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Building Design: Colt Gateway – Hartford, CT  GM2 is providing the structural engineering services for the renovation of more than 1 million square feet in this historic armory complex for residential, commercial and office space. Structural engineering duties for the project include: inspection and assessment of the two oldest (circa 1855) buildings; inspection and analysis of the existing boiler plant building; design of a new micro-pile supported interior floor slab and cooling tower frame for the existing boiler plant to facilitate a complete replacement of the mechanical systems; inspection, assessment, analysis, and design of modifications to the historic East Armory (shown above left) for a very large heat pump piping system; extensive structural repairs to deteriorated concrete frame buildings; structural modifications for new elevator installations in existing buildings; reconstruction and reinforcement of existing exterior walls; design of new connecting structures, loading docks and entrance canopies; and design of site walls and screen walls. Micropile installation shown above right. |
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