Centerpoint Development
N. Howard and W. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, Maryland
The Centerpoint project consisted of redevelopment of an entire city block that was once home to abandoned and derelict buildings being redeveloped into a new mixed-use space with supporting parking garage. This included a new 16-story tower, a 6-story residential building, and a new 8-story garage.
The design of the new structures was complicated by the presence of MTA tunnels directly below the site and an active stone lined CSX railroad tunnel running along N. Howard Street. DWK was the Geotechnical Engineer of Record for the project and provided foundation design recommendations that included a analysis of the impact of the new structures on the existing subsurface tunnels. These foundation options included mat foundation and large diameter drilled shafts.
Lexington Market
400 W. Lexington St.
Baltimore, Maryland
The expansion of Lexington Market consisted of a new 3-story market building on the site of the existing historic market which lies directly adjacent to the MTA subway line.
DWK was the Geotechnical Engineer of Record and provided subsurface investigation and foundation recommendations. The foundation design of the new building required accommodation with the existing Lexington Market Subway Station and MTA tunnels running along the east side of the site. The new building was constructed using Auger Pressure Grouted (APG) piles designed to mitigate impact of the new building to the existing subsurface structures.
Everyman Theatre
513 W. Fayette St.
Baltimore, Maryland
The new theater was constructed by structurally renovating an existing building that lay directly over two Maryland Transit Authority (MTA) subway tunnels. As part of the new construction, infilling of a portion of the basement, construction of new foundation, and construction of new elevated slabs were required. DWK was the Geotechnical Engineer of Record for this project and provided analysis of the impact of the new structure to the existing tunnel.
University of Maryland Baltimore School of Nursing
655 W. Lombard St.
Baltimore, Maryland
This new building addition was constructed adjacent to the existing School of Nursing. This structure consisted of 2 above grade levels and one below-grade level. DWK was the Geotechnical Engineer of Record for the project, provided foundation design recommendations, and construction observation and testing. The site was underlain by a alluvial soils related to a historic stream channel overlying natural Residual soils.
DWK provided an economical foundation solution consisting of shallow spread footings and provided recommendations for support of excavation and dewatering to meet the needs of the challenging below-grade urban construction required to complete the project.
University of Maryland BioPark
801 W. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, Maryland
D.W. Kozera was the Geotechnical Engineer of Record for this 6-story concrete lab and office building. As the gateway to UMD’s BioPark, this 238,000 square foot building hosts loaded shell lab, pre-constructed wet labs, office, and conference space for emerging scientific companies.
Subsurface conditions consisted of existing Man-placed Fill soils containing remnants of previously demolished structures overlying dense granular soils and amphibolite bedrock. To support column loads of up to 2,400 kips, a series of 42- and 54- inch. diameter drilled shafts were designed.