Norfast provided engineering for the building's replacement terra cotta. We provided strucutral analysis, engineering and shop drawings for dormer repairs, storage bulkheads, skylights, and a temporary rooftop structure.
Location: 225 Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn, NY Client: Nicholson & Galloway, Inc. Completion: 2013 Services: Skylight and terra cotta engineering, structural repair, construction engineering
Strand Theatre
Norfast provided design documents for terra cotta and brick repairs for the historic Strand Theatre in Brooklyn. This project included multiple repair techniques to maximize the limited budget.
Location: 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY Client: Nicholson & Galloway, Inc. Completion: 2013 Services: Facade restoration
The American Museum of Natural History
The NYC LPC designated the American Museum of Natural History as an individual landmark in 1967. It also lies within the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Norfast provided engineering services related to scaffolding design and a full height decorative scrim. Norfast surveyed and evaluated the lifeline connections used by in-house staff for maintenance at the interior entrance hall and exterior. We also provided conditions documentation and concrete design for the south porte-cochere restoration.
Location: CPW at 79th St, NY, NY Client: Nicholson & Galloway, Inc. Completion: 2011 Services: Construction engineering
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The NYC LPC designated the museum as an individual landmark in 1967. Norfast provided shoring design and shop drawings for the restoration of the concrete steps, including a radiant heat system for snow melt.
Location: 1000 Fifth Ave, NY, NY Client: Nicholson & Galloway, Inc. Completion: 2011 Services: Construction engineering
Stephen Sondheim Theatre
The NYC LPC designated this historic theatre, formerly known as the Henry Miller Theatre, as an individual landmark in 1987. The Roundabout Theatre Company hired Norfast to provide electrical service and distribution review for the building. Nicholson & Galloway, Inc. hired Norfast to provide engineering calculations and design the support structure for the new marquee.
Location: 124 West 43rd St, NY, NY Client: Roundabout Theatre Company, Nicholson & Galloway, Inc. Completion: 2009 Services: Marquee engineering
Battery Maritime Building
The Battery Maritime Building, designated by the NYC LPC as an individual landmark in 1967, underwent a restoration that included the interior arched moldings at slips 5, 6 and 7. Norfast was hired to perform a historical survey of the sheet metal arches and to design the structural connections for the installation of the replacement fiberglass panels.
Location: 10 South St, NY, NY Client: Nicholson & Galloway, Inc., Seal Reinforced Fiberglass, Inc. Completion: 2005 Services: Historic and GFRP engineering, documentation