A Portfolio Built on S.R.H.'s Five Decades of New York City Experience

Healthcare Facilities

Hospitals are among the most demanding structural environments: heavy equipment, vibration-sensitive operating rooms and imaging, radiation-shielding loads, and construction that must proceed while patients are cared for next door. Steven Harwood has long been a trusted structural engineer to New York City’s major medical centers, which retain him again and again for new construction, complex alterations, and the structural rehabilitation of occupied facilities. Campus work includes new buildings inserted between existing ones, connecting passages and bridges linking facilities, vertical overbuild additions atop active hospital buildings, and new elevator shafts cut into occupied structures. Each requires altering, reinforcing, and integrating the original structure to meet new clinical demands. Specialized installations include MRI, PET, and X-ray suites; lithotripsy and dialysis units; cardiac catheterization labs; and below-grade linear accelerator (linac) suites and vaults.

• Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
• Long Island Jewish Medical Center
• Beth Israel Medical Center
• Maimonides Medical Center
• Elmhurst Hospital Center
• New York Health and Hospitals

Institutional & Special Structures

Many institutional commissions are high-profile and demand rigorous structural analysis, including design for high-wind exposure and blast resistance. These projects require close coordination with federal and municipal agencies throughout design, review, and construction.

• FAA Headquarters
• Naval Aviation Museum

Residential Structures

Low income housing to Luxury residential towers in New York City's demanding regulatory environment.

Forensic & Rehabilitation

Forensic investigations, failure analysis, and rehabilitative structural repairs for existing buildings — providing expert witness consulting and peer review services across New York City.

• Forensic Investigations
• Rehabilitative Repairs
• Expert Witness Consulting
• Consulting on structural aspects of Access agreements and property protection.
  • 240 Central Park South