As part of Hawaii Community Development Authority’s (HCDA) plans to redevelop the Kakaako waterfront, we were asked to evaluate the old “Kewalo Incinerator” for possible reuse as a children’s museum. The structure, built in 1943, was constructed of reinforced concrete supported by wood piles and included a prominent 200-foot-tall concrete incinerator smoke stack feature. Despite…
DetailsThe Dunbar Hotel, a 1920s National Register-listed hotel in the historic Central Avenue Jazz District of Los Angeles, was reinvented from a hotel into 83 units of affordable rental apartments for seniors and families. Our structural design included a seismic retrofit for the adaptive reuse of an existing 5-story brick building with a mezzanine over…
DetailsAs a leader in science education, the Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences in Santa Monica boasts an addition to their campus with a 29,000-square-foot Science Education & Research Facility providing a primary science facility for the Upper and Middle School students. The 3-story structure houses 12 labs to enhance the process and student experience…
DetailsThe PS1 Pluralistic School Seismic Retrofit and Expansion consists of a 2-story, 9,500-square-foot addition to the elementary school located in Santa Monica, California. The expansion project consisted of two phases. Phase I included a seismic retrofit of the existing 2-story Buffalo Building including an addition to the first floor, a walkway, and a stairway to…
DetailsCongratulations Siddharth Awasihi, Associate, for being featured in this month’s SEAOSC newsletter!! #englekirkproud
DetailsAdjacent to the Wilshire Vermont Station mixed-use development is the Young Oak Kim Academy which was designed as a prototype “urban academy” on a site with access to the regional subway and bus transportation system. The main middle school structure is a 3-story steel frame building on grade with an eccentric braced frame lateral framing system. There…
DetailsKudos to our Associate, Qingzhi Liu, PhD, PE (Andy) for being published in the May 2020 ACI Structural Journal. #ACI #precastconcrete Performance of a Precast Wall with End Columns Rocking-Wall System with Precast Surrounding Structure
DetailsThe Performing Arts Center is a 31,000-square-foot facility on the campus of Menlo Atherton High School. The auditorium features unique tree-like structural canopies at the entrance lobby and the back of the building. These tree-like canopies are also the main gravity supports for the roof structure in these areas. The inside of the auditorium is…
DetailsThe existing 1938 building is a registered national historic landmark and is comprised of a 4-story conventionally reinforced concrete structure with a 1-level basement. Originally built for the postal services, the new occupants of the building are computer/internet service providers which require extremely high-density UPS and battery back-up power systems to be installed. Architect: Johnson…
Details“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” -H. Jackson Brown, Jr. #Englekirkprojectspotlight As part of the Los Angeles City Adaptive Reuse Program, the Summit on Sixth was the seismic retrofit of an 11-story, 181,000-square-foot steel moment frame office building that has been converted into a condominium. Architect: Van Tilburg, Banvard & Soderbergh…
Details“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. The Art Center College of Design South Campus is a complex of six buildings ranging from 1- to 2-story structures. Originally built in the 1940s as McDonald Douglas Aircraft’s wind tunnel testing facility, it is the home…
Details“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” Dalai Lama The oldest produce market in Los Angeles, City Market South consists of 75,000 square feet of vintage, brick and bow truss warehouses with open plan concrete structures on 2.5 acres at the southern end of the original City Market –…
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