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Creating a dedicated campus hub for socializing, creativity and relaxation, the building is designed as a gathering place for the university community.
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Creating a dedicated campus hub for socializing, creativity and relaxation, the building is designed as a gathering place for the university community.
What began as an effort to resolve persistent water infiltration became the catalyst for a renovation and expansion that repositioned the facility to support the evolving needs of Pennsylvania State University's Nese College of Nursing.
Designed for pedestrians and cyclists, the project delivered a 650-ft-long by 25-ft-wide cable-stayed structure that closes a half-mile gap in Philadelphia’s trail network.
Topics: Infrastructure
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The 58,000-sq-ft, four-story interdisciplinary science building transforms learning for middle and high school students while remaining deferential to one of Washington, D.C.’s most sensitive historic landscapes.
The project team first strengthened the underlying truss by installing additional steel plates and angles and replacing 70-year-old rivets with high-strength bolts.
Topics: Infrastructure
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The project combined the construction of a new academic building with the renovation and modernization of the former Kirov Academy of Ballet, a historic neoclassical brick building that now houses Washington Latin’s Upper School program.
Long separated by one of southeastern Pennsylvania’s busiest and most congested corridors, the campus quads of Saint Joseph’s University are now united.
The 567,000-sq-ft, two-story structural precast building had three major redesigns, the last of which occurred following a year-long construction pause.
Engineered around the precise flow of the owner’s production process, the 500,000-sq-ft high-performance facility allows North America’s largest manufacturer of aluminum flatbed trailers to consolidate and expand its operations.
The adaptive reuse project transformed a vacant federal-era headquarters into an all-electric office development supporting Washington, D.C.’s downtown revitalization.
Skilled trades were integral to successfully completing the high-end, top-to-bottom upgrade at the headquarters of one of North America’s largest building industry labor unions.
Once featured on the back of the $10 bill, the former Riggs National Bank and American Security and Trust Co. buildings stand among Washington, D.C.’s most storied institutions.