Structural Strengthening

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National September 11 Memorial and Museum

New York, NY

Project Contacts: William Konicki, Nathaniel Smith, Milan Vatovec

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...

Services:Structural Investigation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Foundation, Geotechnical, Monumental Buildings, Museum, Retaining Wall, Signature Project, Structural Strengthening

Harlem Irving Plaza

Norridge, IL

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson

The shopping mall at 4104 Harlem Avenue was constructed in the mid-1950s. The owner wanted to reinvent the Harlem Irving Plaza by subdividing the former Carson Pirie Scott department store into multiple tenant spaces and adding elevators and...

Services:Structural Design, Structural Rehabilitation

Keywords:Concrete-Cast-in-Place, Concrete-Precast, Curtain Wall, Occupied Renovation, Renovation, Retail, Structural Strengthening

Capital One Cafe, Hyde Park

Chicago, IL

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson

With its new cafés, Capital One offers banking services in a fun, community coffee shop setting. The design for the Hyde Park café brings this experience to Chicago’s South Side along the rejuvenated 53rd Street corridor. The...

Services:Structural Design

Keywords:Interior Renovation, Renovation, Retail, Structural Strengthening

81 Wyman Street

Waltham, MA

Project Contacts: Joshua Kivela, Pedro Sifre, Michael Tecci

Hobbs Brook Management wanted to renovate their 1989 office building at 81 Wyman Street and undertook a project to replace the exterior cladding and alter the interior of the three-story structure. SGH provided structural and building enclosure...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Keywords:Canopy/Ceiling, Cladding / Recladding, Curtain Wall, Renovation, Roofing, Stair, Structural Strengthening, Tenant Improvements

Staten Island Museum Expansion

Staten Island, NY

Project Contacts: Kevin Poulin

In 2015, the Staten Island Museum reopened in the renovated Building A at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden and shortly after turned to rehabilitating Building B to accommodate its expansion. Building B, one of five Greek...

Services:Structural Rehabilitation

Keywords:Preservation Technology , Structural Strengthening, Truss, Wood

Cedarmere Mill

Roslyn Harbor, NY

Project Contacts: Kevin Poulin

Cedarmere was named by William Cullen Bryant, who purchased the forty-acre property in 1843. Bryant constructed the mill in 1862 in the Gothic Revival style. Page Ayres Cowley Architecture was leading a major restoration to the mill and observed...

Services:Structural Rehabilitation

Keywords:Chimney/Stack, Heavy Timber, Mill Building, Preservation Technology , Structural Strengthening, Truss, Wood

The Point LIC, Paragon and Blanchard

Long Island City, NY

Project Contacts: Matthew Normandeau, Kevin Poulin

The Point LIC, a new commercial development, reinvents two seven-story industrial buildings as the Paragon and Blanchard. The renovated buildings offer open office floor plans, ground-level retail, and other amenities. SGH provided building...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Design

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Construction Administration, Deterioration, Masonry-Brick, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Masonry-Transitional, Office, Renovation, Roof Replacement, Roofing, Structural Strengthening, Windows

One Bunker Hill

Los Angeles, CA

Project Contacts: Amy Hackney, Kevin OConnell

The 1931 building was originally known as the Southern California Edison Building and served as the company’s headquarters. The building’s new owners wanted to renovate the fourteen-story structure to update the building for modern...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Design

Keywords:Balcony, Canopy/Ceiling, Structural Strengthening, Tenant Improvements, Waterproofing

Harvard University, Lowell House

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Bronski, Erik Farrington, Katherine Wissink

Lowell House, a neo-Georgian building constructed in 1930, is Harvard University’s largest undergraduate residence hall. As part of a larger dormitory renewal program, the university undertook a two-year project at Lowell House to renovate...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Dormitory, Interior Renovation, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Metal-Copper, Preservation Technology , Renovation, Revit/BIM, Roof Replacement, Roofing, Stone-Limestone, Stone-Slate, Structural Strengthening, Windows, Wood

Tenant Fitout, 200 E. Randolph Street

Chicago, IL

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson

This insurance company relocated their headquarters to the Aon Center, a prominent building in Chicago’s skyline, and wanted to connect their space on the 32nd and 33rd floors with a feature stair. SGH analyzed the existing structure,...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Office

Keywords:Metal-Steel, Railing, Stair, Structural Glass, Structural Strengthening, Tenant Improvements

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National September 11 Memorial and Museum

Harlem Irving Plaza

Capital One Cafe, Hyde Park

81 Wyman Street

Staten Island Museum Expansion

Cedarmere Mill

The Point LIC, Paragon and Blanchard

One Bunker Hill

Harvard University, Lowell House

Tenant Fitout, 200 E. Randolph Street

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