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Evergreen Mercantile Retail & Office Building Completed(0)

August 24, 2010

The transformation of the Evergreen Mercantile building (formerly the BMC Building) in Bergen Park is now complete. EV Studio completed plans for the exterior facelift of the building which included the addition of new siding, an upgraded parapet wall, new storefront openings and the covered walkway in front of the building. The design for the [...]

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The ‘NEW’ ADA Guide book

Upcoming changes in ADA accessibility laws have been long in the making but will have far reaching effects.

Field Drilling Holes in Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) Beams

Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) is a manufactured structural wood product that is utilized when the strength requirements of a timber beam exceed that of your typical sawn lumber beam. LVLs are produced by taking wafer thin slices of wood and sandwiching them together (see photo below). Each slice of wood is oriented with the grain [...]

Notching of Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) Beams

In a structural engineer’s perfect world everything would fit in the field exactly like it was drawn on paper. In my 10 year career that has yet to happen. This is especially true for projects such as additions to residential or commercial buildings where we are not always privy to the exact geometrical attributes of [...]


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