Nehil · Sivak

Consulting Structural Engineers

Angling Road Barn Reconstruction

PROJECT

Angling Road Barn Reconstruction
Kalamazoo, Michigan

CONTACT

Landmark Depot

SCOPE

Assist Owner in reviewing candidate barns for relocation to Owner’s property. After identifying suitable 100-year-old hand-hewn timber frame barn in fair condition, assist with development of repair details for damaged posts, plates and timber frame joinery. Design new foundation and floor system for the barn. Assist Owner with appropriate detailing and installation of fieldstone foundation facing materials. Provide design to upgrade lateral load resistance and strengthen bracing and hold-down connections. All repair work done with salvaged, hand-hewn materials and concealed metal connectors where required.

DATE

2005

Lockshore Farms Dairy Barn

PROJECT

Lockshore Farms Dairy Barn
Hickory Corners, Michigan

CLIENT

Lockshore Farms Dairy

SCOPE

Provide structural engineering to assist owner with removal of haymow floor and permit adaptive reuse of large early 20th century dairy barn for modern hay storage methods. Perform structural analysis of barn to determine forces and lateral load resisting system. Design and detail end wall bracing and new cantilevered concrete piers and footings at each frame line to maintain building stability.

DATE

2004

NEHIL · SIVAK
414 South Burdick Street · Suite 300
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007
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