Housed in a former Masonic Temple constructed in 1908 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the National Museum of Women in the Arts is located in downtown Washington, DC, just east of the White House. Serving as building envelope and historic preservation consultant to a team developing a facilities preservation plan, CVM … Continued

Prior to and in support of a localized re-roofing project, CVM replaced six banks of clerestory windows at this 1970s-era dining center. Included in the replacement was an investigation of the wood cladding and structural framing of the windows, and the development of a phased construction schedule. CVM then worked with the repair contractor to … Continued

As part of a feasibility study exploring transforming two 19th-century facilities into contemporary academic buildings, CVM investigated the envelope and exterior closure systems of Christmas-Saucon Hall and Chandler-Ullmann Hall on the campus of Lehigh University. Components examined included walls, roofing, windows and chimneys, with methods ranging from visual examination to moisture measurements, infrared thermography scans … Continued

CVM teamed with an architect to document campus buildings following Vassar’s receipt of a J. Paul Getty Trust Campus Heritage Grant. Special attention was paid to preservation issues presented by buildings constructed since 1950. These efforts resulted in a historic preservation Design Manual, which has become a living document, regularly consulted and updated by the … Continued

CVM performed a facade survey of this dormitory complex, including an updated assessment of roofing and windows, culminating in the compilation of a comprehensive summary report that provides the Facilities & Real Estate Services Department with a prioritized list of repair and renewal needs. The report is broken down by house, with annotated plans and … Continued

Berklee College of Music is a campus of clustered buildings scattered over a number of blocks in Boston, serving the needs of over 4,000 students. Berklee retained CVM to perform building envelope condition assessments of the ten buildings comprising the property of the school at that time, establishing short- and long-term deferred maintenance and preservation … Continued

A historically-significant structure constructed in 1899, Harvard University is renovating this colonial revival house as part of its River House renovation program. Faced with significant structural distress as well as a desire to preserve the original structure, CVM developed a strategy that included lifting the house to insert new foundations and reinforcing and strengthening the … Continued

Built in 1874, the Barn became the home of the graduate and professional student center in 1992. Cornell sought a solution to structural distress which required regular monitoring, and engaged CVM to strengthen the barn’s structure while bringing it into compliance with current building codes. CVM worked with University project managers to develop a comprehensive … Continued

PSU’s recently renovated CBEI building at the Philadelphia Navy Yard required reinforcement of the glu-lam arches that spanned the original gymnasium space.   CVM’s diagnostic evaluation was supplemented by wood pathology to establish the extent of moisture-induced decay.  Our repair solution combined steel plate reinforcing and wood epoxy. This solution minimized costs and worked within the … Continued

After learning that their timber bowstring roof trusses were overstressed due to snow drift accumulations, Cornell engaged CVM to design a Truss Reinforcement program for Lynah Rink. CVM performed an extensive hands-on and visual survey informed by wood pathology to establish grading and identify microbial growth and decay. Our designers then teamed with our in-house … Continued