Stone Facade Deconstruct and Reconstruct Mountainville, NY
(Tilly)
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Jean Hasbrouck House Repointing
Historic Huguenot Steet, New Paltz, NY
(Larson)
Limestone Sample Prep for
Laboratory Test
1. Probes, Sample Extraction & Support Services
Specialists in probe, core, test sample extraction, preparation, and prototype fabrications: Expertise includes extracting steel coupons, masonry prisms for lab testing, and masonry cores.
On-site support and logistical services for design team investigations and exterior/interior condition surveys of historic structures, assisting architects, conservators, and structural engineers.
Assisting in investigations for water infiltration into interiors and conducting water spray tests.
Assisting NDE investigations in ground truthing.
Window condition surveys.
Extensive experience with sacred sites, museums, cultural institutions, municipal, local government, and federal agency projects (libraries, police stations, theaters, etc.).
2. Conceptual Budgets
Conceptual budget estimates for historic work.
3. Projects (Boutique & Large)
Boutique Projects
Focus on small, specialized projects requiring unique skills and detailed planning.
Extensive hands-on experience with historic materials.
Selected projects often fill a niche where other expertise is unavailable.
Not a general contractor, nor specialized in a single building trade.
We maintain an active network of traditional trades practitioners.
Large Projects
We collaborate with various associated restoration companies to undertake larger projects.
Emphasis on negotiated design-build projects.
Project scope: $100,000 - $7M.
Hands-on Expertise & Skills
General: Site logistics, carpentry, masonry, and the disassembly and reassembly of historic masonry and fireplaces in museum settings.
Specialty Masonry: Ruregold FRCM, Cintec, micro-abrasive masonry cleaning, masonry murals, Guastavino tile consulting, historic tile work, fireplace mantles.
Art & Restoration: Site-specific artwork, window restoration, cemetery work.
Fabrication: Probes, mock-ups, material sampling.
4. Consulting Services
Business development, strategic market planning, and construction feasibility.
Problem-solving for complex situations.
Traditional trade networking.
Guastavino tile consulting.
5. Owner’s Representation & Independent Project Management
Independent project management (e.g., timber frame/cedar shake repairs at the 1720 Jean Hasbrouck House).
Partnerships with contractors for independent project management services.
Collaboration with property stewards and teams on project development and value engineering.
Profile & Credentials
Geographic Range
Shop Location: 80 miles north of NYC in the Hudson Valley (midway between Danbury, CT and Poughkeepsie, NY).
Service Area: Convenient to NYC, NJ, CT, Hudson Valley, Albany, and Boston.
Projects range from California to Florida.
Credentials & Affiliations
Ken Follett: Founding member and first president of the Preservation Trades Network (PTN); Previous board member, Association for Preservation Technology Northeast (APTNE) and Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI); Lifetime member, PTN.
Ken & David: Involved in five National Trust HOPE Crew projects (most recently, the John & Alice Coltrane House, Dix Hills, Long Island, NY).
Work on projects with HistoriCorp (Wayah Bald Fire Watch Tower graffiti removal).
Sponsor to APTNE.
References available upon request.
6 fireplaces and 1 bake oven
private residence
Stanfordville, NY
(Salem Preservation, Baum)
Wayah Bald Firewatch Tower
Graffiti Removal
Franklin, North Carolina
(HistoriCorp, Job Corp, US Forest Service)
Window Survey & Conceptual Budget
private residence
Westchester, NY
(Tilly)
Alice Austen House
Probes
Staten Island, NY
(CTA, HHS)
Swedish Cottage
Team Assistance, Condition Survey
Central Park, NYC
(JGW, HHS)
Site Logistic for Condition Survey
Navy Yard
Washington, DC
(AtkinsRéalis, JBC)
Statue of Liberty, Terreplein Probes
(M&SA)
Liberty Island, NY/NJ
Two Seasons with National Trust HOPE Crew on Repointing of Landscape Wall
Fort Wadsworth
Staten Island, NY
Guastavino Tile Workshop
Designated Masons
(APTI)
Ozone Park, NY
Pershing Barracks, Probes
(Atkins)
West Point Military Academy
West Point, NY
John & Alice Coltrane House
National Trust HOPE Crew
Perimeter Fence Repair and Painting
Dix Hills, NY
Fire Island Lighthouse
Support to Condition Survey, Probes
(JGW -Apple)
Fire Island, NY
Moving 300AD Marble Lawn Furniture
The Breakers
Newport, RI
Guastavino Probes & Consulting, Conceptual Budget
(Silman)
79th Street Boat Basin
NY, NY
Butler-McCook Fireplace Restoration
Hartford, CT
Extraction of AD 400 Medusa Mosaic from Wall
(Traditional Line)
Hispanic Society of America
NY, NY
Probes. Temporary Protection
Villa Lewaro
Madame C.J. Walker Mansion
(Tilly, Silman (TYLin) , JBC)
Irvington, NY
Stone Hearth Detailing, Model Room
(Traditional Line)
NY Yatch Club
NY, NY
Masonry Cleaning, Facade and Daniel Chester French Marble Sculptures
(JBC)
Customs House
NY, NY
Library Fireplace Cleaning , two fireplaces,
(Traditional Line)
NY Yacht Club
NY, NY
Probes, Design Team Support Services Netherlands Carillon
(M&SA)
Arlington, VA
Encaustic Tile Vestibule Restoration
Townhouse built by Raphael Guastavino Sr.
