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Solving engineering challenges for the businesses people rely on.

Commercial real estate has a critical role in keeping our communities productive and vibrant. These spaces are the offices where employees work; the laboratories where scientists conduct research; the hotels, malls, and restaurants where families and friends gather; and the mixed-use buildings where people live, work, and play. SGH collaborates with owners, property managers, project teams, and tenants to understand the project goals and provide engineering consulting services to:

  • Design new structures and building enclosures to achieve the architectural vision, desired layouts, and performance goals
  • Consult on code compliance, such as energy use, fire life safety, accessibility, facade safety, and resilience
  • Evaluate existing building systems as part of prepurchase or condition surveys to help owners and managers plan and budget for future work
  • Design structural and building enclosure modifications for renovations, tenant fitouts, repositioning, or adaptive reuse projects
  • Diagnose deterioration and building performance issues and design repairs that minimize disruption to occupants
  • Investigate existing building materials, components, and systems, and test new ones in our Applied Science & Research Center

Our multidisciplinary teams develop engineering solutions for new construction and existing building projects.

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In many people’s minds, resilience is related exclusively to redundancy or robustness – the ability of a system to take a punch without collapsing. However, resilience goes beyond redundancy and robustness. It also involves the ability of a system to adapt to changing conditions and recover within an acceptable period of time to avoid excessive business interruption.

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Featured Projects

West

Wilshire Grand Center

At 1,100 ft in height, Wilshire Grand Center is one of the tallest buildings west of the Mississippi River. The tower houses below-grade parking, ground-level retail, eighteen floors of leasable office space, and 890 rooms for the InterContinental Hotel.
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Midwest

Hyatt Place

The six-story hotel also houses a one-story conference center at the south end. Shortly after construction, hotel personnel observed leaks at several locations. The original contractor asked SGH to investigate the leaks, develop a repair plan, and oversee repairs.
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