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A Concise Look at Architectural Conservation

What is Architectural Conservation? Architectural conservation aims to preserve the historical aesthetics and inherent value of an aging structure. Architectural conservation involves a range of techniques, including restoration, rehabilitation and implementation of legal standards that restrict the modification or demolition of historically important buildings. Architectural conservation seeks to retain original building materials and decorative finishes as much as possible. Properties that suffer

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How Adaptive Reuse Has Helped New York City

Urban areas are often overcrowded with an abundance of unused buildings. Buildings boasting exceptional architectural details that once served the community well are cast aside to make way for modern buildings to fit the needs of a rapidly advancing technological society. The redeeming features of these buildings are often overlooked, and contractors sometimes fail to see the potential in an

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FISP Facade Inspection Safety Program (Local Law 11/98)

New York City’s Facade Inspection Safety Program (FISP), also known as Local Law 11, requires the facades of buildings of six or more stories to be inspected for safety every five years.  The latest inspection period, Cycle 8, started in February 2015 and ends in February 2020. Here’s what you need to know: Who needs to get a FISP inspection?

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Energy Reporting: It’s the Law (New York City Local Law 84)

Since 2009, New York City Local Law 84 has mandated that owners of large building measure and report energy and water use. Known as “Benchmarking” the law is one of four that comprise the New York City Greener, Greater Building Plan (GGBP) enacted to reduce energy use, increase energy efficiency and promote clean energy 30 percent by 2030. The law’s

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