Cambridge, MA
One Cambridge Place
Scope/Solutions
The headquarters offices of Camp Dresser & McKee occupied two office buildings in Kendall Square. CDM wanted to consolidate offices into a single structure. The developer required the new building within seventeen months in order to fit into CDM’s move plan. The project, which would provide CDM with parking for 235 cars and 160,000 sq ft of office space, needed a compressed design and construction schedule. SGH designed the new nine-story structure in time to obtain building permit sixty days after the initiation of design.
SGH designed a steel braced frame and composite steel beam superstructure with concrete slabs on composite metal deck. Highlights of our work on this project include the following:
- Produced parking layout designs to accommodate public relations and permitting issues
- Issued an early foundation design package to gain time in the architect’s schedule
- Prepared steel reinforcement shop drawings for the foundation and the first floor slab, cutting approximately six weeks from the schedule
- Developed waterproofing details
- Designed blind side waterproofing due to the proximity of the new building to an existing nine-story building on the east side of the site
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Project Summary
2000
Completion Date
Solutions
New Construction
Services
Building Enclosures | Structures
Markets
Commercial
Client(s)
The Bulfinch Companies, Inc.
Specialized Capabilities
Building Design | Roofing & Waterproofing
Key team members
Additional Projects
Northeast
75 State Street
The use of gold leaf in Boston dates back nearly 300 years. This material, however, was untried and unproven on a large scale for modern buildings until the construction of 75 State Street in the late 1980s. SGH evaluated the technology and its applicability to the granite for the building.
Northeast
1301 Atwood Avenue
SGH provided building enclosure and building science consulting, laboratory analysis, construction administration, and field testing services for the project at 1301 Atwood Avenue.