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ABI Chelsea, 455 W. 19th Street

New York, NY

Project Contacts: Sean OBrien, Kevin Poulin

ABI Chelsea is a modern condominium building in West Chelsea. The project adds eight stories onto an existing single-story structure repurposed to house art galleries on the first floor and below grade. The building features a striated facade and...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Keywords:Adjacent Construction, Construction Engineering, Crane/Lift, Foundation, Metal-Steel, Monitoring, Monitoring, Construction, Residential, Roofing, Thermal and Moisture Drive, Underpinning, Waterproofing

Milford Regional Medical Center Meehan Family Pavilion

Milford, MA

Project Contacts: Michael Bolduc, John Thomsen

The Meehan Family Pavilion, an 88,000 sq ft addition, is Milford Regional Medical Center’s largest expansion to date. The medical center gains flexible space with this addition, allowing them to evolve with medical advances and continually...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Health Care

Keywords:Addition, Hospital, Metal-Steel, Retaining Wall, Underpinning

Brentford Hall

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Scott DiFiore, William Konicki

Constructed in the 1920s, Brentford Hall is a condominium building with load-bearing, mass-masonry walls supported by shallow footings. The abutter to Brentford Hall planned to demolish its existing wood-framed building and construct a new...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Residential - Condominium

Keywords:Adjacent Construction, Demolition, Excavation Support, Foundation, Geotechnical, Monitoring, Monitoring, Construction, Shoring/Temporary Structure, Underpinning

Tufts University, Science & Engineering Complex

Medford, MA

Project Contacts: Joshua Kivela, Michael Louis, Pedro Sifre

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...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Adjacent Construction, Award Winning, Braced Frame, Construction Administration, Curtain Wall, Field Testing, Foundation, LEED Projects, Laboratory, Peer Review, Roofing, School, Structural Strengthening, Underpinning, Waterproofing

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

Hartford, CT

Project Contacts: William Konicki, Giuliana Zelada-Tumialan

During the 2008 excavation for the new North Tower, the adjacent five-story, brick masonry building (Building 3) suddenly settled about 1.5 in. This movement caused significant damage to Building 3, which was supported on shallow...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Health Care

Keywords:Building Settlement, Construction Administration, Construction Engineering, Excavation Support, Failure Investigation, Field Testing, Foundation, Geotechnical, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Underpinning

Clearway Street Apartments

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: William Konicki, Aaron Lewis

The First Church of Christ, Scientist (TFCCS) owns and manages fourteen four-story brick apartment buildings on Clearway Street. TFCCS observed that the buildings, which were built in the 1890s, exhibited signs of settlement in the form of cracks...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Residential - Apartment

Keywords:Foundation, Groundwater, Masonry-Brick, Shoring/Temporary Structure, Underpinning

23 Cornelia Street

New York, NY

Project Contacts: Kevin Poulin, Milan Vatovec

Originally a horse stable, 23 Cornelia Street is a two-story unreinforced masonry structure built c. 1870. The current owner purchased the Greenwich Village property in 2007 and hired Solomonoff Architecture Studio and SGH to design a renovation...

Services:Structural Design, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Residential - Single Family

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Addition, Foundation, Geotechnical, Masonry-Brick, Masonry-Unreinforced, Retaining Wall, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit, Underpinning

St. Brigid's Church

New York, NY

Project Contacts: Nathaniel Smith, Milan Vatovec

Built in 1848 and designed by Patrick Keely, St. Brigid’s Church is among the oldest Gothic Revival churches in New York City. The Archdiocese of New York closed the parish in 2001 due to the severe deterioration of the structure. The...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Religious

Keywords:Award Winning, Concrete, Masonry-Brick, Preservation Technology , Religious, Signature Project, Structural Strengthening, Underpinning, Wood, Wood Frame

The First Church of Christ, Scientist, The Mother Church Original

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: William Konicki, Aaron Lewis, Giuliana Zelada-Tumialan

Due to lowered groundwater levels in Boston's Back Bay area, as a result of underground construction, leaking utility lines, and leaking basements, several area buildings have been affected by severe deterioration of the timber piles that support...

Services:Materials Investigation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Religious

Keywords:Building Settlement, Condition Assessment, Field Testing, Foundation, Geotechnical, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Pile, Signature Project, Underpinning, Wood