REINFORCING EXISTING ROOF FRAMING AND TRUSSES – WHY AND HOW
Designing roof framing for new buildings is relatively easy. Most of our architect clients already have a solid vision of the basic materials, methods and layout. Our job is to… Read More »
Articles by John Turner, P.E.
Mass Audobon – existing plans, HVAC designs
Our friends at the amazing Chapman Construction (https://www.chap-con.com/) introduced us to the equally amazing Mass Audubon (https://www.massaudubon.org/) last year. Since then, we’ve done a variety of projects for them and… Read More »
HYBRID HEATING SYSTEMS
One of my favorite seminars of my professional life was by a Boston based Mechanical Engineer. The topic was how to size a replacement heating/cooling system for an existing building. … Read More »
Saint Anselm College Servery
Eckman Construction is about to rally the troops to implement an amazing renovation of the nearly 40 year old “Servery” at Saint Anselm College. Dennis Mires the Architect has led… Read More »
Laser Scanning Existing Building Conditions
Allow me to first offer my confession – I’m a Yankee, and compared to many, a relatively slow adopter of technology. The transition to digital photography, GPS in our cars,… Read More »
Return on Investment in Engineering
Of all our 2021 projects, one of our favorites was the waterfront cottage where, when the rest of the world was panicking about skyrocketing lumber prices and “supply chain trouble”,… Read More »
3D Scan on Existing Conditions
Allow me to first offer my confession – I’m a Yankee, and compared to many, a relatively slow adopter of technology. The transition to digital photography, GPS in our cars… Read More »
Combining Living and Working Space
When I first saw the architectural plans for renovations to this property at 135 North State Street, Concord, NH, I did a double take. It has an eclectic mix of… Read More »
Carriage House Rescue
So many great things came out of 2020. One of the many is that our long-time friends at 101-103 School Street Condominium in Concord said yes to proceeding with needed… Read More »
Load Bearing Walls Beat LVL Beams
We have had the pleasure of working with Chuck Wood of Colonial Builders recently. He is leading spectacular renovations of a few old buildings in Concord. Each time I visit… Read More »