Project Type:
Façade and Roof Parapet Restoration

Howard L. Zimmerman Architects, P.C. was retained by the Board of Directors at Turtle Bay Towers, a residential building in Midtown Manhattan. The project required complete exterior façade restoration and construction work within occupied areas.

Scope of Work:

	Complete exterior façade restoration
	Replacement of integrated greenhouse structures with high performance thermal enclosures
	Replacement of all terraced roofs
	Extensive brick masonry repair and reinforcement of structural steel frame
	Parapet wall replacement
	Because the areas under greenhouses were occupied interior spaces, it was especially difficult to scaffold and rig the exterior of the building to perform the work

Project Challenges included customizing a special "permanent scaffolding system" to overcome the difficult problems of accessing the building façade in the future. This system is comprised of new permanent attachment points that will permit temporary scaffolding beams a means of connecting back to the structural steel frame of the building.