This project entailed a three-phase assessment of the historic Worcester County Courthouse. Phase I consisted of a preliminary structural assessment based on data acquired from plans, specifications, and historic documentation. In Phase II we verified the structural capacity of the courthouse via three-dimensional structural modeling tools accompanied by hand calculations. In Phase III we developed a rehabilitation plan in which we redesigned the courthouse as a law school that allowed for sensitivity towards the building's historical integrity.

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Creator

• Rheault, Courtney L
• Woodman, Katharine H
• Bierkan, Chelsea Lynn

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030108-151208

Award

• Provost's MQP Award

Advisor

• Albano, Leonard D.

Year

• 2008

Date created

• 2008-03-01

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Civil Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-20