The nine-story Main Building, constructed in the early 1970s, featured a glass and aluminum curtain wall. SGH investigated water leakage and prepared repair concepts for the owner’s consideration.
MIT’s Main Group Buildings, dedicated in 1916, include Building 10 with its prominent limestone- and copper-clad Great Dome. SGH investigated leakage into the Barker Library below the Great Dome and developed a durable repair solution...
Babson College wanted to expand and modernize the existing Webster Athletic Center and undertook a project to renovate the existing facility and construct an addition that nearly doubled the facility’s size. Together, the two structures are...
Balancing the need for more space with a commitment to keeping the growing collection on campus, the University of Chicago undertook constructing a new library building that connects to the existing Regenstein Library. The design takes advantage...
The Avalon Dogpatch development brings three residential buildings to the neighborhood formerly defined by its waterfront commerce and working class residences. The five-story buildings are visually different, but complement each other with their...
Sited on the edge of Black Hill Regional Park in the heart of Montgomery County, Lerner Black Hill offers neighborhood conveniences with accessibility to nearby Washington, DC. The apartment complex, with multiple low-rise buildings around shared...
With an oceanfront site and three floors of amenities, the Jade Signature brings a resort experience to residents’ everyday life. The fifty-five-story condominium building features an exposed cast-in-place structure, large expanses of glass...
The mixed-use development at 400 Folsom Street includes a fifty-five-story tower (The Avery) and two low-rise buildings designed by the executive architecture team of Office for Metropolitan Architecture and Fougeron Architecture. Together, the...
Designed by Renzo Piano, the new home for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures showcases movie history. The project included a major renovation to the former May Company Building with a striking new spherical addition housing a 1000-seat theater...
With industrial design features, 10 Farnsworth Street celebrates the history of its Fort Point neighborhood. The six-story building houses ground-level retail, eight loft-style condominiums sharing access to a rooftop amenity deck, and one...
Natural disasters can significantly damage buildings and disrupt operations. With flooding as the nation’s leading cause of disaster, it is important for facility owners and managers to understand flood risk and possible mitigation options.
The October 2018 issue of Construction Specifier magazine features an article by Jonathan Stafford and Xiu Li. The article, “Waterproofing Elevator Pits 101,” discusses the challenges of designing waterproofing systems for...
Slab design and preparation is critical to a project’s success and requires close attention to both structural and waterproofing concerns during the design process. It is important to understand how different types of concrete slabs are applied to help project teams design and construct the right type of slab for long-term performance.
On 15 June, Building Enclosure magazine published the article “Designing for the Challenges of Zinc Roofing,” written by Jeff Ceruti, Dan Clark, and ...
Large rooftop mechanical equipment, such as air handling units (AHU), can be an important component of a building’s exterior envelope. However, it is critical that the skin of this equipment be designed or constructed with principles...
Narrow roofs and other façade articulations are often designed and detailed with waterproofing characteristics similar to adjacent vertical wall surfaces, leaving the narrow roof assembly with insufficient waterproofing performance and risk of...
Phil Moser and Tony Khoury recently published an article in Civil + Structural Engineer magazine that discusses new testing and research of the interlayer shear strength of asphalt concrete pavement (ACP) and waterproofing membrane systems.
Matthew Normandeau, Paul Sujka, and Alex Kosis published an article in Building Enclosure magazine article that explores below-grade waterproofing warranties. In “Below-Grade Waterproofing Warranties: The Common Misperception,” the...
Waterproofing membranes help to prevent corrosion, but can also reduce the shear strength at the interface between pavement and the underlying concrete structure.