WASA doing repairs at Harvard Club.WASA WASA Water And Sewer Authority WASA Water and Sewer Authority (Washington DC) WASA Washington Association of School Administrators WASA Welsh Amateur Swimming Association WASA Wisconsin Agri-Service Association is completing roofing and masonry repairs of The Harvard Club of New York The Harvard Club of New York, incorporated in 1887, is housed in adjoining lots at 27 West 44th Street and 35 West 44th Street. It was designed in red brick neo-Georgian style by Charles Follen McKim of McKim, Mead, and White in 1884. City's landmark facility on West 44th Street. WASA was retained to design the repairs and to administer the actual restoration. WASA, one of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's leading architecture and engineering firms, was selected because of its expertise on the restoration and preservation of historic structures, as well as for its ability to tackle particularly sophisticated assignments. The Harvard Club project involved repairs to 17 separate copper and sheet-metal roofs on the neo-Georgian structure. McKim, Mead and White designed the original structure in 1893, additions were added in 1900 and 1913 and over the years several rooftop additions were constructed. WASA conducted a field survey of the building and tested the condition of the original structure. In addition to rooftop deck and gutter repairs, WASA replaced an existing skylight skylight Roof opening covered with translucent or transparent glass or plastic designed to admit daylight. Skylights have found wide application admitting steady, even light in industrial, commercial, and residential buildings, especially those with a northern orientation. with a new copper skylight: WASA also completely re-designed the rooftop mechanical systems, which permitted re-roofing and also updated the equipment and integrated the existing building with a new addition under construction. WASA senior associate Pamela Jerome said facade repairs included restoration of wrought iron wrought iron: see iron. wrought iron One of the two forms in which iron is obtained by smelting. Wrought iron is a soft, easily worked, fibrous metal. It usually contains less than 0.1% carbon and 1–2% slag. balconies that required replacement of the supporting steel. The entire restoration project is valued at $3 million. "The Harvard Club was one of the first buildings to be named a landmark in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ," Jerome said. "This restoration work will help to ensure it will remain in good condition for many years to come." |
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