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Bowdoin College Chapel

Brunswick, ME

The Chapel at Bowdoin College, built between 1844 and 1855, was designed by Richard Upjohn in the German Romanesque style. The chapel is symmetrical in plan and contains a central nave flanked by two side aisles and bell towers with stone spires...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Investigation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Award Winning, Cracking, Finite Element Analysis, Historic, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Masonry, Metal, Metal-Copper, Preservation Technology , Religious, Roofing, Spire/Bell Tower, Stone, Stone-Granite

Colby College Museum of Art, Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion

Waterville, ME

Project Contacts: Peter Babaian

The Colby Museum of Art offers 38,000 sq ft of exhibition space within a building built over many decades. In 2007, Peter and Paula Lunder donated their personal art collection of over 500 works of art to the college. Needing space to...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Addition, Glass and Glazing, LEED Projects, Museum, Thermal and Moisture Drive

Hamilton College, Kevin and Karen Kennedy Center for Theatre and the Studio Arts

Clinton, NY

Project Contacts: Peter Babaian, Emily Hopps

Knowing that many of their arts programs were outgrowing the existing spaces, Hamilton College sought to develop new facilities to serve their growing needs and integrate the programs through closer proximity of the arts buildings. In...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Air Barrier, Award Winning, Below-Grade, Below-Ground Waterproofing, Concrete-Precast, Curtain Wall, Field Testing, Roofing, Theater/Performing Arts, Waterproofing

University of Connecticut, Fine Arts Building

Storrs, CT

Project Contacts: Jason Der Ananian, Susan Knack-Brown

The University of Connecticut’s (UConn’s) Fine Arts Building is a u-shaped, two-story building built in 1974. The building is a ribbed concrete masonry unit load-bearing structure with low-slope built-up roofs, batten-seam metal...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Civil: On-Site Stormwater Management, Classroom, Condition Assessment, Drainage, Masonry-CMU, Roofing, Water Leakage

University of Connecticut, Family Studies Building

Storrs, CT

Project Contacts: Joshua Kivela, Michael Louis

Home to the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and Lu’s Café, the Family Studies Building at the University of Connecticut features ornamental limestone cornices and window surrounds, mass brick masonry walls, slate...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Glass and Glazing, Mockup, Preservation Technology , Windows

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, Avery Point Student Center

Groton, CT

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson

The new student center at University of Connecticut’s Avery Point Campus is a hub for student activity. The project team capitalized on the combination of renovated spaces and a new addition, unique geometry, and variety of building...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Addition, LEED Projects, Renovation, Revit/BIM, Stair

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

Brandeis University, Carl J. Shapiro Science Center

Waltham, MA

Project Contacts: Michael Louis, Derek McCowan, Pedro Sifre

The Carl J. Shapiro Science Center project consisted of 155,000 sq ft of new construction, 40,000 sq ft of renovated space, and infrastructure upgrades. The existing science complex comprises eight main buildings and several secondary...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Award Winning, Classroom, Concrete, Concrete-Cast-in-Place, Curtain Wall, Laboratory, Power, Roofing, School, Shear Wall, Tunnel, Waterproofing

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rockwell Athletic Cage Building (W33)

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Greggrey Cohen, Jeffrey Langlois

The W33 Cage Building is a 28,000 sq ft athletic facility with a roof structure that comprises arched-chord lattice trusses with 100 ft spans. MIT wanted to restore the wood trusses, which have been in service for more than fifty years. SGH...

Services:Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Sport/Entertainment, Structural Strengthening, Truss, Wood

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Bowdoin College Chapel

Colby College Museum of Art, Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion

Hamilton College, Kevin and Karen Kennedy Center for Theatre and the Studio Arts

University of Connecticut, Fine Arts Building

University of Connecticut, Family Studies Building

University of Connecticut, Wood Hall

University of Connecticut, Avery Point Student Center

University of Connecticut, Edward V. Gant Science Complex

Brandeis University, Carl J. Shapiro Science Center

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rockwell Athletic Cage Building (W33)

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