Yearly Archives: 2021
Happy Holidays from ZSPosted by: ZS on December 15, 2021
As the holiday season is upon us, our thoughts turn gratefully to those who have made our success this year possible. It is in this spirit that we say THANK YOU and send best wishes to all for the holidays & New Year.
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Posted by: ZS on October 22, 2021
ZS, MKB Architects, and CD Smith complete Milwaukee St. Francis of Assisi Parish Restoration St. Francis of Assisi In 2020, construction began at the St. Francis of Assisi Parish and the Capuchin Franciscan of St. Joseph restoration project in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The design team was led by McBride, Kelly, Baurer Architects and the construction team was led by CD Smith. ZS joined the team as the Building Enclosure and Structural Restoration Consultant. The first phase of the project included a 30,000 square-foot renovation of the 145-year-old St. Francis Monastery, and the second phase included a 16,000 square-foot addition on the St…
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Posted by: ZS on September 22, 2021
ZS continues Fall Protection System Installation at Komatsu North American Headquarters ZS was selected by Komatsu and Hunzinger Construction to provide roof access and fall protection design-build services for Komatsu’s new North American headquarters in Milwaukee’s Harbor District. The currently under construction headquarters includes 176,000 square feet of offices and 430,000 square feet of manufacturing space. ZS designed and is currently overseeing the installation of an engineered fall restraint system that will allow safe and OSHA compliant roof maintenance access at the new headquarters. The engineered system will utilize over 150 engineered fall restraint anchors and almost a mile of..
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Posted by: ZS on April 30, 2021
ZS Awarded Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport Project Milwaukee County Department of Administrative Services awarded ZS a contract to perform structural engineering services to rehabilitate the stair towers of the parking structure at General Mitchell International Airport (GMIA) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The scope includes structural assessment, preparation of repair construction bid documents, and construction oversight for the structural repairs and rehabilitation. The GMIA parking structure was completed in three phases with the original structure being constructed in 1977, followed by a west addition in 1989 and a north addition in 2002. Stair towers’ repair construction is anticipated to start Spring 2022. Dr…
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Posted by: ZS on March 25, 2021
ZS Continues Building Enclosure Restoration at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute Museum The Oriental Institute is the University of Chicago’s interdisciplinary research organization for ancient Near Eastern studies, and archeology museum, designed by the late Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, and opened to the public in 1931. After over eighty years of stress on the building enclosure, the University of Chicago selected ZS to design and oversee multi-phase construction for a complete exterior façade rehabilitation. Repair work started in the summer of 2017 and was performed while the building was occupied and functional. ZS returned to the Oriental Institute in the summers of 2018..
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Posted by: ZS on March 15, 2021
ZS Joins the New Milwaukee Public Museum Project Team Current Milwaukee Public Museum ZS is excited to share that we are a member of the design team selected to design the future home of the Milwaukee Public Museum and Betty Brinn Children’s Museum. The project design team is lead by Kahler Slater and Ennead Architects LLP. ZS will be contributing to this world-class team in the areas of Building Enclosure Design & Building Fall Protection Engineering. Crescent Heights selects ZS for NEMA Miami Fall Protection Consulting NEMA Miami Rendering, Crescent Heights Planning is underway for NEMA Miami, a new condo development by..
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