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The Yellowstone Elevator — Livingston, MT

Client: Erickson Creative Group
Estimated Construction Budget: $2.7 Million
Square Footage: 18,000 s.f.
Completion Date: 2008
Structural System: Existing Timber Frame

This existing 4-story grain elevator is a cultural landmark in the city of Livingston, MT. The future renovation into office and commercial space will allow this building to continue serving the community. The project’s scope includes a complete seismic and gravity retrofit for the renewed commercial space in this high seismic area, while preserving the original historic exterior and interior structure and appearance of the grain elevator.

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Yellowstone General Stores

Location: Yellowstone National Park
Client: A&E Architects, Billings, MT

BCE inspected and assessed the structural integrity of seven historic general stores in Yellowstone National Park. The assessment and report has provided a guide for restoration and upgrading the structures which will continue for many years. Since the initial report, BCE has been involved in renovation work at Upper Old Faithful Store, the Lower Old Faithful Store, Canyon General Store and also the Lake General Store. Each building has unique structure issues in extreme structural conditions.

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Sears Building — existing building renovation

Location: Butte, MT
Owner: Kujawa Development LLC
Architect: Casimir Kujawa Architecture
Budget: $3.5 million
Structural frame description: existing exterior unreinforced masonry walls. Interior steel post and beam system with wood joists and floor diaphragm. We’ll be adding shear walls and steel braced frames for lateral forces. We’re adding an elevator and stairs which will punch through the existing floor structure, and exterior balconies for the residents. On this project we completed brick shear tests to justify the strength of the URM walls.

The building is 5 stories with a basement. The building will be converted to apartment buildings and the lower floor will be a museum and/or retail space.

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Wild Plum Building — Helena, MT

Client: Mosaic Architecture
Construction Budget: $1.5 million
Square Footage: 24,000 s.f.
Completion Date: July 2007
Project Website: http://olddistillerylofts.com/
Structural Frame: Existing Concrete Frame, New Steel Braced Frames

This historic five story warehouse building in the new Great Northern Development in downtown Helena was constructed in the early 1900’s as a concrete frame with un-reinforced masonry and brick infill. It is now being renovated to house a bakery and deli on the main floor, with residential lofts on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor. New steel concentric braced frames were added on each level for seismic stability, and a structural reinforced concrete topping slab was added on each level.

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Central School Renovation

Location: Kalispell, MT
Architect: James R. McDonald Architects (now A&E Architects)

Built in 1884, the Central School building in Kalispell, MT has served the community faithfully for 118+ years. After many years of hard use, and nearly 10 years of vacancy, the building was in need of significant restoration, both architecturally and structurally. Beaudette Consulting Engineers teamed together with James R. McDonald Architects (now A&E Architects) et. al. to renovate and restore the original building and to produce "A Museum for the 21st Century". The original brick building with wood floors was upgraded to support increased floor loading from public gatherings in the museum. In addition, the unreinforced masonry walls were reinforced with seismic steel frames to ensure the safety of visitors and staff in the case of a seismic event.