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CURRENT PROJECTS INDEX

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  • Madison County Courthouse, Madison, Virginia
  • Jesuit Cemetery Chapel and Columbarium, Woodstock, Maryland
    • Woodstock Chapel beforeWoodstock Chapel after
    • Installed new bluestone paver sidewalk with drainage system
    • Removed granite veneer and repaired underlying brick masonry structure
    • Granite patching and replacement
    • Replication of severely deteriorated wooden cupola and complex wooden cornice
    • Replication of iron urns and restoration of cast iron fencing surrounding the site
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  • H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse, Washington, DC
    • Moultrie Courthouse
    • Replaced 4,000 linear feet of limestone coping with new stone
    • Removed old lightning protection system and installed new system
    • Cleaned exterior limestone with micro-abrasive technique
    • Replaced existing sealant
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  • Contee Farm Ruins, Edgewater, Maryland
    • Contee Farm Ruins
    • Stabilized 18th century mansion by constructing steel shoring
    • Repointed select areas to increase stability of the remains with custom-blended, historically accurate mortar
    • Recovered and catalogued artifacts found on site
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  • Chinese Church, Washington, DC
    • Baltimore form-stone removal
    • Lead paint abatement
    • Brick masonry cleaning, cut out and re-pointing
    • Wood window frame and cornice restoration
    • New bell tower
    • www.cccdc.org
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  • The Evening Star Building, Washington, DC
    • Sensitively cleaned marble façade
    • Cut out and repointed mortar joints, resealed window frames
    • Consolidation and patching of ornamental carved surfaces
    • Dutchman repairs
    • Installed new copper flashing and gutters
    • Stripped and recoated steel balcony rails and ornamental lamps
    • eveningstarbuilding.com
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  • Mt. Vernon Place Methodist United Church Washington, DC
    • Removed and reset colonnade and two monumental marble steps
    • Cleaned, cut out and repointed west brick elevation
    • Furnished and installed carved Georgia marble replacements
    • Installed custom-matched stone patches
    • www.mvpumc.org
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  • DC Superior Courts, Buildings A, B, & C; Washington, DC
    • Overall misting and spot chemical cleaning
    • Repointed all stone with a WEI-formulated custom mortar match
    • Patching and Dutchman repairs of limestone and granite
    • Removed old bird protection anchors and installed new system
    • Window restoration, including metal and steel windows, lead paint removal, in situ frame repair and repair of sashes in WEI shop
    • Removed existing cornice flashing and installed new material
    • Fabricated and installed new stainless steel mesh for light well grates at ground level
    • Reset granite staircase at Building B
    • www.dccourts.gov
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  • Square 320, Washington, DC
    • Restored four historic building façades
    • Replication and restoration of large curved sashes and oriel
    • Replaced aluminum windows with replicas of original wood windows
    • Lead paint removal and recoating
    • New masonry rear façade
    • Doors, hardware and specialties installation
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  • Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, Washington, DC
    • Masonry cleaning, repointing and repair with selective brick replacement
    • Fabricated and installed granite base at storefront
    • Replication and restoration of wood windows and winding staircase
    • Restoration of pressed copper cornice
    • Repaired and painted pressed metal storefront
    • Work completed on a tight schedule, on time and within budget
    • http://www.madametussaudsdc.com
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  • Gilman Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Old Treasury Building, Annapolis, Maryland
    • Poultice cleaning
    • Painstakingly removed inappropriate modern mortar
    • Repointed using documented historic techniques and specially fabricated tools with a lime putty mortar
    • Rerouted electrical conduit to better suit the museum environment
    • msa.md.gov
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  • American Brewery, Baltimore, Maryland
    • American Brewery
    • Restored shaped wood windows, dormers and cornice when possible
    • Replicated window components and ornamental cornice brackets
    • Reconstructed interior stairway with salvaged and replicated materials
    • Restored grain chute, silo and grain elevator
    • http://www.humanim.com
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  • Jefferson at Penn Quarters, Washington, DC
    • The Jefferson at Penn Quarters
    • Restored 13 historic storefronts, including replication and dismantling, storage and reassembly
    • Removed and restored 140 linear feet of wood cornice
    • Structural stabilization and reinforcement
    • Paint removal, repointing and matching masonry infill
    • Stone patching and replacement
    • New construction
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  • Woodlawn Slave Quarters, Columbia, Maryland
    • Woodlawn Slave Quarters beforeWoodlawn Slave Quarters after
    • Performed stabilization and excavation of ruins
    • Restored extant rubble walls and rebuilt collapsed field stone walls
    • Stabilized stone hearth and reconstructed the brick chimney
    • Rebuilt interior floors according to evidence found within the remaining structure
    • Restored interior plaster based on surviving historic fragments
    • Reconstructed a cedar shingle roof and restored surviving window frames
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  • Hancock's Resolution, Pasadena, Maryland
    • Upgraded structural support of main floor joists with concealed carbon fiber
    • Fabricated, fitted and installed steel truss to support fireplace
    • Relocated a fragile outbuilding
    • Reconstructed portions of the house, kitchen lean-to, store, porch, and fence
    • Repointed exterior masonry with lime putty mortar and traditional galleting technique
    • Repaired interior plaster
    • http://www.historichancocksresolution.org
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  • Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
    • Pentagon
    • Worked on every wedge during building restoration in some capacity
    • Cleaned Indiana limestone and granite steps
    • Removed, catalogued and stored stone veneer off site; reassembled months later
    • Patching and Dutchman repairs to limestone
    • Furnished and installed replacement granite steps
    • Repaired Parade Field sidewalk, matched in color and friction to existing
    • Repaired and replaced terazzo floors to match existing
    • Repaired and reinstalled historic wood doors, stair rails, paneling and millwork
    • Fabricated and installed new paneling to match existing
    • Specialties installation in new recreation center
    • pentagon.afis.osd.mil
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