughout the United States. Their projects range from multi-family buildings to single-family homes. SGH assisted Pulte by peer reviewing their waterproofing design and providing construction...
Watermark Kendall East brings an additional 144 apartments to a new residential complex, which also includes a 321-unit tower and parking structure constructed in an earlier phase. The two buildings share a retail podium and many amenities, while...
also published in RCI Interface, October 2009|Abstract: Fluid-applied rubberized-asphalt membranes have a long track record of performance in many roofing and waterproofing systems. These membranes can provide reliable waterproofing protection...
Abstract: Artificial slate and shakes fall into the common category of shingle products in that they are steep-slope roofing products overlapped to shed water to the edges of a building.|There are many demands on shingles. To function...
Thermal bridging in buildings can contribute to a multitude of problems, including, but not limited to, added energy use during heating and cooling seasons and interior surface condensation problems.|Thermal bridges are discontinuities in any...
Early in the 1980s, manufacturers started to respond to the market desires for a Class A fire-rated steep-sloped roofing material. Other manufacturers sought slate-like roofs that were lower in cost than natural slate. Both groups tried a variety...
Abstract: Steep metal roofing has continued to be a popular choice of designers and owners for several years now. While the majority of installations perform well, some have learned the hard way that metal roofing systems are not simple, either...
We recently consulted on a gem of historic architecture - a 1920s medical center in North Central Pennsylvania. It was an optimistic time, and the original donor mandated that "the structure last 300 years." His architects used the most...
Abstract: Traditional clay tile roofs combine both modern and time-proven materials with traditional craftsmanship to produce what can be one of the most durable, aesthetically pleasing, and architecturally distinct steep-slope roofing systems....
Early in the 1980's, manufacturers started to respond to the market desires for a Class A fire-rated steep sloped roofing intensified by fire storms in California where the conventional cedar wood shake roofs were often blamed for the high...
Contemporary building enclosures generally consist of layers of light-weight construction materials designed to prevent water penetration and control condensation, heat flow, and vapor flow. These layers are material assemblies that serve as four...
Abstract: The roofing industry has changed dramatically in the last 60 years. This interval saw new materials, new manufacturing and installation methods, and the decline and loss of some of our oldest and best standbys. Let us try and look at...