Projects

11 Projects

Millennium Tower, 301 Mission Street

San Francisco

Project Contacts:

With bedrock more than 200 ft below street level, the fifty-eight-story Millennium Tower, like most downtown high-rises, is founded on piles driven through soft, compressible clay soils deposited...

Services:Structural Investigation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Building Settlement, Concrete, Concrete-Post-tensioned, Concrete-Reinforced, Foundation, High Rise, Nonlinear, Pile, Retrofit/Upgrade, Seismic Analyses, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit, Settlement

ITC Crossing

Mount Olive

Project Contacts:

Phillip Sharff, Bryan Strohman

During construction of the ITC Crossing development, sections of corrugated metal pipe (CMP) and reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) in the storm drainage system were found to be structurally...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Water/Wastewater

Keywords:Concrete-Reinforced, Culverts and Storm Drains, Drainage, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Metal, Pipe

Stroube Drain

Oxnard

Project Contacts:

James McDonald, James Parker, Phillip Sharff

After constructing the first 1.5 mi of the Stroube Drain cast-in-place, reinforced concrete box culvert, the owner discovered the design did not consider live loads for the most severe traffic...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Water/Wastewater

Keywords:Concrete, Concrete-Reinforced, Condition Assessment, Cracking, Culvert, Culverts and Storm Drains, Expert Testimony, Storm Drains

1101 Second Avenue

Seattle

Project Contacts:

Ronald Hamburger

The concrete building at 1101 Second Avenue, originally developed in 1967 as the headquarters for Washington Mutual Savings Bank, was designed by the northwest modernist architect, Paul Thiry. ...

Services:Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Concrete, Concrete-Carbon Fiber Reinforced, Concrete-Post-tensioned, Concrete-Precast, Concrete-Reinforced, High Rise, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit

2000 Commonwealth Avenue

Boston

On 25 January 1971, the sixteen-story apartment building at 2000 Commonwealth Avenue progressively collapsed during concrete placement for the mechanical penthouse floor slab above the main roof...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Residential - Apartment

Keywords:Collapse, Concrete-Reinforced, Failure Investigation

Brown University, Charles Giancarlo Engineering Laboratories

Providence

Project Contacts:

James Parker

SGH was the structural engineer for the new Charles H. Giancarlo Engineering Laboratories building at Brown University. The building, with a prominent position on campus, works as an entrance to...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Award Winning, Concrete-Reinforced, New Construction, Laboratory, Metal-Steel

Miami-Dade Government Center

Miami

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

San Luis Obispo County Government Center

San Luis Obispo

Project Contacts:

Ronald Hamburger, Stephen Harris

When the old San Luis County Government Center building had reached its capacity, the City of San Luis Obispo decided to build a new structure to provide additional office space. The new San Luis...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Government

Keywords:Award Winning, Below-Grade, Concrete-Reinforced, New Construction, Parking Structure, Waterproofing

R.O. Pickard Environmental Centre Expansion (ROPEC)

Ottawa

Project Contacts:

Atis Liepins

For the R.O. Pickard Environmental Centre digester expansion program, the owner's engineer envisioned two structurally-identical, modified, egg-shaped digesters founded on drilled piers extending...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Water/Wastewater

Keywords:Concrete, Concrete-Post-tensioned, Concrete-Prestressed, Concrete-Reinforced, Finite Element Analysis, International, Pile, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit, Tank

John Muir Medical Center, Seismic Retrofits

Concord

Project Contacts:

Anindya Dutta, Stephen Harris

In the event of an earthquake, hospitals must remain standing and should be functional, if possible. The poor performance of older hospitals observed following the 1994 Northridge earthquake...

Services:Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Health Care

Keywords:Concrete-Reinforced, Hospital, Nonlinear, Seismic Engineering and Retrofit