711 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Façade Restoration, Façade Lighting Upgrade and Façade Cleaning

711 Fifth Avenue is an 18-story high steel framed structure constructed in 1927.  The building consists of ornamental limestone panels on masonry backup from grade to the 14^th floor.  Bracketed limestone cornices are located at the 4^th and 14^th floors.  There are Corinthian columns with terra cotta capitals pilasters from the 2^nd to the 4^th floor.  The two-story north penthouse consists of multi-wythe brick walls laid in a running bond with heads and decorative terra cotta pilasters with capitals and horizontally with decorative terra cotta bands.

Diaz Architect & Associates, P.C. performed the NYC FISP Investigation and Roof Investigation of the structure and observed various conditions in need of repair and prepared a design plan that included:

• Rebuild multi-wythe brick enclosure with reinforcement around steel column.
• Paint steel column, waterproof steel column and provide relieving angle at each floor.
• Rebuild stepped brick cracked areas.
• Rebuild brick and replace lintel over window openings Rebuild multi-wythe brick parapet with reinforcement extending to window lintel of floor below and provide cast stone coping.
• Renovate existing steel guardrail with stainless steel inserts
• Provide cast stone replacement coping at existing parapet with appropriate flashing
• Replace fire skylights over the elevator machine room and stair bulkhead.
• Provide steel repairs at fire escape
• Provide roof replacement over sloped roof with 2 ply modified bitumen roof with granulated cap sheet to assimilate to the original terra cotta tile
• Restoring cornice waterproofing membrane
• Repairing cracks at cornice
• Provide façade lighting units at horizontal limestone ledges and setback roof