McBrie was the Structural Engineer of Record on the project, which included a new student union, auditorium and administration building. The framing system was a combination of steel and pre-engineered wood trusses and the lateral system was a combination of steel braces and wood shear walls.

The large open auditorium and the curved design of the student union required special attention to detailing.

One Cornell Place - Wilmington, MA
McBrie acted as the structural engineer of record for the contractor as part of the design/build team. The project consisted of a 40,000 square foot high bay addition. The drifting snow condition to the existing low roof was taken care of with a 10,000 square foot over framed roof posted to existing columns, thus eliminating interference with the existing operations below.

Ipswich Ale Brewery, Ipswich, MA
Ipswich Ale Brewery is a local microbrewery that was established in 1991. Through the years their growing popularity has caused them to outgrow their original brewing, bottling and office space. They decided to stay in Ipswich and took on renovating and adding onto an existing and vacant processing plant.

The original brick building brick building exterior walls and first floor framing were maintained and a new roof of pre-engineered wood scissor trusses and new second floor framing were added. On the right side of the brick building a new brew house was added which has 20 foot high wall and pre-engineered wood roof trusses. Steel cable braces and wood shear walls complete the lateral system. On the left of the brick building is the packaging and loading dock, which were constructed of wood shear walls, CMU block shear walls and pre-engineered wood roof trusses.