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National Missile Defense, Inflated Fabric Radome for Sea-Based X-Band Radar

United States

Project Contacts: Frank Kan, Mehdi Zarghamee

The Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) is a major component of the Ground-Based Mid-Course Missile Defense (GMD). The SBX is a mechanically steerable, phased-array radar antenna mounted on a self-propelled, ocean-going, semi-submersible platform. This...

Services:Materials Design, Structural Design

Markets:Science & Defense

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Engineering Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Materials Analysis, Materials Testing for Design, Wind Engineering

Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George

Staten Island, NY

Project Contacts: William Konicki, Joseph Zona

The City of New York wanted to build a minor league baseball stadium on the north shore of Staten Island. The project team had concerns that included the effects of wind on pedestrian comfort and on the games played at the three-level, 6,...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Sports & Entertainment

Keywords:Arena/Stadium, New Construction, Foundation, Geotechnical, Ground (Soil) Improvement, Wind Engineering

John Hancock Tower

Boston, MA

Designed by I.M. Pei & Associates, the John Hancock Tower in Boston’s Back Bay is clad with reflective glass. The sixty-story John Hancock Tower was still under construction in 1972 when many of the reflective glass units began to...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Curtain Wall, Expert Testimony, Failure Investigation, Glass and Glazing, High Rise, Wind Engineering, Windows

Miami-Dade Government Center

Miami, FL

When pieces of the 4 in. thick limestone facade began falling off the 500 ft tall Miami-Dade Government Center, SGH investigated the cause of distress.

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Government

Keywords:Concrete-Reinforced, Curtain Wall, Expert Testimony, Field Testing, High Rise, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Masonry, Monitoring, Stone-Limestone, Wind Engineering

Prudential Gateway Center

Newark, NJ

Project Contacts: Mehdi Zarghamee

Built in 1983 and 1987, Two and Three Gateway Center served as the headquarters of Prudential Real Estate. The glass/metal curtain walls of these fifteen- and nineteen-story buildings suffered from nickel sulfide (NiS) induced spontaneous...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Construction Administration, Cracking, Curtain Wall, Expert Testimony, Field Testing, Glass and Glazing, Sealant, Wind Engineering, Windows