The Exterior Analysis and Restoration Plan that Glass & Concrete Contracting can provide you is a definitive, comprehensive document that includes the following:

• The current state of building materials and substrates (such as joint sealants, masonry and mortar construction, window framing, cornices, etc.)
• The causes and extent of deterioration
• Recommended repair methods in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation (often with different options)
• Material selections with brand names recommended by the Secretary of the Interior for the rehabilitation of historic buildings
• Square footage and linear measurements
• Close-up color photographs of areas in need of repair
• Diagrams which help explain existing deterioration and/or repair methods which may be used by a structural engineer
• A price quote from our company to complete proposed scopes of work

Taking into consideration research of building history, design, meetings with material suppliers, testing, and estimating, an Exterior Analysis and Restoration Plan is extremely beneficial because it ensures that the correct repair methods will be identified, ensures an agreed upon scope of work that is realistic and viable, and discusses everything - on paper.

The advantages that our evaluations provide over an architect's rendering are numerous.

• We can easily access the vertical surfaces to assess damage
• We can provide actual measurements instead of estimated percentages
• We investigate and conclude on the causes of deterioration so that any problems may be corrected, not just repaired
• We have hands on experience in the actual repairs of the exterior so we know what works and what does not.
• We provide diagrams, as well as detailed descriptions and procedures, for each scope of work
• We include pictures of the actual damage
• We focus solely on the building's exterior

Along with the evaluation, you will receive a price quote from our company for the proposed scopes of work. If you decide not to use our restoration services, you will have a standard document which can be used to efficiently receive bids from many different companies on each scope of work. This ensures that bidding will be competitive and repair work will be evaluated correctly.

Please take a look at an example Exterior Analysis and Restoration Plan we have provided. (1.4mb .pdf) We have included excerpts from several different evaluations so that our example may cover many different types of buildings and issues. Please note that brand names of material selections have been omitted from this example.