by Mike Gilbert The Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians (SPRAT) is an organization comprised of individuals, companies, and agencies that have a stake in the safe development of rope access standards and practices. Although SPRAT is based in the United States, its scope is international. Currently, SPRAT members hail from the US, Canada, Mexico,…
The speaker at January’s monthly meeting of the Boston Society of Architects’ Historic Resources Committee was Jay Wickersham, FAIA of the law firm Noble & Wickersham LLP. He spoke about little known aspects of the histories of architects Charles Bulfinch and H.H. Richardson. The experience of these prominent Boston architects helped to form the structure…
by Kent Diebolt In mid-December of 2010, I travelled to Barcelona where Derek Trelstad, of Robert Silman Associates and I were given a tour of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in the Eixample, near Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia. We were hosted by Jose Luis Gonzalez and Gloria Riba, both of whom I first…
The Association for Preservation Technology has published an article by Kelly Streeter in its 2010 Vol. XLI, No. 4 edition of the APT Bulletin – The Journal of Preservation Technology . “Information Technology for Building Documentation” is excerpted here: Introduction Few building owners or managers appreciate how crucial the initial discovery phase of a facade-renovation…
The blizzard of 2010 had just passed through the Hudson Valley region of New York State affording a break in the weather to extract 13 core samples of the concrete pier on Popolopen Creek Bridge for testing to determine state of conditions. Keith Luscinski is on the ropes and conducted the procedure. NY Department of…
New safety standards are under development at ANSI and Vertical Access is a member of several subcommittees, including ANSI Z359.17 Safety Requirements for Horizontal Lifelines for Personal Fall Arrest Systems ANSI Z359.8 Safety Requirements for Suspended Rope Work ANSI Z359.16 Safety Requirements for Descending Devices – learn more The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) first…
Over the past few years, Vertical Access has been part of project teams investigating and restoring three federal courthouse and post office complexes designed in the early 1890s. These structures, in Milwaukee, Buffalo and Brooklyn, exemplify the federal government’s role in shaping the architectural character of our cities through the design and construction of monumental,…
Keith Lucsinski documenting building conditions on a Central Park East property in New York City using live feed video clients for real-time observation by clients.
Forensic architects and engineers employ investigative techniques, not to point fingers, but to find the root cause and recommend solutions for problems that plague buildings. Read full article. Architectural Record, 10/2006
