South Hadley, MA
Mount Holyoke College, Boat House
Scope/Solutions
The Mount Holyoke College rowing team needed a permanent riverside boat house. Through a partnership with the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the new boat house also provides a space for community programming and access for disabled rowers. SGH was the structural engineer for the new boat house.
SGH designed the boat house structure, located on the Connecticut River in a flood zone, in accordance with FEMA “wet-floodproofing” standards to allow the building to withstand occasional flooding.
Highlights of our structural design also include the following:
- Designed the timber-framed superstructure to allow for two large, column-free, boat storage bays and support for future vertical expansion, including an elevator and storage mezzanine
- Detailed the long skylight at the roof ridge to resist wind and seismic loading
- Developed special detailing and designed built-up wind girts constructed of engineered timber to limited the need for lateral bracing
- Collaborated with the architect to provide material efficiency and uniform appearance exposed framing and to accomplish the architectural vision by aligning details with windows and flood doors in the foundation stem walls
Photo courtesy of Peterson Architects
Photo courtesy of Peterson Architects
Photo courtesy of Peterson Architects
Photo courtesy of Peterson Architects
Photo courtesy of Peterson Architects
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Project Summary
2006
Completion Date
Solutions
New Construction
Services
Structures | Performance & Code Consulting
Markets
Education
Client(s)
Peterson Architects
Specialized Capabilities
Building Design | Risk & Resilience Assessment
Key team members
Additional Projects
Northeast
University of Connecticut, Wood Hall
SGH completed a hands-on investigation of the masonry facade to determine causes for masonry deterioration and apparent leakage into the building. We designed comprehensive repairs to the facade including rebuilding the gable end walls as veneer walls with a back-up waterproofing system.
Northeast
University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2)
As part of the M2D2 renovation for the University of Massachusetts, SGH evaluated the adequacy of the heavy timber structure to support new office and laboratory space.