Buildings : Government Buildings For more information, contact buildings@wai.com. Filter Projects By Building Type View All Building Types View Stadiums and Long Spans View Schools and Laboratories View Government Buildings View Museums and Libraries View Commercial Buildings 2010   JW McCormack Post Office and Courthouse Renovation and Upgrade Boston, Massachusetts General Services Administration (GSA) Goody Clancy & Associates Repair and alteration of 1930 historic building and underground garage for ADA, GSA blast, seismic, and wind code compliance. LEED Gold intended.      New U.S. Federal Courthouse - Buffalo Buffalo, New York General Services Administration (GSA) Kohn Pedersen Fox Structural and blast engineering for new federal courthouse with semi-elliptical shape, in Joseph Ellicott Historic District. 2008   U.S. Federal Courthouse - Nashville Nashville, Tennessee General Services Administration (GSA) Michael Graves & Associates Structural and blast engineering for new facility for public agencies; 12 courtrooms, library, office space.      US Embassy - Berlin Berlin, Germany Department of State, OBO Moore Ruble Yudell; Gruen Associates Structural and blast engineering for embassy office complex with roof gardens and inner courtyard on historic Pariser Platz. Design competition winner; LEED-equivalent standards. 2007   Department of Transportation Headquarters Building Washington, DC JBG Companies Michael Graves & Associates Structural and blast engineering for two Class A office towers for 5,000 employees. Concrete superstructure and precast cladding; 2 levels of below-grade parking for 950 cars.      Eisenhower Executive Office Building Modernization Washington, DC General Services Administration (GSA) Hayes Seay Mattern & Mattern (HSMM) Modernization of 17th Street wing of landmark federal office building with glass facade to create open, flexible spaces. Addition of central utility plant. Design-build.      GSA Federal Building Washington, DC General Services Administration (GSA) Moshe Safdie & Associates Structural and blast engineering for 3-wing complex housing 1,100 employees. Atrium, multi-tiered curtain wall, pedestrian bridges, 200 parking spaces.      Jacob Javits Federal Building - Broadway Pavilion Addition and Plaza New York, New York General Services Administration (GSA) Lehman Smith McLeish Building addition and site work on Broadway side, wrapping north and south around 26 Federal Plaza on Duane and Worth Streets. Perimeter security improvements, lobby renovations.      Smithsonian Patent Office Building Canopy Roof Washington, DC Smithsonian Institution Foster + Partners; Josef Gartner USA Blast engineering for glass-and-steel canopy enclosure with complex structural system over interior courtyard; city's third-oldest civic building.      US Embassy - Athens Office Building Annex Athens, Greece Department of State, OBO Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Comprehensive design services for new office building compound. Master plan, structural and blast engineering, perimeter security.      US Embassy - Kathmandu Kathmandu, Nepal Department of State, OBO Sorg and Associates Structural, seismic, and blast engineering for new complex consisting of chancery, 3 CACs, MSGQ, and utility building. Design-build, high seismic forces, poor soil conditions.      US Federal Courthouse - Mobile Mobile, Alabama General Services Administration (GSA) Moshe Safdie & Associates Structural and blast engineering for new courthouse to satisfy GSA, other agency, and district design and blast requirements. Site development and parking for 100 vehicles.      US Land Port of Entry - Champlain Champlain, New York General Services Administration (GSA) Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects Blast and security engineering services for new multi-building facility to comply with specified GSA requirements. 2006   Chet Holifield Federal Building Study Laguna Niguel, California General Services Administration (GSA) Rutherford and Chekene Vulnerability studies of windows and structural system of third-largest GSA building in the country, using ISC Security Design Criteria and GSA Progressive Collapse Guidelines.      Emanuel Celler US Courthouse Modernization (225 Cadman Plaza) Brooklyn, New York General Services Administration (GSA) Gruzen Samton Architects Structural and blast engineering for seismic retrofit of steel-framed structure with limited lateral capacity. Progressive collapse studies.      OEM Headquarters (165 Cadman Plaza East) Brooklyn, New York NYC Office of Emergency Management Swanke Hayden Connell Gut renovation and extension of 3-story building for new City Emergency Operations Center and Watch Command. City's first green headquarters, earning LEED Silver.      US Federal Courthouse - Springfield Springfield, Massachusetts General Services Administration (GSA) Moshe Safdie & Associates Structural and blast engineering for new 4-story courthouse with 4 courtrooms, glass entry pavilion, and pedestrian walkway to judges’ chambers in separate structure. 2005   Bloomberg LP Headquarters (731 Lexington Avenue) New York, New York Bloomberg LP WAI Prime; Studios Architecture Tenant fitout of 23 stories in new 59-story tower. First East Coast circular escalator. Floors stiffened to damp partitionless long-span offices and protect broadcast studios.      Greentree Foundation Conference Center Manhasset, New York Greentree Foundation Weiss/Manfredi Architects Conversion of multi-building Whitney family residence to high-profile conference facility for use by the foundation and the United Nations.      Nassau County Public Safety Center Westbury, New York Nassau County Department of Public Works Swanke Hayden Connell Additions, conversions, and renovations to 3 buildings to integrate 70 Police and Fire Department divisions into single facility. Forensic labs, assembly hall, and police museum.      