Featured Projects
Custom Residence
This stone clad home has multiple levels with clerestories and large roof overhangs. The soils were highly expansive resulting in a large structural basement floor over crawl space design. The home surrounds a pool and courtyard with large water feature element in the back yard. Expansive window layouts made for the structural design of hidden steel frames in order to meet wind loading requirements in the area. Location: Cherry Hills Village, Colorado.*
Screened in Porch
Florida residence with a space created that is free from mosquitos, which is so important in the summer! The structure was built on top of a concrete slab-on-grade over weather and termite resisting vapor barrier sheet. Pavers were added on top of the concrete slab for a finished look. The result is a perfect place to spend time outdoors with relief from pesky insects.
Load bearing wall removal
Florida residence created a larger kitchen space by removing the load-bearing wall between their kitchen and dining room. A new header beam was added to support the second floor joists in this two story home.
Before load-bearing wall removal
After wall removal and re-supported with beam
Mixed Use - Commercial with Residential above
Downtown Longmont, Colorado has taken great steps toward its downtown redevelopment. This mixed use building bookends the north side of the central business district. The contemporary design relied on large open areas, modern building materials and architectural details for a fresh mixed-use urban feel. Large open areas are featured on the interior which required long spanning structural elements to minimize the use of interior columns. Through creative problem solving, a framing layout was generated to maintain an open, airy feeling consistent with today’s urban lofts. *
Multi-Family Apartments
Bienville Apartments is a multi-family residential community located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Several buildings were constructed to make up the Bienville Complex. The structure was built with a first floor concrete podium slab with timber light-frame floor joist and wood truss roof system. Fire separation walls are important in this type of construction to maintain safety between the units.**
Townhomes
Denver townhome complex is a multi-family residential building located in Denver, Colorado. The structure was built with a concrete basement, timber light-frame floor joists and a wood truss roof system. The rooftop was designed to be used by the homeowners, including a garden area with built-in planters.*
Golf Clubhouse Addition
The golf clubhouse addition in Loveland, Colorado added to the gift shop and restaurant area to expand on this popular recreation center. The new addition is supported over a concrete shallow foundation with crawl space, wood floor framing and pre-engineered wood roof trusses.*
Vet Clinic and Kennel Addition
The veterinary clinic and kennel addition in Gunbarrel, Colorado added a significant amount of square footage to care for the animals. The new addition is supported on a concrete shallow foundation with crawl space, wood floor framing and pre-engineered wood roof trusses. The outdoor kennel area features an earthen floor with open canopy roof covering.*
Museum
Fort Jackson Museum is located in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. This building is constructed with load bearing exterior masonry shear walls and a steel rafter roof system. The building is located in a high risk flood zone resulting in stout concrete block shear walls to withstand potential wave impact from flooding waters.**
Grocery Store
Nature’s Oasis is a natural food store located in Durango, Colorado. The building has a total of 20,700 square feet and is constructed with steel bar joists and timber beams bearing on structural steel framing and masonry bearing walls. Clerestories throughout the building create vaulted spaces to bring natural light into the store. The large central clerestory is supported by custom engineered roof trusses with glue-laminated beams and steel rod members creating visibly pleasing and interesting exposed structural elements for patrons to admire.*
*Project completed while Ridgeline Engineering owner was employed at Ascent Group, Inc.
**Project completed while Ridgeline Engineering owner was employed at Schrenk, Endom & Flanagan, LLC.