(Zach Rice).
NY, NY
Guastavino Tile Consulting
George Westinghouse Career And Technical Education High School
(Lo Sardo)
Lucy G. Moses
Brooklyn, NY
Barnes & Noble Headquarters
Exterior Restoration
(LSA, Apple)
NYS Preservation Award
Victorian Society of America
Municipal Art Society
Union Square, NY, NY
Recondition of Japanese Lanterns
(Anne Eisenhower)
Southampton, NY
Relocation of WW2 MTA Memorial Granite Wall to MTA Headquarters
(KF moved wall 20 years earlier)
(JBC)
Brooklyn, NY
Wought Iron Fence Installation
(FLANK)
West 4th Street Church
NY, NY
IBIX Micro-abrasive Masonry Cleaning Mock-Up
(Evergreene)
Courthouse
Santa Barbara, CA
Interior Mortar Detailing
(Evergreene)
NY, NY
ABR Waterless Poultice
(Tradttional Line)
Probes
Highbridge Water Tower
(Gandhi Engineering)
NY, NY
Bake Oven & Cooking Fireplace
Designated Masons on Volunteer Hands-On Workshop
Lefferts House, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
Logistics & Probes
(BBB)
Gould Memorial Library
Bronx, NY
Exterior Condition Survey
(LTE)
Perrot Memorial Library
Greenwich, CT
Probes
(Zach Rice)
Philipine Counsel
13 E 66th Street, NY, NY
Mahogany Box Gutters
Weeksville, Brooklyn, NY
Logistics
(JBC)
Ossining Baptist Church
Ossining, NY
Window Condition Survey
(Arnold & Associates, Dallas, TX)
Wyndham Hotel
NY, NY
Removal and Storage of Statues, Probes in Gate Columns
Conceptual Budget
(Apple)
Planting Fields, Oyster Bay, NY
Logistics
(JGW)
Popenhausen Institute.
Queens, NY.
Masonry & Obelisk Righting
(JBC)
Prospect Cemetery
Jamaica, Queens
Brownstone Louver Probes.
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Rye, NY
Probes.
(Zach Rice)
Stanton Street Shul.
NY, NY
Porch Restoration
(Historic House Trust)
Van Cortlandt Mansion
Bronx, NY
Masonry Preservation Consulting
River Bend Silo
Falmouth, MA
Lobby and Door Restoration
Suffolk Theater
Riverhead, NY
Consulting
(SHA, Moon Group)
Lucy G. Moses
MAS Award
Kickstarter Headquarters
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Logistics.
