This will be a case study of the restoration of Dr. Ferguson’s Office, a diminutive 1870’s French Second Empire brick building. The restoration won a Capital District Chapter of the NYSSPE Project of the Year Award, an Adirondack Architectural Heritage Preservation Award and a Preservation League of New York State’s Excellence in Preservation Award.
The presentation will offer insights into a wide range of engineering considerations associated with the restoration of an historic structure including municipal regulation navigation, building code compliance, temporary stabilization, building demolition, masonry repairs, wood framing, thermal/moisture, mechanical systems, budget constraints as well as public sentiment and social considerations.
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