Structural Engineering for Adaptive Residential Reuse of Former School

AFTER: DUFFY SCHOOL APARTMENTS ADDITION

Kramer Marks Architects | Duffy School Apartments

Florence, New Jersey

When the Marcella L. Duffy School was established as Florence School No. 1 in the 1870s, the four-classroom building was the first public school in the community.  Located in Florence, New Jersey, this project involved the development of 53 units of affordable, senior housing.  The original 1870s school building required substantial on-site inspection during construction.  A three-story wood framed addition extended the building.

The project emphasized the adaptive reuse and rehabilitation of the Duffy School into an apartment building featuring historic renovation / revitalization of the former school, completed in 1924, plus new amenities for today's lifestyle.  The sustainable design features of this project satisfy the standards of New Jersey’s ENERGY Efficient Homes and USGBC LEED© for Homes programs.

BEFORE: DUFFY SCHOOL APARTMENTS

AFTER: DUFFY SCHOOL APARTMENTS

Structural Engineering for Adaptive Residential Reuse of Factory

BEFORE | Union Pants Mfg. Co.

Kramer Marks Architects | Mission First Housing

Bordentown, New Jersey

This project involved the development of 48 units of affordable, senior housing. The project features the adaptive reuse and rehabilitation of the former Eagle Shirt Company factory (aka Union Pants Mfg. Co.) into 21 one-bedroom apartments, and the new construction of an addition for 27 one-bedroom aparments. The building required substantial repairs due to fire damage and foundation subsidence. The three-story wood framed addition nearly doubled the footprint of the original building.Five of the 48 units will provide supportive housing or veterans. The sustainable design features of this project satisfy the standards of New Jersey's ENERGY Efficient homes and USGBC LEED for Homes programs.

BEFORE | Union Pants Mfg. Co.

Multi-Discipline Engineering for New Fitness Center

GATEWAY MOTION AND FITNESS

Gateway Motion and Fitness

Lewes, Delaware

Spotts, Stevens and McCoy has been engaged with the Owners of Midway Fitness since 2012, performing a building energy audit, expansion feasibility projects for their existing facility located in Rehoboth DE. After their decision to relocate, SSM was engaged to provide due diligence and concept planning for alternate sites with existing structures and ultimately, the greenfield site selected for development of a new facility, Gateway Motion and Fitness. Due diligence and concept planning included site and civil engineering, and multi-disciplinary building systems.

SSM is partnered with Ambit Architecture to provide professional services to develop new building design from Programming through Construction Documentation and has been further engaged as the Owner’s representative and Project Manager. The project is currently in Design Development Phase. Basis of Design calls for a 48,000 square foot multi-level facility with diverse programmatic needs for fitness, aquatics, physical therapy and administration.

SSM technical services include: structural design, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection and electrical design and Project Management services to coordinate the efforts of the architectural design work of Ambit Architecture, the engineering design teams and the pre-construction services of Wohlsen Construction.

Structural and Building for New Manufacturing and Warehouse Building

First Quality Non Wovens, Inc.

Quandel Construction

Hazleton, Pennsylvania

SSM provided structural engineering and building engineering for four major buildings for First Quality Nonwovens, Inc. as the structural engineering member of the Design Build team for Quandel Construction services. These projects included a Major warehouse addition in McEhlattan, Pennsylvania, two manufacturing plants in Hazelton, Pennsylvania and a paper Mill in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. The buildings included a 70,000 square foot manufacturing plant and a 200,000 square foot warehouse and a 70,000 square foot manufacturing and warehouse building.

Structural Engineering for Manufacturing Expansion

Yuasa Battery Inc.

Laureldale, Pennsylvania

SSM structural engineers prepared the site engineering and structural design for a 74,000 square foot battery warehouse and office building for one of the nation's largest recreational engine battery manufacturers.

The project included high bay storage racks, shipping departments, locker and break room facilities and some office areas.