Morabito Consultants (MC) is proud to have teamed with Concrete Protection & Restoration (CP&R) in the repair of this three-story with partial basement parking garage located at the scenic Johns Hopkins Business Park in Mount Washington, Baltimore City. This 30-year-old precast parking structure was shut-down to traffic in 2018 due to severe structural deterioration, with numerous beams on the brink of failure. MC provided demolition and repair options to the owner, where ultimately it was decided to repair the structure due to the difficulty of demolition along the property line. The repairs presented numerous challenges, including several prestressed girders where over half of the quantity of prestressed steel tendons were found to be fractured. Because of CP&R and MC’s extensive experience in prestressed concrete design and repair, these concrete girders were able to be fully restored in-place without the need for excessive reinforcement or enlargement.
The Country Club of Maryland, a historic country club founded in 1923, reached out to SM+P Architects and Morabito Consultants with the task of updating their existing bar and grille dining area. The renovations to the nearly 100 year old structure was no easy task, but the entire team was up to the challenge! Hencken & Gaines did a remarkable job with the restoration work and bringing the architects visions to life. We are excited to share some photos of the final product (courtesy of SM+P).
Morabito Consultants is proud to team with Brasher Design to complete the design of a new 124,000 square-foot self-storage building in Columbia, Maryland. This building will have 4 above-grade storage levels as well as one basement storage level. Construction is anticipated to begin during the fall or winter of 2021. Stay tuned for additional updates.
Harkins Builders is wrapping up construction on a new Brightview assisted living and memory care facility in Columbia, MD. Morabito Consultants teamed with Hord Coplan Macht and Kibart Engineers on this new 191,000 square foot building. The floor system consists of a combination of Hambro composite joists and wood trusses, supported by light gauge and wood walls, respectively. Morabito also assisted in the renovation of an existing house on the property known as Athol Manor, which was built in 1740. Structural modifications to the house were required to allow it to be used by the Community Foundation of Howard County.
Waverly Construction recently completed a new assisted living and memory care facility at Ginger Cove in Annapolis, MD. Morabito Consultants teamed with CRGA Design and Kibart Consulting Engineers on this new 66,000sf three story over basement structure. The facility features, Ecospan composite joist framed floors, a spacious outdoor patio, two-story enclosed pedestrian connection to the adjacent existing building, and a third floor atrium sheltered by a large rooftop skylight.
Morabito Consultants is currently seeking a structural engineer to join our esteemed team in the Baltimore area. Recognized in our region as a structural engineering industry leader, MC has been in business since 1983 and performs structural services for over 300 projects each year. Our diverse portfolio includes everything from single family homes to $400 million retail/commercial buildings, and our wide variety of structural consultation services include structural design, parking design, forensics, and building remediation. MC offers a family-oriented, casual work environment with an emphasis on collaborative problem solving, exceptional client service, and opportunities for career growth.
-Entry-level and experience engineers are encouraged to apply.
-The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:
-Bachelor’s or master’s degree in architectural or civil engineering with an emphasis in structures
-Background in structural theory, analysis, and design of steel, concrete, masonry, and wood building structures
-Good working knowledge of AutoCAD and/or Revit
-Experience with common structural software packages (RAM, RISA, Staad, Multiframe, Tedds, Enercalc, etc.)
-Good communication skills, both oral and written
-FE is required
Candidates must be authorized to work for any US employer without sponsorship.
Celebrating its 35th year, Morabito Consultants is a national award-winning and established structural engineering firm that specializes in providing professional design, analysis, inspection, and project management for a variety of building types and structural systems.
Headquartered in Sparks, Maryland with a satellite office in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, MC’s expertise spans a number of markets – Residential, Senior Living, Healthcare, Education, Commercial and Municipal – supported by its specialized experience and vast knowledge of building structural systems. Our firm’s professional engineers approach each project with a creative economical design and critical analysis, coupled with the most advanced technology to ensure that the best program is delivered to the client. When you work at MC, you collaborate with a group of experienced, reliable and knowledgeable engineers, who are dedicated to turning a client’s vision into reality.
Interested Candidates should email their resume to [email protected]
Buch Construction recently completed a two-phase renovation/addition project at Greenspring Town Center in Springfield, Virginia. Morabito Consultants teamed with Hord Coplan Macht and Kibart Consulting Engineers on this expansion of a well-known Erickson Senior Living Community. The second phase of the project included 25,650sf of interior renovations and a 16,000sf addition replacing the original pool building. This new addition features a rooftop terrace in addition to a new aquatic and fitness center.
Also be sure to check out the parking deck at Greenspring!
MC is currently overseeing the ongoing concrete repairs to the six garages at the main campus of T. Rowe Price (TRP) in Owings Mills, MD. MC has been working with TRP and Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) since 2012 to complete yearly garage surveys and prepare bid forms and associated repair details for these garages. Each garage is framed with precast double tees and they combine to make up over 1 million square feet of parking space. Over the years we have overseen the installation of traffic-bearing waterproofing membranes to the top deck of each garage alongside standard repairs such as full depth double-tee flange repair, connection repair/replacement, various crack injections, concrete spall repairs, joint replacements, drain replacements, stair repairs, railing post repair, and expansion joint replacements (plus many others!). These repairs combine to significantly improve the safety, functionality, and extend the useful life of these parking facilities. MC greatly values our longstanding relationship with TRP and JLL.
Do not hesitate to reach out if we can be of assistance in maintaining your parking facility. We are very proud to also say that we are one of the only full-service parking consultants around offering full parking layout, signage and striping drawing services!
Construction continues to progress at High School 13 in Howard County, MD. Oak Contracting, LLC has nearly finished structural steel erection on the 3-story section of this 280,000 square foot educational facility. We are excited to see the significant progress on this project! Stay tuned for updates throughout the construction process which is scheduled to wrap up in August of 2023.
Architect – TCA Architects, LLC
MEP – James Posey Associates, Inc.
Civil – Fisher, Collins & Carter, Inc.
Morabito Consultants completed a single story post-tensioned parking deck on the Greenspring campus of the Erickson Senior Living community located in Springfield, Virginia. This new parking structure replaced a surface parking lot and nearly doubled the parking capacity of the old parking lot. It was a pleasure to team with Hord Coplan Macht and Buch Construction on this project. Buch Construction installed a camera on site which captured a time-lapse of the construction process. Please check out this link to view the video.
