Why would you hire me to inspect a
Institutional building?
All architects are registered
in ALL states they practice in but not all Institutional building
inspectors are registered in all states they practice in.
What knowledge can I bring to bear
for your advantage? I bring over 15 years of experience completing
inspections on most Institutional building types.
How will this knowledge add value
to your investment? I have already completed inspections on most Institutional
building types and I am therefore familiar with what to expect
and how to proceed in the quickest manner.
What will be needed from you? Information
needed from you will include; Client name, Owner name, Property
name, Address of building, Contact name, Contact telephone number,
Site plans of building location.
What is included in the report? The
report is broken into three separate portions, the executive
summary, the written report and pictures of the building. Each
section tells the same story but in a different manner. Some
owners just read the executive summary and look at some pictures,
while others are more interested in the details of the report.
How long will an inspection take to
complete? It depends on the location, size and complexity
of the inspection required, but generally 2 to 3 weeks after
a contract is signed with you the report will be complete.
How many copies of the report will
I receive? Two copies are included. Additional copies can
be provided at a nominal additional cost.
What will this cost? The cost depends
upon what you have asked to be done, (size, complexity etc.)
and where your project is located. All travel, hotel, food and
per deim expenses are a part of the fee structure.
Examples:
I was the consulting Senior Supervising
Architect for the New York City Office of Management and Budget,
City Charter Fixed Assets Project. For the first time in New
York City, an architectural maintenance data bank was being formulated.
This project included the physical survey of over 2,700 facilities
with values over $10 million each. These buildings varied from
City Hall to The Metropolitan Museum to the Bronx Zoo to all
the schools, fire houses, jails, parks, piers, terminals, etc.
for all eighteen city agencies. This was the largest physical
survey of buildings ever finished in the USA and it created the
current Capital Budget for Maintenance for New York City through
2015. I was the lead consulting architect to Parsons, Brinkerhoff,
Douglas &, Quade Architects & Engineers for this project.
Physical Survey "MRI" Building,
St. Francis Hospital, North Street, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Principal
Architect-Survey to confirm compliance with all NY State Board
of Health and ADA requirements.)
Westchester Medical Center Complex. White
Plains, N.Y. (Project architect in association with another architect
( Sal Vasi, AIA) for complete ADA study, cost analysis, working
drawings & specifications and supervision of contract documents
and construction at three major buildings.)
Westchester County Building. White Plains,
N.Y. (Project architect in association with another architect
(Sal Vasi, AIA) for complete ADA study, cost analysis, working
drawings & specifications and supervision of contract documents
and construction at main County Exhibit Building.)
Pediatric/Rehabilitation Evaluation Study,
St. Francis Hospital, North Street, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Principal
Architect-Study for expansion capabilities and ADA compliance.)
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Brookhaven,
N.Y. (Chief planner/designer for the revision of the master plan
of a 6,500 acre Federal Government science laboratory, consisting
of an analysis of site development and the facilities utilization
plan. This planning provided BNL's long range re-vitalization,
incorporating the existing constraints and extending the concepts
developed in the planning analysis so they could extent well
beyond the year 2,010. With Max Urbahn, FAIA.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
World Trade Center Complex, New York, N.Y. (Building components
including building envelope and windows. Staff Architect.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
JFK International Airport, Queens, N.Y. (International Arrivals
Building envelope and windows study. Staff Architect.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
La Guardia Airport, Queens, N.Y. (Main Terminal Building envelope
and windows study. Staff Architect.)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal, New York, N.Y. (Building
envelope and windows study. Staff Architect.)
New U.S. Main Post Office, Saugerties,
N.Y. Project architect for new 180.000 S.F. ± main
Post Office. With another architect, Kenneth Irving, AIA.
Westchester Medical Center Complex. White
Plains, N.Y. for complete ADA study, cost analysis, working drawings
& specifications and supervision of contract documents and
construction at three major buildings.
Westchester County Building. White Plains,
N.Y. for complete ADA study, cost analysis, working drawings
& specifications and supervision of contract documents and
construction at Main County Exhibit Building.
N.Y.C. Transit Authority Headquarters,
43rd and Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. (Project Manager for
contract documents for 160,000 S.F. of office space. With another
architect, Henry Meltzer, R.A.
Community Center, Waterbury, Conn. Associate
architect for the study of a 5 story Regional Black Community
Center in a renovated shoe factory, four stories of about 75,000
S.F. With CODA architects.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 33
Liberty Street, N.Y. Designed over 1,000,000 S.F. of offices,
computer rooms, vaults, warehouses etc. as staff designer over
7 years.