This X Files tagline reflects the importance of information to exterior restoration practitioners. The currency of a professional practice is information, so firms continually seek it in the investigation phase of a project.

By studying existing drawings and reports, visual observation, non-destructive testing, and strategic probing, we learn everything we can about a building’s construction, history, and symptoms of distress before designing restoration solutions. In the process, we add to our collective knowledge of materials, assemblies, and methods—each insight is a step toward the “truth” about a building (and other buildings of a similar type).

Like Agents Mulder and Scully, SUPERSTRUCTURES also applies leading-edge technology in our search for the truth.

While we draw from our experience of thousands of successful restoration projects, we know that there is still more to be discovered about the nature of building envelopes. There may be no ultimate truth in our practice; rather, it’s an evolving prospect.