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New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Newark, NJ

Project Contacts: Glenn Bell

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) is part of a twelve-acre development conceived to create a new cultural district in Newark and revitalize the city's downtown area and waterfront district. The performing arts center...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Markets:Sports & Entertainment

Keywords:Masonry-CMU, Masonry-Load Bearing, Theater/Performing Arts, Walls

University of Connecticut, Wood Hall

Storrs, CT

Project Contacts: Susan Knack-Brown, Stephen Ruggiero

Wood Hall at the University of Connecticut (UConn), constructed in 1938, is a load-bearing brick masonry building with a gable roof and slate roofing. The masonry facade features decorative stone trim and accents. SGH completed a...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Cladding / Recladding, Condition Assessment, Deterioration, Masonry-Brick, Preservation Technology , Walls, Water Leakage

University of Connecticut, Edward V. Gant Science Complex

Storrs, CT

Project Contacts: Stephen Ruggiero, Katherine Wissink

The brick-clad Gant Science Complex features three wings for the math, physics, and materials sciences departments, including dozens of classrooms and labs. The building suffered from water intrusion and distress of the masonry walls,...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Cladding / Recladding, Classroom, Condition Assessment, Cracking, Masonry, Walls, Water Leakage

Ten Post Office Square

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Dean Rutila

Ten Post Office Square is a thirteen-story, steel-framed structure with a transitional masonry facade. The building, constructed in phases during the 1920s and 1930s, occupies most of a city block. The facade featured a limestone cornice that...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Composites-FRP / CFRP / GFRP, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Masonry, Masonry-Transitional, Plastic/Composite, Preservation Technology , Stone-Limestone, Vibration / Fatigue Analysis, Walls

Polk County Justice Center

Bartow, FL

Project Contacts: Dean Rutila

The Polk County Justice Center comprises a ten-story tower with three-story wings on either side. The exterior walls are clad with brick veneer and have casement windows, and the roofs were covered with clay tiles. Shortly after...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Government

Keywords:Building Science, Cladding / Recladding, Construction Administration, Courthouse, Expert Testimony, Masonry, Roof Replacement, Roofing, Thermal and Moisture Drive, Walls, Water Leakage, Waterproofing

Suisun City Harbor Lighthouse

Suisun City, CA

Project Contacts: John Sumnicht

As part of Suisun City's downtown redevelopment, the city wanted to build a landmark that would serve as an icon and transition to Main Street West. City planners, residents, and local business members conceived of a lighthouse as an...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Braced Frame, Cladding / Recladding, Foundation, Marine Engineering, Masonry, Pile, Stone-Granite, Walls

One Bethesda Center

Bethesda, MD

Project Contacts: Niklas Vigener

One Bethesda Center (OBC), a twelve-story office building located in downtown Bethesda, was constructed around 1985. The building has approximately 170,000 sq ft of office space and four levels of below-grade parking. The building features a...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Cladding / Recladding, Due Diligence, Masonry-Brick, Office, Walls, Water Leakage

100 Montgomery (Formerly 120 Montgomery)

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Eric Schroter, Carolyn Searls

100 Montgomery (formerly 120 Montgomery) was originally designed by Wilbur D. Peugh to serve as the headquarters for Equitable Life Insurance. Constructed in 1955, the twenty-five story office building is considered a historically-...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Cladding / Recladding, Condition Assessment, Design-Build, Facade Inspection, Fasteners and Connections, High Rise, LEED Projects, Stone, Walls

One Steeplechase

Sterling, VA

Project Contacts: Joseph Rogers, Niklas Vigener

One Steeplechase is a five-story office building completed in 1988. SGH performed a due diligence survey for UBS, who was considering purchasing the building. We identified significant leakage at and around ribbon windows and through the EIFS...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Cladding / Recladding, Plaza, Walls

Natural History Museum

Los Angeles, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

The original structure, constructed in 1913, was designed by local architects Frank Hudson and William A.D. Munsell in the Beaux-Arts tradition with Spanish Renaissance and Romanesque features. The 1913 Building with its iconic rotunda, along...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Cladding / Recladding, Dome, Historic, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Museum, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Walls

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New Jersey Performing Arts Center

University of Connecticut, Wood Hall

University of Connecticut, Edward V. Gant Science Complex

Ten Post Office Square

Polk County Justice Center

Suisun City Harbor Lighthouse

One Bethesda Center

100 Montgomery (Formerly 120 Montgomery)

One Steeplechase

Natural History Museum

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