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INSPECTIONS

The City of Chicago requires that building façades over 80 feet tall be inspected regularly for maintenance and repair issues, especially related to safety. Inspections include superficial inspections from the ground and up-close inspections from swing stage rigs.

We ride the swing stages, survey the exteriors and record conditions, and write reports as required by the City’s façade ordinance. We have produced over 200 professional reports of over 100 buildings six to 57 stories tall, with brick, concrete, stone and terra cotta exteriors.

Just like the larger, more expensive firms we:
ANTICIPATE your inspection schedule,
IDENTIFY your facade issues,
EVALUATE to define your restoration and repair plans, and
IMPLEMENT facade work for continuous operation of your building.

EXTERIOR FACADE SERVICES

Once a facade inspection is complete, DMA will collaborate with the building owner to produce and implement a strategy, schedule, and budget that successfully address the building’s safety, maintenance, and repair or restoration issues.

Experts with terra cotta, brick, stone, concrete
Experience with numerous exterior repair projects
Façade repair program development
Inspection and repair scheduling, bidding and budgeting
Repair documents for bidding, permits and construction
Façade repair observation and documentation
Full architectural services available, including design and construction drawings
Detailed bid documents and budgets, on-site repair inspection and documentation

Windermere House

Hyde Park, Chicago

Historic 12-story building with brick and terra cotta exterior
Ordinance-required inspections
Produced a detailed scope of work, cost estimate, project schedule, and repair documents
Led the bidding process and provided construction observation services
Accurate scaled drawings of facades and terra cotta
2,500 new terra cotta pieces in 11 different profiles
Exterior repairs totaling $8,000,000 in 3 phases