Projects

23 Projects

New York State Capitol Building

Albany

Project Contacts:

The New York State Capitol was designed by a succession of architects, including H.H. Richardson and Leopold Eidlitz. Constructed in stages between 1870 and 1900, the building features Second...

University of Arizona, Phoenix Biomedical Campus, Health Science Education Building

Phoenix

Project Contacts:

Delbert Bern, Eric Schroter

The six-story Health Sciences Education Building at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus houses classrooms, lecture halls, offices, and a below-grade research core. The cladding consists of a 45,000 sq...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Award Winning, Below-Grade, Building Science, Classroom, Curtain Wall, Design-Build, Field Testing, LEED Projects, Metal, Metal-Copper, Preengineered/Prefabricated/Modular, Signature Project, Thermal and Moisture Drive

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 10 Great Dome

Cambridge

Project Contacts:

Peter Babaian, Emily Hopps

MIT’s Main Group Buildings, dedicated in 1916, include Building 10 with its prominent limestone- and copper-clad Great Dome. SGH investigated leakage into the Barker Library below the Great Dome...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Award Winning, Dome, Library, Masonry, Metal, Metal-Copper, Mockup, Preservation Technology , Signature Project, Stone-Limestone, Thermal and Moisture Drive, Waterproofing

Museum of the Bible

Washington

Project Contacts:

Bradford Carpenter, Dean Rutila

At 140 ft long and 40 ft high, the Museum of the Bible is one of the largest museums in Washington. The privately funded project provides a repository for thousands of biblical and historical...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Keywords:Award Winning, Curtain Wall, Industrial Rope Access, Metal-Copper, Mockup, Roofing, Skylight

1701 Rhode Island Avenue NW

Washington

Project Contacts:

Jeffrey Kerr, John Jackson

Previously a YMCA, the base structure for 1701 Rhode Island Avenue NW was repurposed for use as an office building, with new interiors and a modern building enclosure. The seven-story building...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Office

Keywords:Construction Administration, Curtain Wall, Masonry, Metal-Copper, Peer Review

Harvard University, Lowell House

Cambridge

Project Contacts:

Matthew Bronski, Erik Farrington, Katherine Wissink

Lowell House, a neo-Georgian building constructed in 1930, is Harvard University’s largest undergraduate residence hall. As part of a larger dormitory renewal program, the university undertook a...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Dormitory, Interior Renovation, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Metal-Copper, Preservation Technology , Renovation, Revit/BIM, Roof Replacement, Roofing, Stone-Limestone, Stone-Slate, Structural Strengthening, Windows, Wood

Midtown Center

Washington

Project Contacts:

Bradford Carpenter, John Jackson

The development, which replaces the former Washington Post building, gets its signature look with corrugated, pre-patinated copper and glass curtain walls and three crisscrossing skybridges with...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Office

Keywords:Award Winning, Below-Ground Waterproofing, Curtain Wall, Metal-Copper, Plaza, Roofing, Waterproofing

Providence Public Library

Providence

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,...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Cultural

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

New Hampshire State House

Concord

Project Contacts:

Jeffry Ceruti

The monumental dome on the New Hampshire State House is gilded in gold leaf. After regilding in the early 1990s, the gold leaf started discoloring. The state wanted to understand the cause of...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Materials Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Award Winning, Deterioration, Dome, Materials Analysis, Metal-Copper, Roofing

de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park

San Francisco

Project Contacts:

Kenneth Klein

The original museum opened in Golden Gate Park in 1895. Damaged beyond repair by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the building was demolished in 2000 to make way for a new 292,000 sq ft building...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Materials Investigation

Markets:Cultural