Our Work: Structural Engineering

Rhodes College Pedestrian Bridge

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Location:  Memphis, Tennessee The historic Rhodes College in midtown Memphis continues to enhance their campus for its growing student body.  An opportunity arose to purchase a renovated housing facility on North Parkway.  There was no access to the property from the main campus even though the properties shared a common boundary.  Lick Creek separated the two properties. Lick Creek is a concrete lined drainage channel within a 45 foot wide public drainage easement.  The solution for connectivity to the main campus was the design and construction of a pedestrian bridge over the creek. Burr & Cole was the Prime Designer for this 70’ long span by 10’ wide bridge.  Now that the bridge is installed and open, the students can...
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Overton Square Trimble Courtyard

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Location:  Memphis, Tennessee Architect:  LRK (Looney Ricks Kiss Architects) The recent revitalization of the historic Overton Square allowed us the opportunity to work on the new Trimble Courtyard which includes a large outdoor stage and magnificent tower featuring giant wind chimes. This courtyard has a capacity for approximately 500 guests. We preformed the structural design on the stage structure as well as the civil engineering design for this area....
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Cromwell Elementary School Addition

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This project included a new two-story classroom addition containing classrooms, restrooms, teacher’s work areas, storage, utility areas and mechanical/electrical space.  The new building is be connected to the existing building via a walkway canopy.  There were approximately existing portable classroom buildings that were demolished onsite. A new parking lot and covered playground area were constructed where the portables were located....
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