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Summer Star Wildlife Sanctuary

Boylston, MA

Project Contacts: Erik Farrington, Pedro Sifre

As a gateway to the expansive forty-five acre sanctuary, the Trailhead House offers visitors an opportunity to learn about the area’s woodlands and wildlife. Given the sanctuary’s focus on preserving the natural environment, the...

Service:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, BIM, Concrete, Green / Sustainable Design, LEED Projects, Metal-Steel, Revit/BIM, Wood

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...

Service:Structural Investigation, Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Cultural

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

San Francisco War Memorial Veterans Building

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Ronald Hamburger, Stephen Harris, Carolyn Searls

The San Francisco War Memorial Veterans Building and adjacent Opera House are aesthetically-similar, Beaux-Arts structures commemorating U.S. veterans of World War I. The Veterans Building provides office and meeting space for veterans...

Service:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Code Compliance, Historic, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Metal, Metal-Steel, Monumental Buildings, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Revit/BIM, Roofing, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit, Skylight, Stone-Granite, Theater/Performing Arts

Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

The Boston Harbor Island Alliance and the National Park Service wanted the first permanent structure on the Rose Kennedy Greenway to act as a beacon, attracting people to Boston’s Harbor Islands. In collaboration with Utile, SGH designed...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Concrete, Construction Consulting, Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Metal, Metal-Steel, Mockup, Renewable Energy: Photovoltaics

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), East Station Plaza, Danseurs (Dancing Ladies)

Union City, CA

Project Contacts: John Sumnicht

Union City sought to develop a civic plaza with a featured centerpiece and commissioned a terraced fountain with three bronze Danseurs on platforms positioned within the fountain. With the fountain located only 0.6 mi northeast from the Hayward...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Award Winning, Base Isolation, Seismic Isolation

9 Ash Street

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Bronski, Matthew Johnson

Designed by Philip Johnson, the house at 9 Ash Street was his Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) thesis project. He studied modularization and used prefabricated wood-framed panels for the home’s floor, walls, roof, and...

Service:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Preservation Technology , Residential, Roofing, Window Wall, Wood

Quantum Me and Quantum Dee Sculptures

Davis McCarty, a Chicago-based artist, exhibits his sculptures at museums, iconic buildings, and art festivals around the world. As part of Mayor Emanuel’s 50 x 50 Neighborhood Arts Project, the Beverly Area Arts Alliance and 49th Ward...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Cultural, Metal-Aluminum, Metal-Steel, Wind Loads

The Phillips Collection

Washington, DC

Project Contacts: Matthew Daw, Michael Zajac

The Phillips Collection opened in 1921. The four-story Georgian Revival residence was constructed in 1897 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum wanted to upgrade their heating, ventilation, and air conditioning...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Equipment, Historic, Metal-Steel, Museum, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology

Providence Public Library

Providence, RI

Project Contacts: Susan Knack-Brown

The Providence Public Library includes the original 1900 renaissance masonry building and the 1953 neoclassical Empire Street Addition. SGH investigated the condition of the building enclosures, prioritized repair recommendations, and identified...

Service:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Deterioration, Facade Inspection, Masonry-Brick, Metal, Metal-Copper, Preservation Technology , Roofing, Stone, Stone-Limestone, Water Leakage

House of the Future

Anaheim, CA

Project Contacts: Mehdi Zarghamee

In 1954, the Monsanto Chemical Company provided funding to Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Plastics Research Laboratory to develop a futuristic house made of plastics. One goal was to demonstrate that a modular, cost-effective, and...

Service:Materials Design, Structural Design

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Materials Analysis, Plastic/Composite, Research/Development, Signature Project, Thermal

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Summer Star Wildlife Sanctuary

National September 11 Memorial and Museum

San Francisco War Memorial Veterans Building

Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), East Station Plaza, Danseurs (Dancing Ladies)

9 Ash Street

Quantum Me and Quantum Dee Sculptures

The Phillips Collection

Providence Public Library

House of the Future

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