The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is the foremost U.S. institution interpreting Czech and Slovak history and culture. When flooding caused $11 million of damage in 2008, plans for rebuilding the exhibition center and library began in earnest. The project consisted of constructing a lower-level parking structure on a new site next to the existing museum and exhibit hall. The existing building was lifted and placed on top of the new parking structure, with a new addition built around that, resulting in a combined plan area of about 60,000 square feet.
We were retained by the Durrant Group and their design team to evaluate the soil and groundwater conditions of the proposed development, and to provide recommendations for design and construction of foundations, below-grade walls, slabs on grade, utilities and pavements.
