Malden's downtown has been redeveloping around the Orange Line station, producing mid-rise multifamily work with podium steel and stair packages.
Around it is a dense stock of two- and three-family houses of the same era and construction as Somerville and Medford, with the same basement girder and column problems.
Permitting and access
Malden requires stamped structural drawings for load path changes with inspection before close-in. Downtown sites near the station involve traffic and transit coordination for crane picks and deliveries. Residential streets are narrow enough that a boom truck often needs a street permit and neighbor notice.
Typical local scopes
- Podium and stair steel on downtown multifamily
- Basement girder and lally column replacement
- Load-bearing wall removal for open-plan renovations
- Storefront and small commercial structural alterations