SuperScript

Reflections on the art and science of restoration, profiles of our projects, and discussions of issues in the profession.

November 5, 2019
TOP JOBS: A Series of Profiles on SUPERSTRUCTURES Roof Projects 2
Our current project for the Queens College Fitzgerald Gym is a $10 million roof replacement which utilized a state-of-the-art membrane—its first application in a New York building.
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November 1, 2019
Newtown High School: From Flemish Revival to Gene Simmons
The New York Landmarks Conservancy's recent "Mystery Landmark" turned out to be familiar to us: Newtown High School, subject of our Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award-winning restoration in 2012.
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October 28, 2019
This Day in History—October 28: The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel
On this day in 1940, ground was broken on the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel (now the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel) which would link Red Hook, Brooklyn with the Battery on the southern tip of Manhattan. In 2006, SUPERSTRUCTURES conducted an investigation of the tunnel’s four ventilation buildings and provided design and construction administration services for the restoration of these structures.
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October 22, 2019
Coming Clean
Guy Mazza of Prosoco presented “Restoration Cleaning: Turning Back the Hands of Time” on October 16th. The latest seminar in our monthly continuing education series, his talk examined the dos and don’ts of the building cleaning process for about 90 clients and colleagues in our classroom.
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October 18, 2019
More Press for Carlyle Court
Kingspan, the maker of the Optim-R vacuum insulation panels used in our project for NYU's Carlyle Court, features the project as a case study on their website.
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October 16, 2019
TOP JOBS: A Series of Profiles on SUPERSTRUCTURES Roof Projects
With our focus on building envelope restoration, our work includes a lot of roof projects. In fact, in terms of square footage, some years have us working on more roofs than facades.
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October 8, 2019
Code Talking
David May, RA, a founding partner of SUPERSTRUCTURES, participated in the workshop Increasing and Stabilizing Property Value in Today’s Market presented by FirstService Residential, contributing to a breakout session on Exterior Projects.
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October 1, 2019
NYUs Carlyle Court A VIP Building
The latest edition of Retrofit magazine profiles our work on NYU's Carlyle Court, a project that utilized vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) to achieve high R-values on the building's roof and terraces within a minimal profile.
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September 25, 2019
Weve Done Our Homework
From kindergarten classrooms to college lecture halls, the new academic year is in full swing. So it’s a good time to review our record of work for educational clients. We’re proud to have worked on many primary and secondary school buildings in New York, as well as facilities on several of the outstanding college campuses of the region.
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September 20, 2019
September 20--This Day in History: St. Pauls Chapel & The Great Fire of New York
On this day in 1776, the Great Fire of New York devastated a quarter of the city, at that time comprising a densely packed triangle on the lower tip of Manhattan. Burning into the following morning, the fire destroyed most of the buildings west of Broadway and as far north as Barclay Street. There, it was stopped by the largely undeveloped campus of King’s College (the future Columbia University). In the midst of this conflagration, St. Paul’s Chapel, a satellite of Trinity Church, was spared.
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