DiBattisto Associates
Consulting Engineers
STRUCTURAL DESIGN PROJECT PORTFOLIO
DiBattisto Associates’ structural design services focus on protecting the original heritage of the structure while ensuring building integrity and code compliance.
Beach House
Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Many existing homes were not built to meet our current understanding of flood and wind zones. To ensure structural integrity for years to come, DiBattisto Associates’ structural design services team worked with this home owner in Old Saybrook to bring an existing foundation up to code.
Employing a steel helical pier foundation, we raised the home to a new 14-foot elevation consistent with the requirements for the VE zone in which the home was built.
COSSIT LIBRARY
Granby, Connecticut
Renovating historical buildings requires special care to ensure structural integrity while protecting its architectural heritage. When creating construction design documents for the Cossitt Library in Granby, Ct, we were especially mindful of both.
The Queen Anne style building, originally designed by Jasper Daniel Sibley, was built in 189o and needed updates to meet the needs of the town. Adding a second story to the aging structure meant custom designing specialty steel beams to provide the design flexibility we needed to maintain the historical aesthetic.