Congratulations to SUPERSTRUCTURES’ Kelvin He, RA who has been promoted to Senior Associate. This promotion is a direct reflection of his professional stature and invaluable contributions to our success. Kelvin is held in high regard by his coworkers, by his colleagues in the profession, and by the firm’s prestigious clients.

When you think of Qualified Exterior Wall Inspectors (QEWIs), think of SUPERSTRUCTURES. Why? Because we have 15 QEWIs on our team—twice as many as comparably sized firms in our field. This deep bench of QEWIs means we have the capacity to handle our clients’ Facade Inspection and Safety Program (FISP)-related projects, underscoring our exterior restoration expertise and our commitment to our practice.

This unsolicited testimonial is from the co-president of one of the city’s premiere restoration contractors. Producing documents that inspire this kind of praise relies on consistently satisfying the “Four Cs” of excellence: drawings that are clear, correct, concise, and complete.

News that NYC will soon mandate periodic safety inspections of parking garages, similar to periodic facade (FISP/LL11) inspections, has raised alarms that “garages are the new facades,” alarms that are overblown for several key reasons.

SUPERSTRUCTURES joins the National Trust for Historic Preservation and local organizations across the country in celebrating Preservation Month in May. As architects and engineers specializing in exterior restoration, we maintain a broad focus, but subscribe to the spirit of the Hippocratic Oath: “First do no harm.”

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Parking structures are revenue centers, so all the more reason to inspect and maintain them—especially now that most will be subject to a new city inspection program. SUPERSTRUCTURES has years of experience identifying and remediating parking garage problems using our team of New York State-licensed engineers and we're ready to help garage owners fulfill this mandate.

Habitat Magazine’s recent article on applications of infrared (IR) imaging touts the technology as “a new way” to find moisture. That’s curious, because SUPERSTRUCTURES has been using IR cameras to investigate water infiltration and other issues in building envelopes for nearly two decades.

SUPERSTRUCTURES conducted an exterior restoration of one of Robertson’s New York masterpieces, the MacIntyre Building (1892) at 874 Broadway in the Ladies Mile Historic District. This restoration earned the firm a Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award. Happy birthday, Robert Henderson Robertson (not to be confused with Robbie Robertson of The Band).

In honor of Earth Week, we’ve made a temporary change to our logo. While efforts to make everything—including buildings—“greener” tend to dominate the environmental conversation (especially around Earth Day), the energy already embodied in existing buildings should be higher on the sustainability agenda. SUPERSTRUCTURES has long subscribed to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s position that “the greenest building is one already built.”