Heritage Services
Secretary Standards? It’s in our DNA.
Building code compliance? We got your back.
Have a great building, but unsure what possibilities exist?
Need to find out how to pay for it? We do.
We understand how to work with historic buildings and that typical solutions may not apply.
Theatres, schools and higher education facilities, religious structures, “Main Street” commercial structures, institutional and governmental buildings, residences, and transportation-related properties.
We work with you to develop creative treatments that will make the building thrive in its new use while retaining the historic character that makes it one-of-a-kind.
Restoration
We help you reconcile stringent programmatic requirements while simultaneously maintaining the property’s integrity and historic character. Full Historic Architectural Services including Design, Construction Documents, Bidding Administration and Construction Administration for Historic Rehabilitation in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards
- Historic Structures Reports (HSR)
- Documentation of Existing Conditions of Buildings
- Opinions of Probable Construction Cost
- Facade Rehabilitation
- Adaptive Use of Historic Properties
- Additions to Historic Buildings
Revitalization
Diagnosis and Treatment take more forms and processes. We identify and apply appropriate repair technologies that will best serve the long-term needs of your property and its preservation goals.
- Documentation of Existing Conditions
- Evaluation of the significance of Materials & Building Components
- Analysis & Repair of Building Component & Materials Failures
- Analysis & Appropriate Upgrades of Building Systems & Utilities
- Original Color & Finishes Determinations
- Analysis of Code Requirements & appropriate Implementation
- Cost Analysis, including Maintenance Analyses and Life Cycle Costings
- Identification of Specialty Contractors and Suppliers
- Guidelines for Rehabilitation, Repair & Restoration
Preservation
We identify and apply appropriate repair technologies that will best serve the long-term needs of your property and its preservation goals.
- Documentation of Existing Conditions
- Evaluation of the significance of Materials & Building Components
- Analysis & Repair of Building Component & Materials Failures
- Analysis & Appropriate Upgrades of Building Systems & Utilities
- Original Color & Finishes Determinations
- Analysis of Code Requirements & appropriate Implementation
- Cost Analysis, including Maintenance Analyses and Life Cycle Costing
- Identification of Specialty Contractors and Suppliers
- Guidelines for Rehabilitation, Repair & Restoration
Advocacy
We identify what is significant and then build a preservation policy, plan, and strategy for maintaining historic architectural integrity. On-going viable use of your community’s historic resources is vital to its economic and social well-being. We can provide advocacy for your district or property.
- National Register (NR) nominations
- National Historic Landmark (NHL) nominations
- Determination of Eligibility for National Register Listing or Local Designation
- Local Historic Designation
- Historic Architectural Surveys
- Historic American Building Survey (HABS) documentation
- Historic and Architectural Research
- Funding Source Identification
- Historic Preservation Grant Applications
- Preservation Advisory Services, Including Expert Witness
Funding
We help you secure funding for your project, the hard-to-find, bricks and mortar funds in addition to funds for master plans, historic resource reports, and more.
Strategic Resource Funding Package
We put together a strategic resource funding package with a prioritized approach, customized to the location and type of project. The funding that we have helped clients secure range from $5,000-$10,000 grants to large scale, community development grants like the $400,000 upper-level housing grant from HUD awarded to Xenia, Ohio, in 2016.
Don’t have time, resources, or expertise to pursue grants? We provide full-service grant writing, tailored to your needs (which we establish together in the preliminary planning phase). We can shepherd the grant application from pre-application correspondence through submission.
Just need technical data? We can provide the meat and potatoes technical content for the grant application including the budget and budget narrative, scope of work, or just strategic facts and figures to help you craft a robust, winning application.
- Private and local foundations
- Heritage Tourism grants
- State Historic Preservation Office
- Certified Local Government
- Community Block Development Grants (CDBG)
- City facade improvement programs
- Capital Bill funding
- Transportation enhancement grants
- Other HUD grants: Special category grant, HOPE grant
- Scenic Byway Grants
- National Trust for Historic Preservation grants
Management
We use unit pricing and allowances in our bidding process to quantify items as best we can. It sets up a framework for unforeseen conditions, which as you probably well know are not uncommon with historic buildings. So we have a framework, we do our due diligence, we bring in specialty contractors up front, and then we using allowances and unit pricing, do the best we can to craft an accurate cost while allowing for adjustments as required.
We monitor all work diligently during construction and verify that the contractors are doing what they have quoted us to do. If more repair or work is required than originally thought, we can know as soon as possible and account for the increases that might be needed.
