Facade Surveys
Façades
We have produced hundreds of façade surveys for building restoration engineers, developers, and owners. Below shows a façade with a colorized point cloud and basic façade drawing (Manhattan, NY).
In New York City, Local Law 11/98 requires buildings over 6 stories must be inspected every 5 years to maintain façade safety. If as-built façade plans do not exist, building restoration engineers may hire us to laser scan and produce accurate elevation drawings.
The façade drawings may be low detail where basic façade elements are shown or highly detailed where every terra-cotta, marble, or brick mortar joint and decoration are accurately displayed. Below shows an asbuilt façade Revit model (Manhattan, NY) of detailed elements. The model was used by NYC historical restoration engineers to re-produce damaged elements.
Historical documentation of the façade is another reason to document the existing conditions. In New York City, if the building is over 100 years old, developers are required to produce accurate elevation drawings of the façade. These asbuild drawings are then given to the New York City historical society. Below shows (Brooklyn, NY) a moderate detailed façade:
The software we use are AutoCAD, Revit, and Rhino. Sometimes the client requires only minimal detail of the facade's existing conditions. Other times, the client requires very extensive as-build detail of the facade. The amount of detail required can depend on several variables.
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Audubon Avenue, New York, NY
Type: Architectural Facades
Newark, NJ
Type: Architectural Facades
- Laser scanning of exterior facades and roofs.
- Architectural Revit As-built of building exterior facades and roofs for major renovation and building addition.
10th Avenue, Manhattan, NY
Type: Architectural Facades
- Laser scanning of interior and exterior of building located in New York City.
- As-built of exteior facades, roofs, and floors.
West End Avenue, NYC
Type: Architectural Facades
- Provided Laser scanning for interior and exterior for major remodeling of building.
- Provided complete as-built strutural BIM model from scan data.
- As-build structural model included column connections.
- Existing conditions BIM model of north and west facades to comply with FISP NYC Local Law 11 and NYC Historical Society rules and regulations.
6th Avenue, NYC
Type: Architectural Facades
- 3d high-definition laser scanning of facade for major renovations.
- Complete accurate Autodesk Revit as-built of facade which included mullions, columns, glass, etc.
New York City Hall
Type: Architectural Facades
- Created Building Information Model (BIM) of exterior using scan data and existing plans for NYC facade restoration contractor.
- Provide NYC structural engineering company 3d-Laser scanning services of east and west attics of NYC City Hall.
- Complete 3D-model of west attic structure.
Denney Avenue, Boston, MA
Type: Architectural Facades
- Laser scan of facade and asbuilt documentation for project in Boston, MA.
- Complete facade 2d-AutoCAD asbuilt for restoration engineers.
West 86th Street, Manhattan, NY
Type: Architectural Facades
Varick Street, New York City
Type: Architectural Facades
Facade Restoration, New York
Type: Architectural Facades
- Produced architectural as-built exterior drawings for five buildings on campus. Extracted drawings from laser scans provide by prime.
- Produced contour maps of exterior building facades for 6 buildings on campus.
Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Type: Architectural Facades
- Laser scanning of building in New York City.
- Provided complete 2d-AutoCAD facade As-build of exterior facades.
- Produced 2d floor plans of historic church.
Commercial Facade Restoration - New York, NY
Type: Architectural Facades
- 2D-planworks, elevation drawings, and cross sections of entire structure using 3d laser scan data.
