Roof Leak Detection, Commercial Building
Greenville, South Carolina – BLE was engaged to identify leaks in an existing roof of a commercial building in downtown Greenville, SC using electrical leak location (ELL) technology. The assessment was performed by applying an electrical current across the roof membrane surface using a hand-held wand. During the assessment, the operator was alerted to the…
Read MoreBoutique Hotel
Greenville, South Carolina – A new boutique hotel is under construction along the Reedy River in downtown Greenville. The site was improved with three multi-story commercial buildings but was previously developed as a textile mill from the 1870s to the 1950s. BLE first performed a Pre-Demolition Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) Survey of the three commercial…
Read MoreDetention Center
Pickens County, South Carolina – Beginning in 2018, BLE was hired by Pickens County to provide project oversight and Chapter 1 building code inspections for the new Detention Center project. Total project costs were $25 million and construction will be completed in 2019. On behalf of Pickens County, BLE used in-house building code inspectors and…
Read MoreMixed-Use Student Housing Complex
Clemson, South Carolina – BLE provided geotechnical and materials testing for a $212 million dollar student housing construction project currently under construction. The project consists of eight, four-story, buildings divided into three zones and includes approximately 1,650 student beds along with retail space and student amenities. Geotechnical field testing included soil test borings with standard…
Read More1.2-mile Downtown Conveyance Tunnel
Greenville, SC – In order to meet the demands of continued growth in the Upstate area, our client is constructing an approximately 11-foot diameter gravity sewer tunnel beneath downtown Greenville, South Carolina. The tunnel will be constructed in hard rock, approximately 100 feet below ground surface, and will extend for a distance of 1.2 miles.…
Read MoreNew Construction Casino
Murphy, NC – BLE engaged in geotechnical engineering, environmental consultation, archeological screening, construction quality assurance, and special inspections for a new casino located in Murphy, North Carolina on a 96-acre tract of land. BLE provided engineering consultation and comprehensive construction materials testing, including special inspection testing in accordance with Chapter 17 of IBC. Our construction…
Read MoreEducation and Research Facility
Greenville, SC – BLE provided construction materials testing and special inspections for the Clemson University School of Nursing Building on the main campus of the Greenville Health System. The four-story, 78,000 square-foot education and research facility was developed for $31.5 million dollars. The high-tech facility is adjoined to the University of South Carolina School of…
Read MoreQuality Assurance for Paper Products Manufacturing Facility
Anderson, South Carolina – Since 2013, BLE has served as quality assurance for a paper products manufacturing facility located in Anderson, South Carolina. This facility specializes in bath tissue, paper towels, and flexible print packaging. First Quality is approximately 3 million square feet, which includes two, 1 million-square-foot packaging/warehouse buildings, four tissue production machines with…
Read MoreNew Patient Services Tower
Asheville, NC – The new Patient Services Tower will be approximately 600,000 square feet of new construction in Asheville, North Carolina. The tower will include an emergency department, surgical operating rooms, sterile processing department, and patient rooms. As of Spring 2018, demolition is complete and major site work is underway. The tower is planned to…
Read MoreAutomotive Manufacturing Facility
Spartanburg, South Carolina – Since opening for production in July 1994, an automotive manufacturing facility located on 1,150 acres in the Upstate of South Carolina, has continuously expanded and today (2018) incorporates more than 6 million square feet under roof. The client’s total investment in its South Carolina operations exceeds $8 billion and the company…
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