In the fall of 2021, MC identified serious deficiencies with the structural slab ramp which served as the primary entrance and exit to the VA Hospital below grade parking garage. Emergency temporary netting and steel beams were installed in spring of 2022, while full ramp reconstruction design documents were promptly developed. Construction began in August 2022 and moved swiftly to rebuild over 2,000 square-feet of ramp slab. Not only was all damaged ramp concrete properly repaired, but the estimate MC prepared for pre-construction repair quantities were not exceeded during the demolition process. After all repairs were completed, the highly traveled slab was properly protected with a long-lasting hybrid polyurethane-epoxy traffic membrane to prevent harsh chloride and carbonization damage. Vehicular traffic returned to this critical parking structure on November 14, 2022. MC is proud of the work completed to restore the safety and durability of this facility’s entrance ramp for decades to come. Further, MC and Veteran Design & Construction Inc. received “exceptional” ratings for design, cost control, and management of the project from the VA’s post-project Contractor Performance Assessment Report (CPAR).
MC has the privilege of working alongside SM+P Architects and Lewis Contractors on the renovations currently taking place at the Maryland Golf and Country Club in Bel Air. Check out the drone footage of the steel beams being placed for the new 1,660 square-foot, outdoor pavilion. The pavilion construction is scheduled for completion by February 2023 and will provide an outdoor dining area overlooking the golf course and includes a covered bag drop-off.
In honor of Giving Tuesday, MC will be kicking off the holiday season by partnering with St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in efforts to ensure no family receives a bill for treatments, travel, housing, or food. If you feel inspired to do so, you can join our campaign and contribute using the link below:
MC would like to take this time to thank our clients, families, and friends for your continued support and trust in our company. In observance of Thanksgiving, our office will be closed Thursday and Friday this week and reopen at normal business hours on Monday, November 28, 2022. We hope everyone has a safe, healthy, and relaxing holiday.
MC is proud to have partnered with Brasher Design and Hencken & Gaines on the new FirstCall Medical Center, a subsidiary of Centennial Medical Group, in Ellicott City. The new 10,000 square-foot medical office building provides urgent care, physical therapy, and primary care. Structural services provided include structural steel framing, reinforced masonry foundation walls, an elevator installation, and the steel connections for the canopies at the main entrances.
MC would like to wish a Happy Veterans Day and extend our sincerest thank you to all who have served.
Last night, Josh Morabito and Evan Campbell represented MC at the AIA Chesapeake Bay 2022 Awards Ceremony. Ferry Cove Shellfish Oyster Hatchery won the Excellence in Design Citation Award for Non-Residential-New Construction as well as the People’s Choice Award! MC is proud to have been part of the winning design team with Becker Morgan Group, Gipe Associates and Whiting Turner.
MC provided structural engineering services for the 20,483 square-foot building including exposed structural framing including wood roof trusses, a steel wide-flange beam array to aid in support of the numerous aquaculture piping systems, and multiple mezzanines framed with steel bar joists supporting non-composite metal deck plus concrete slabs.
Pictured in image from left to right: Front: Kelly Valin – President, AIA Chesapeake Bay; Brad Hastings – Vice President, Becker Morgan Group; Bill Sieg – Senior Associate, Becker Morgan Group; Middle: Ben Dealy – Designer, Becker Morgan Group; Lindsey Hill – Project Manager, Whiting Turner; Josh Morabito – Associate, Morabito Consultants; Back: Stephan Abel – President/CEO, Ferry Cove Shellfish
Alumni Nick Morabito and Barrett Burgoyne are representing MC at University of Maryland’s Chi Epsilon Fall Career Fair today!
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Morabito Consultants is proud to have partnered on four projects that are up for the 2022 Maryland AIA – Excellence in Design Awards!
Loyola Blakefield Innovative Learning Center is entered for the K-12 Education Award, Mt. De Sales Performing Arts & Student Life Center is entered for the Cultural/Institutional Award, and Peabody Walk Loft is entered for the Multi-Family/Mixed-Use Award with AIA Baltimore. Voting for the AIA Baltimore Architectural Design Awards are still open, to view more information and vote for these projects, check out these links:
Loyola Blakefield Innovative Learning Center
Mt. De Sales Performing Arts & Student Life Center
Ferry Cove Shellfish Oyster Hatchery is also entered for the Non-Residential Architecture, New Construction Award with AIA Chesapeake Bay. While voting is no longer available, the awards ceremony will be held on November 7, 2022. To view more information on this project, check out this link.
