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Waverly Hall, 115 Mount Auburn Street

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Derek McCowan, Pedro Sifre

Constructed in the late 1800s, Waverly Hall is part of the Harvard Square Historic District. The owner wanted to renovate the residential building to create modern micro apartments while maintaining its historic character. SGH worked as the...

Service:Building Enclosure Investigation, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Design

Market:Residential - Apartment

Keywords:Award Winning, Construction Administration, Historic, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Preservation Technology , Renovation, Residential, Shear Wall, Structural Strengthening, Windows, Wood

Bay Area Rapid Transit, Earthquake Safety Program

Oakland, CA

Project Contacts: Ronald Hamburger

Carrying about 360,000 commuters every day, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is an important part of the region’s transportation infrastructure. Knowing that the transit system could experience a major earthquake, BART initiated the...

Service:Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Transportation

Keywords:Concrete, Condition Assessment, Parking Structure, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit, Shear Wall, Structural Adequacy Assessment, Term Contracts and IDIQs

2128 Sand Hill Road

Menlo Park, CA

Project Contacts: John Sumnicht

Designed by Paul Murdoch Architects and constructed by Louis Ptak Construction, 2128 Sand Hill Road sits in the heart of Silicon Valley. The building offers occupants a sophisticated work environment along with many sustainable design...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Office

Keywords:Award Winning, Concrete, Green / Sustainable Design, Metal, Metal-Steel, Office, Podium, Preengineered/Prefabricated/Modular, Renewable Energy: Photovoltaics, Shear Wall, Wood

The Epiphany

Palo Alto, CA

Project Contacts: Anindya Dutta, John Sumnicht

The original Casa Olga building was an eight-story, reinforced concrete flat slab structure with reinforced masonry shear walls. The building served as a convalescence home until new owners purchased the building in 2012 and decided to...

Service:Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Hospitality

Keywords:Concrete, Concrete-Post-tensioned, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit, Shear Wall, Structural Strengthening

The Arroyo

Walnut Creek, CA

Project Contacts: Craig Goings

Hall Equities Group wanted a modern, luxury apartment building near downtown Walnut Creek, where building heights are limited unless the public votes to allow the development to exceed the established limit. In addition, the project could...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Residential - Apartment

Keywords:Concrete, Concrete-Post-tensioned, Flood, Parking Structure, Residential, Shear Wall

Duke University, Environment Hall

Durham, NC

Project Contacts: Pedro Sifre

Environment Hall serves as the new home of Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and houses academic offices, teaching spaces, laboratories, and an eighty-seat lecture hall. Designed to meet LEED Platinum standards, the...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Award Winning, Bridge, Pedestrian, Concrete-Cast-in-Place, New Construction, LEED Projects, Laboratory, Renewable Energy: Photovoltaics, Revit/BIM, School, Shear Wall, Stair

Brandeis University, Carl J. Shapiro Science Center

Waltham, MA

Project Contacts: Michael Louis, Derek McCowan, Pedro Sifre

The Carl J. Shapiro Science Center project consisted of 155,000 sq ft of new construction, 40,000 sq ft of renovated space, and infrastructure upgrades. The existing science complex comprises eight main buildings and several secondary...

Service:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Market:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Award Winning, Classroom, Concrete, Concrete-Cast-in-Place, Curtain Wall, Laboratory, Power, Roofing, School, Shear Wall, Tunnel, Waterproofing

Tocumen International Airport

Panama City, Panama

Project Contacts: Anindya Dutta, Ronald Hamburger

The new South Terminal Building at Tocumen International Airport is 666 m long, 25 m high, encloses 75,000 m2 of space, and is separated into five zones by seismic joints. Zone 3 is a triangle shaped four-story, reinforced concrete/steel...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Airport

Keywords:Airport, Frame, Special Moment, International, Long-Span Structure, Nonlinear, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit, Shear Wall

Veterans Administration Medical Center

Boston, MA

The Veterans Administration (VA) wished to add a four-story ambulatory care facility adjoining the existing medical center. SGH was the structural engineer for the 100,000 sq ft addition, which we designed in accordance with the VA seismic design...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Health Care

Keywords:Additions-In-fill, Concrete-Cast-in-Place, New Construction, Shear Wall