Three Regions Mass Timber

by Grady | Nov 5, 2025

Driving Decarbonization: National Multi-Regional Mass Timber Study As structural engineers, we believe one path to decarbonization starts with material innovation. Here are the findings of our Mass Timber in Three Regions Comparative Life Cycle Assessment Study, a...

350 & 400 Summer Street

by Grady | Mar 18, 2024

Two 260-foot tall buildings, sixteen and seventeen floors respectively, with a two-story rooftop mechanical penthouse space. This air rights development sits atop a three-level below-grade parking garage and the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) tunnel. 350 Summer (under...

Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

by s2desi5_lemessurier | Dec 5, 2023

The strikingly dramatic V columns and sweeping curved roof projecting over Summer Street provide a fitting indication of the scale and magnitude of Boston’s new convention center. Housing conventions in expansive exhibit halls, parking 1000 cars, docking 75 trucks,...

Salesforce Tower

by s2desi5_lemessurier | Dec 5, 2023

Carefully planning the path of gravity and lateral loads in tall buildings allows for optimization of the design of individual elements within the structure. Strategic removal of core columns at individual stories diverts accumulated dead loads to columns at the...

International Village

by s2desi5_lemessurier | Apr 12, 2023

A 485,000 sf mixed-use complex includes 1,200 beds for undergraduate students, seminar and classrooms, a cybercafé, campus-wide dining facilities, fitness and billiard rooms, study spaces, faculty and administrative offices and retail on the ground floor.