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Outpatient Specialty Care Improvements
WBCM provided engineering services for 15,000 square feet of new floor infills spanning multiple floors within existing outpatient care areas. WBCM designed the new floor infills to occupy space in the existing seven-story atrium by reinforcing the existing steel columns to support new loads. Floor framing included structural steel trusses supporting new and existing floor and interstitial framing. Framing consisted of steel beams with composite metal deck/lightweight concrete slab floors.
- Service(s) Provided
- Structural Engineering
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Client
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Baltimore VAMC




Inpatient Tower and Women’s Center
WBCM provided structural engineering services for the construction of an inpatient tower and women’s center at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center. WBCM designed the reinforcement of approximately 245,000 square feet of space across seven occupied floors, two shell levels, and a mechanical penthouse on the roof resulting in a more than 50% increase in usable space.
WBCM also designed connections between the existing patient tower and the new tower to provide efficient access between departments. The floor-to-floor height of the existing tower coupled with the complex geometry of the floor plans of the new tower structure forced the architect to design a floor plate with irregular shapes and a non-symmetric column grid to allow floor elevations to match up. WBCM used cast-in-place reinforced concrete to solve the resulting challenges, such as the need for a thin floor structure, required fire ratings, and design flexibility, while still being cost effective.
- Service(s) Provided
- Structural Engineering
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Client
- Baltimore Washington Medical Center












Mercy SmartHealth
WBCM provided full structural engineering services for the construction of a two-story, 36,000-square-foot health center that houses a full-size gymnasium, lap pool, fitness center, therapy center, spas, and classroom facilities. The building was constructed on a sloping site that required the rear wall to retain more than 14 feet of soil and an upper parking lot. The structural system is conventional steel framing with concrete composite floors and a steel bar joist roof system founded on spread footings.
- Service(s) Provided
- Structural Engineering
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Client
- Mercy Hospital










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