HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Historic Preservation
Our Historic Preservation and Restoration Group is comprised of team members with educational backgrounds in structural engineering and historic preservation and whom are experienced with applying The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties to projects throughout the northeast. GNCB is a member of Preservation Connecticut and meets the Professional Qualifications Standards of the Department of the Interior.
SITE DOCUMENTATION &
CONDITION ASSESSMENT
CONDITION ASSESSMENT
Existing and historic structures differ from new building design since they require the existing conditions to be documented and assessed early in design. This additional step is essential to outlining the full scope of work to be addressed in each project. GNCB takes the information gathered on site to produce a variety of deliverables for our Clients, including reports, as-built drawings, and construction documents. These deliverables become an important part of each structure’s history and allows projects to move smoothly into construction.
PRESERVATION THROUGH ADAPTIVE REUSE
GNCB provides services for the full preservation spectrum including preservation, reconstruction, stabilization, renovation, and adaptive reuse. GNCB uses the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards as a guideline at all stages of our work. In addition to maintaining the historic integrity of the structure, our designs consider the economic and technical feasibility of each project in an effort to support all levels of treatment for varying project sizes.
DESIGN, BID, CONSTRUCTION
GNCB’s historic preservation services include taking a project from the conceptual and planning stages into construction. Our versatile backgrounds as structural engineers and preservationists allow our team to produce accurate Construction Drawings minimizing the number of changes made in the field due to unforeseen conditions. We are also capable of providing our Clients with full Contract Documents and helping them steer the unfamiliar territory of bidding preservation projects with qualified Contractors.