LeMessurier Consultants

LeMessurier Consultants

LeMessurier Consultants is a Cambridge, Massachusetts firm, founded by William LeMessurier in 1961. It provides engineering support services to architects and construction firms. They focus on advanced structural techniques and impacts to construction materials. They are known for their modular construction techniques including the Mah-LeMessurier System for precast concrete in high-rise housing, the Staggered Truss System for high-rise steel structures, and the tuned mass damper used to reduce tall building motion [ [http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/faculty/details.cgi?faculty_id=608 Harvard faculty: Wiliam LeMessurier] ] . One of the best known uses of the damper in the John Hancock Tower in Boston. In additional to new construction, they also work with retrofitting buildings and historic preservion.

Projects

*W Hotel & Residences, Boston, MA - Tim Cella-Mowatt (Structural Engineer / Clerk of the Works)
*Emmanuel College Academic Building, Boston, MA - Tim Cella-Mowatt (Structural Engineer / Reinforcing Inspections)
*Daewoo Business Center Shanghai, China
*Boston City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
*Citicorp headquarters tower New York City
*State Street Bank Building, Boston Massachusetts
*Columbus Center, New York, New York
*500 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts
*125 High Street, , Boston, Massachusetts
*MBTA Alewife Garage, Cambridge Massachusetts
*University Park Garage, Cambridge Massachusetts
*Post Office Square Garage, Boston, Massachusetts
*Boston Common Garage rehabilitation work, Boston, Massachusetts
*National Aquarium, Baltimore Maryland
*Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, Massachusetts
*Blueprints at Addison Circle, Addison, Texas
*New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts
*Trinity College library addition, Hartford CT
*John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse, Boston MA
*Federal Reserve Bank Building (Boston), Boston Ma
*Olin College of Engineering's Olin Center, Needham MA
*Olin College of Engineering's Academic Center, Needham MA
*Olin College of Engineering's Campus Center, Needham MA
*Olin College of Engineering's East and West Hall, Needham MA
*Harvard University Life Sciences Building, Cambridge MA
*University of PennsylvaniaLife Sciences Building, Philadelphia PA
*Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood IL

References

External links

* [http://graphics.boston.com/news/special/audio_slideshows/hancock/mass_tune_damper/ Audio Slide Show of the John Hancock Damper]


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