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PROJECT NAME: |
Georgetown Safeway, 1855 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC |
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Description |
The old Safeway was razed for the construction of a
71,076 s.f. new two-story building, completed in only 376 days.
On the ground floor, there are 7,000 s.f.
of street shops with entrances on Wisconsin Avenue. The building
included two levels of parking: level one is covered by the store and level
two is located on a deck behind the store. |
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Project Highlights |
GC&T provided
a full array of services for the project including: (i) The
preparation of a Pre-Construction Conditions Survey covering adjacent buildings, including the Boys and Girls Club and the Citibank branch; (ii)
Geotechnical Engineering Consultation
Services during the demolition of the existing store in order to utilize
existing structures for the construction of the new building; (iii) Vibration Monitoring to evaluate the
levels of vibration generated during demolition and construction, and its
possible effect on the adjacent structures; (iv) Construction
Materials Testing and Inspection services that included field and laboratory
soils and concrete testing during construction; (v)
Structural
Steel inspection that included inspection of the sufficient number of bolted connections,
visual inspection of field-applied welds, and field erection of steel frame
for plumbness and
level. |
