We’ve enjoyed helping both JAD Design Group and Hills Brothers Construction with their new construction homes in Lexington, MA. JAD Design Group specializes in designing beautiful homes including renderings, floor plans, elevations and much more. With our structural design considerations and high-quality builds of Hills Brothers Construction, these homes have turned out absolutely gorgeous.
Helical piers offer a unique foundation solution in places where traditional concrete foundations are difficult or impossible to install. Helical piers reassemble giant screws and that is essentially what they are. Their strength comes from the screw biting into soil and can be determined by measuring the torque applied to the piers. If the soil… Read More »
Early this summer, we had two great opportunities to work alongside All-Pro Plumbing and Heating and Northpoint Construction Management to design the plumbing at new Lexington Eye facilities in Massachusetts. Both facilities required new plumbing renovations in existing commercial buildings. Great communication and a skilled team made this project a breeze to work on. Team… Read More »
Check out the construction progress of the warehouse/fulfillment center for which we are architects and structural engineers of record. Photo 1-The main entrance is coming together. One of the most important features – the sign – is in! Photo 2-Exterior loading dock concrete slabs recently constructed. Dock levelers will soon be installed to make… Read More »
New Hampshire is called “the granite state,” but there is actually very little granite. Most of the rock in NH is metamorphic, not igneous like granite. It would be better to call New Hampshire “the rock state.” We have a lot of rocks. There are many New Hampshire regions where shallow bedrock and/or glacial till… Read More »
A few years ago, I was watching the popular reality game show, “Survivor”. For the few that are not familiar with the show, the premises evolves around stranding a handful of contestants in a remote location and having them survive in the wilderness for about a month. Of course, one of the first basic needs… Read More »
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the most popular rating system used for green buildings. It is not required for a building to be LEED certified but it does provide certain advantages including having significantly higher occupancy rates, reduced energy bills and opportunities for tax breaks or other monetary incentives. There are three… Read More »
I had the opportunity to visit the recently completed Bean Cove project and was truly blown away. It was a treat to provide structural engineering on this project. This modern lake house is a modern Architectural marvel with long horizontal lines, overhanging roofs, and floor-to-ceiling glass walls that would make Frank Lloyd Wright proud. All… Read More »
There truly is something magical about New Hampshire lake towns in the warm summer months. Kids ride their bikes to get ice cream in town, couples sip coffee on their porch and watch the morning unfold across the lake, neighbors get together to enjoy a lakeside fire in the dusk. Anyone who has spent time… Read More »
We are often asked: “do you need to inspect the structure you designed during construction?” Of course, we WANT to see cool stuff be built, and we care that it is built according to plan. But the answer, in short, is no. The 2015 International Building Code requires that many building elements and systems be… Read More »
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