(JBC)
McArthur Barracks
West Point, NY
Masonry Repointing
(FLANK)
West 4th Street Church
NY, NY
Probes, Design Team Support Services
Plum Island Lighthouse
(JBC)
Plum Island, NY
Logistics, Design Team Support Services
Port Chester Rye Brook Library
(Lathrop, JBC)
Rye, NY
Consulting
(Apple)
Montauk Lighthouse
Montauk, NY
Condition Survey, Conceptual Budget
(Aaron Copland Foundation and Lyndhurst)
Lyndhurst Pool House
Tarrytown, NY
Masonry Restoration
Mele Pool House
Easthampton, NY
Probes
Monmouth County Hall of Records
(Connolly & Hickey Historical Architects)
Monmouth, NJ
Masonry & Coatings
Miineaola Presbyterian Church
Mineola, NY
Lecture on Probes for Structural Engineering Students
Manhattan College, NY
Probes, Design Team Support Services
(LSA)
Brick House at the Glass House
New Canaan, CT
NoLa Grants Clinic, Post-Katrina Remote Estimating
New Orleans, LA
Exterior Condition Survey
(LTE)
Mt. Pleasant HS
Providence, RI
Probes, Design Team Support Services, Consulting
(Thornton Tomasetti)
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Hawthorne, NY
Consulting, Window Trim Mock-Up
Kane Street Synagoge
Brooklyn, NY
Reset of Limestone Urns
The Breakers
Newport, RI
Replacement of Cedar Roof Logs
(Historic House Trust)
Hessian Hut, Dyckman House
NY, NY
Consulting, Mock-Ups for Paint Removal
Chrome Hearts
NY, NY
Probes & Cores, Coolidge HS
(architecture incorporated)
Tacoma, Washington, DC.
Cortland Street Subway Mural Logistics
(JBC)
Brooklyn, NY
Logistics, Design Team Support Services, Probes
(JGW)
Governors Island, NY
Greenwich Library, Exterior Condition Survey
(LTE)
Greenwich, CT
Masonry Consulting
(SHA)
Drew University, NJ
Consulting, Strategic Planning
Structure was succesfully relocated.
Edison Schoolhouse
Franklin, NJ
400 SF Marble Bathroom Relocation
Private Residence
Elizabeth Street, NY, NY
Rutherford Firebox
Private Residence, Ohio
Lower Gate House, Vanderbilt Mansion Historic Site, D/2 Consulting
Hye Park, NY
Probes
(RMA)
McArthur Pool
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Guastavino Consulting
(Apple)
Hoboken Terminal, NJ
Copper Finial Fabrication and Installation
(SHA, OSE)
Tribeca, NY
Probes, Design Team Support Services, Conceptual Budget, Consulting
(Thornton-Tomasetti)
Lucy G. Moses
Mt Morris Fire Watch Tower
NY, NY
Logistics, Probes, Design Team Support Services, Budget Review
(FFMG)
Edison Memorial Tower
Menlo Park, NJ
Demount and Crate Marble Fireplace Mantle.
150 W 55th, NY, NY
Exterior Condition Survey
(McClain)
Fordham Place, Bronx, NY
Grate Removal & Marble Cleaning
(LSA)
Colony Club
NY, NY
Plaster Ceiling Probes
(BBB)
City Hall
NY, NY
Probes
CIty Center
NY, NY
Window Glazing
Atria, Ossining, NY
Repointing Mock-Ups
Summit Old Town Hall
Summit, NJ
Temple of Love
Old Westbury Gardens
Westbury, NY
Obelisk Righting,
(JBC)
Whippany, NJ
Gutter Relining
(NPS)
William Floyd Mansion
Mastic Beach, NY.
Probes, Design Team Support Services Test Sample Extraction
(LSA)
Highbridge
NY, NY
Support to Condition Survey
Franklin Stage
Franklin, NY
Masonry Consulting
(Heritage Restoration)
1st Congregational Church
Bristol, RI
Site Work, Masonry
(JBC)
Pioneer Cemetery
Coloma, CA
Probes, Design Team Support Services
Orangerie, Kykiut
Terrytown, NY
Replacement of Stolen Eagle Head
(Old World Stone)
Jersey City, NJ
Relocation, Conservation, Paul Manship Medalions (total of four)
MTA Bridges & Tunnels
(Apple)
NY, NY
Logistics, Design Team Support Services
Palmer Tennis Court
(Tilly)
Rye, NY
Masonry Detailing
344 W 89th Street
NY, NY
Sealants on Skylight
Atria on Hudson
Ossining, NY
Tornado & Chemical Paint Strip
Mock-Ups
Waldorf-Astoria Lobby
(LSA)
NY, NY
Alexander Calder -- Sidewalk Restoration
1014 Madison Ave.
NY, NY
Probes
(Yoshihara, McKee)
Brooklyn, NY
Tornado Mock-Up
Battery Lewis Cannon
(JHP)
Highlands, NJ
Probes
Astoria Library
(Yoshihara, McKee)
Astoria, NY
Probes
(JGW, OSE, NPS)
Castle Clinton
NY, NY
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