Advanced Building Consultants has an extensive experience in helping building owners to perform maintenance, repairs, fight leaks and deterioration of the building envelope, designing and planning carefully approaches to perform the maintenance and repairs needs. Our Architectural and Engineering expertise covers the entire diversity of exterior repairs and waterproofing, including facades, roofs, balconies, terraces, windows, doors, limestone replacement, tera cotta replacement, and historic restoration, dealing with the complex issues of maintaining building materials and the introduction of the new technology and systems to give an upgrade to the building performance.
A typical exterior restoration includes the repair, replacement and waterproofing projects. Advanced Building Consultants performs an initial survey of the façade and roof-level components, noting the location and extent of defects throughout the building’s envelope. We then prepare the scope of work and estimated costs of repairs, from which we provide detailed designs and specifications for the repair/upgrade program.
Advanced Building Consultants submits these construction documents to qualified contractors for bid, and after analyzing the bids, we help the owner select a contractor and negotiate a favorable contract. One construction begins, Advanced Building Consultants observe the work in progress, reviews contractor payment applications and change orders, prepares punch-lists of remaining work items, and signs off on the completed project.
Exterior Restoration involves the repair and replacement of various elements of the exterior envelope of a building from the roof to the structural foundation. The exterior envelope of a building consists of numerous, integrated components, including: the roofing system, roof terraces, bulkheads, skylights, parapet walls, oof railing, cornices, water tables, decorative and historic elements such as cast iron elements, stone and masonry units, window fenestration, balconies, terrace, fire escapes, sidewalks, entrance canopies and storefronts.
These systems and assemblies vary greatly in terms of materials and degree of technical sophistication and complexity. In addition, these systems must all respond to the force of the exterior environment, such as thermal movement due to changes in temperature, freeze-thaw cycles, solar heat gain, ultraviolet degradation atmosphere pollutants, seismic an wind forces as well as seasonal rain and snow cycles.
We incorporate the latest technologies in masonry, precast composite, metal and glass materials and how the assemblies cam upgrade a building energy performance and at the same time enhancing the aesthetics.
