Another Brick in the Wall

Due to its age, the building required structural repairs. To avoid the costly task of opening exterior walls, our team used a mast climber system instead. We performed structural repairs by opening certain wall and ceiling sections to expose the structural steel and weld additional supports into place. We were able to carefully and selectively remove historic brick to accommodate for the mast climber components. After the brick was removed, it was cleaned and stored. During this process, we discovered that some of the brick was damaged and was not able to be reused. Some of the bricks showed signs of rust, which was pushing them off course in places. We harvested usable brick from less visible areas (i.e. penthouse exterior) to be reused in the more prominent locations of the building. We enlisted the help of a custom brick manufacturer who was able to recreate the look of the more than 100-year-old brick to be reinstalled in more discreet locations.