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MassBiologics, Stormwater Retention System

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Phillip Sharff

The stormwater retention system at the MassBiologics facility at the UMass Medical School comprises subsurface chambers constructed from modular, stackable thermoplastic units. Following partial collapse of the chambers in 2006, SGH...

Services:Materials Investigation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Health Care

Keywords:Civil: On-Site Stormwater Management, Culverts and Storm Drains, Drainage, Failure Investigation, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Plastic/Composite, Storm Drains

Retail Space

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Aaron Lewis

In the summer of 2014, a high-intensity rainfall in Cambridge surcharged the city’s stormwater drainage system, resulting in localized flooding near a basement-level retail space. The floodwaters overtopped the sidewalk and flowed down the...

Services:Structural Design, Structural Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Civil, Civil: On-Site Stormwater Management, Culverts and Storm Drains, Drainage, Flood, Retail, Storm Drains

Stroube Drain

Oxnard, CA

Project Contacts: James McDonald, James Parker, Phillip Sharff

After constructing the first 1.5 mi of the Stroube Drain cast-in-place, reinforced concrete box culvert, the owner discovered the design did not consider live loads for the most severe traffic orientation. The owner wanted to know if cracking...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Water/Wastewater

Keywords:Concrete, Concrete-Reinforced, Condition Assessment, Cracking, Culvert, Culverts and Storm Drains, Expert Testimony, Storm Drains

Fluvanna County High School, Stormwater Detention System

Fluvanna, VA

Project Contacts: Phillip Sharff, Bryan Strohman

The new Fluvanna County High School included four buried, stackable crate-type, stormwater detention systems under deep cover. Shortly after installation in 2010, the contractor observed that the backfill material over two of the detention...

Services:Materials Investigation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Education - K-12

Keywords:Civil: On-Site Stormwater Management, Culverts and Storm Drains, Drainage, Failure Investigation, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Materials Analysis, Plastic/Composite, Storm Drains

StormTech, Inc., Stormwater Chambers

Wethersfield, CT

Project Contacts: Jesse Beaver, Phillip Sharff

StormTech manufactures underground molded polypropylene chambers for stormwater retention systems. With no design standards available for these structures, StormTech asked SGH to assess the structural performance of the chambers and develop...

Services:Materials Design, Structural Investigation