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Weathering the Storm: Emergency Preparedness & Storm Resiliency
After last week’s record-breaking rainfall caused flooding, power outages and widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) released a…
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Ask the Engineer: Finding–and Fixing–Construction Defects
Leaks, drafty windows, cracked balconies, loose floorboards, and mold are not things you would expect to see in a newly constructed or newly converted building. Unfortunately,…
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Restoring Historic Details in Sunset Park
Over the years, various boards of directors at Parkside Assocation, located at 549 41st Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, resolved to replace the leaky roof of the…
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What Lies Beneath (A Co-op’s Gut Reno Horror Story)
A moldy basement, leaking roofs, and oatmeal-like mortar are scary things no one should ever encounter in a newly renovated building. Unfortunately for one cooperative in…
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Greenwich Village Condo Digs Its Way Out of a Leak
One of RAND’s recent projects was supposed to be a routine roofing replacement job, until contractors discovered sand where there should have been concrete. Village House,…
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Ask Our Experts: Roof Replacement
The roof is one of the most critical elements of a building in preventing leaks. Many property owners and managers will at some point find it…
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Co-op Stops Stopgaps to Stop Leaks
Short-term fixes rarely bring long-term relief, especially when it comes to building maintenance. Case in point: the Kensington House, a 195-unit co-op at 200 West 20th…
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New Jersey Co-op Fights Back Against Leaks
Water is a formidable foe, and keeping it from infiltrating a building is a constant battle, as one New Jersey cooperative knows all too well. RAND…
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See Your Building in a New Light
When inspecting a building for defective conditions, the saying “there’s more than meets the eye” is particularly true. That’s because a number of potential problems that…
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Co-op Opts for Double Shot
When the board at Briar Oaks, a two-building cooperative at 4525 and 4555 Henry Hudson Parkway in Riverdale, decided to replace the buildings’ original roof railings,…
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Co-op Puts Skin in the Game to Stop Leaks
Beauty, they say, is more than skin deep. At 33 Fifth Avenue, a luxury co-op in Greenwich Village, the board had to go more than skin…
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Infrared Eye for Detecting Leaks
With the recent storms and heavy rains, my Rand coworkers and I have been extra busy conducting leakage evaluations. To assist us in our investigations, we’ve…