Sephardic Community Center Brooklyn, New York Sephardic Community Center BKSK Architects Renovation and expansion of athletic, educational, and social facility. Addition of gym and childcare center; new transparent facade.      US Naval Academy - Michelson and Chauvenet Halls Renovation Annapolis, Maryland United States Naval Academy Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum (HOK) Renovation of two science buildings with surrounding deck that creates a plaza between them. 2004   Cambridge City Hall Annex - 57 Inman Street Cambridge, Massachusetts City of Cambridge HKT Architects Environmentally sensitive renovation of 4-story brick-and-brownstone building; city's first green public building. LEED Gold.      E. Barrett Prettyman US Courthouse Annex - DC Washington, DC General Services Administration (GSA) Michael Graves & Associates; SmithGroup Inc Vulnerability assessment and physical security design for new high-profile structure with rotunda, following GSA criteria for progressive collapse and other hazards.      Federal Laboratories Project - Ammendale Site Beltsville, Maryland General Services Administration (GSA) Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Structural and blast engineering for state-of-the-art headquarters for criminal law enforcement, fire and arson investigation, and general research.      Oklahoma City Federal Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma General Services Administration (GSA) Ross Barney + Jankowski Architects Vulnerability assessment and blast design based on GSA Security Criteria for new office building to house federal agencies.      Roosville Border Station Port of Roosville, Montana General Services Administration (GSA) Lehman Smith McLeish New port of entry border station for western Montana to replace 1930s buildings; for US Customs, INS Border Patrol, and USDA government agencies.      Suffolk County Courthouse Historic Restoration Boston, Massachusetts Commonwealth of Massachusetts DCAM Childs Bertman Tseckares (CBT) Renovation of 100-year-old landmark courthouse and major structural modification of second courthouse tower while in use. Atrium addition.      US Embassy - Abidjan Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire Department of State, OBO SmithGroup Inc Structural and blast engineering for new office building with 3-story atrium and window wall, MSGQ, and ancillary buildings. 2003   Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Office Building Washington, DC Henry Kaiser Foundation Mullen Rubin Architects Office building with 4-level underground garage on narrow site next to subway. Slurry wall construction approved by DC Metro, long-span auditorium, atrium, green design.      Newark FBI Headquarters Newark, New Jersey Claremont Newark LLC Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects Structural and blast engineering for Newark FBI headquarters building with ground-level retail and 4-story garage on Passaic River waterfront. Design-build.      Truro Town Hall Truro, Massachusetts Town of Truro Ammondson Architects Wood addition to circa-1860 town hall. Renovation of wood structure.      York County Judicial Center York, Pennsylvania York County Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum (HOK) New facility for all county court functions in historic district. Skylight atrium with exposed trusses supporting 4-story curtain wall. Intelligent building, vibration control. 2002   DoDDS - Aviano Elementary and Middle/High School Complex Aviano, Italy US Department of the Navy Mitchell/Giurgola Architects New air base facility with subdivided structure for classrooms, media centers, gymnasiums, and shared assembly space. Long-span roofs, seismic analysis.      EPA Research and Administrative Facility Research Triangle Park, North Carolina General Services Administration (GSA) Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum (HOK) Award-winning laboratory and office complex housing 2,000 employees in 14 structures. Two 700-car garages, 2 pedestrian bridges, childcare center. Sustainable design.      FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building) College Park, Maryland General Services Administration (GSA) Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Blast analysis for new laboratory and office complex to comply with most recent GSA Security Criteria and Design Excellence initiative.      Thomas J. McIntyre Federal Building Rehabilitation Portsmouth, New Hampshire General Services Administration (GSA) Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype Structural and blast engineering for upgrade of offices, postal area, roof, windows, facade, skylight, stairways, plaza, and elevators. Seismic code and ADA compliance.      US Embassy - Tunis Tunis, Tunisia Department of State, OBO Tai Soo Kim Structural engineering for chancery and related buildings of 7-building embassy complex on new site near airport. Wind, seismic, and blast analysis. 2001   110 State Street Office Building and Garage Albany, New York Dormitory Authority State of New York (DASNY) HCP Architects Headquarters for Office of the Comptroller linked to 350-car garage with pedestrian bridge. Design-build; geotechnical services. 2000   Edward W. Brooke Courthouse Boston, Massachusetts Commonwealth of Massachusetts DCAM Kallmann McKinnell & Wood New trial court facility for several Suffolk County courts. Contextual energy-efficient design, daycare center. Boston Society of Architects Award.      US Embassy - Moscow Moscow, Russian Federation Department of State, OBO Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum (HOK) Structural and blast engineering for vertical “top hat” addition to embassy office building with stringent security requirements.
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