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New York State Capitol Building

Albany, NY

Project Contacts: Susan Knack-Brown, Niklas Vigener

The New York State Capitol was designed by a succession of architects, including H.H. Richardson and Leopold Eidlitz. Constructed in stages between 1870 and 1900, the building features Second Empire and Richardsonian Romanesque elements. Sporadic...

San Francisco War Memorial Veterans Building

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Ronald Hamburger, Stephen Harris, Carolyn Searls

The San Francisco War Memorial Veterans Building and adjacent Opera House are aesthetically-similar, Beaux-Arts structures commemorating U.S. veterans of World War I. The Veterans Building provides office and meeting space for veterans...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Code Compliance, Historic, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Metal, Metal-Steel, Monumental Buildings, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Revit/BIM, Roofing, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit, Skylight, Stone-Granite, Theater/Performing Arts

Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building

Sacramento, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls, Matthew Worster

Completed in 1929, the Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building is part of the Capitol Extension Group listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a California Historical Landmark. The building suffered from aging building systems,...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Government

Keywords:Award Winning, Courthouse, Industrial Rope Access, Library, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Preservation Technology , Stone, Stone-Granite

300 East Randolph Street

Chicago, IL

Project Contacts: Peter Babaian, Matthew Johnson

The east and west sides of 300 East Randolph are clad with a combination of glass curtain wall and granite panels. During a routine facade inspection, the inspector identified granite panels on the fifty-seven-story tower that needed to be...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Mixed-Use

Keywords:High Rise, Stone-Granite

Massachusetts State House Time Capsule

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Dominic Kelly, Susan Knack-Brown

On 4 July 1795, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and William Scollay led the procession from the old Massachusetts State House to the site of the new State House to lay the granite cornerstone. In the excavated soil below the cornerstone, they...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Materials Investigation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Government

Keywords:Historic, Monitoring, Construction, Preservation Technology , Shoring/Temporary Structure, Stone, Stone-Granite

343 Sansome Street

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

The prospective owner of 343 Sansome Street, a prime commercial property in downtown San Francisco, wanted a detailed due diligence survey. The building, consisting of a series of additions, was built on fill once part of the San Francisco Bay...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Condition Assessment, Curtain Wall, Due Diligence, High Rise, Historic, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Pile, Preservation Technology , Stone-Granite

Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Susan Knack-Brown, Dean Rutila

Designed by McKim, Mead & White, Symphony Hall opened in 1900. The auditorium, a National Historic Landmark, is home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). The BSO hired SGH to investigate the condition of the building enclosure and design...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Sports & Entertainment

Keywords:Award Winning, Chimney/Stack, Industrial Rope Access, Masonry-Brick, Sport/Entertainment, Stone-Granite, Stone-Limestone, Theater/Performing Arts, Windows

Mount Greylock Veterans War Memorial Tower and Bascomb Lodge

Lanesborough, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Bronski, Pedro Sifre

Mount Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts, is home to two historic structures: the Veterans War Memorial Tower, built in 1932, and Bascom Lodge, completed in 1937. Both structures are on the National Register of Historic Places as part...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Chimney/Stack, Historic, Masonry, Mockup, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Sealants and Coatings, Stone-Granite, Wood

University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center

Worcester, MA

Project Contacts: Dean Rutila

The granite-clad Medical Center building, built in the 1970s, is nine stories tall. The building houses the university teaching hospital, the medical school, and clinical research laboratories. SGH led an investigation of the stone...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Materials Investigation, Structural Design

Markets:Health Care

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Cladding / Recladding, Construction Administration, Fasteners and Connections, Industrial Rope Access, Masonry, Signature Project, Stone-Granite, Walls

Ames Building

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Joseph Zona

At fourteen stories and 185 ft to the parapet, the historic Ames Building is one of the tallest load-bearing masonry buildings in the United States. The Richardsonian Romanesque building, designed by the architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan and...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Hospitality

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Award Winning, Facade Inspection, High Rise, Industrial Rope Access, National Register of Historic Places, Stone-Granite, Structural Strengthening

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New York State Capitol Building

San Francisco War Memorial Veterans Building

Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building

300 East Randolph Street

Massachusetts State House Time Capsule

343 Sansome Street

Symphony Hall

Mount Greylock Veterans War Memorial Tower and Bascomb Lodge

University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center

Ames Building

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