Restoration and Renovation

Boston – Abbot Building Restoration Company, Inc. recently completed a comprehensive facade repair project on a high-rise commercial building located at 75 Kneeland Street in Downtown Boston. Abbot was awarded the contract following a competitive bidding process among multiple masonry contractors in the local area.

The 14-story building is constructed of brick and precast stone; the bottom four floors of precast stone and the upper floors are a blend of stone and brick with precast panel insets and sills. The project focused on the elevation at the intersection of Kneeland and Hudson Streets.

Based on the plan developed by Boston architectural firm, Walker Consultants, Abbot first erected built-up pipe staging on the full length of the elevation. The company then performed repairs which included pressure washing the entire facade, patching horizontal concrete and sills throughout the building as necessary, caulking all expansion joints and windows, replacing a total of 40 steel lintels, tuck pointing and replacing brick as necessary, replacing a total of 24 precast sills, wet glazing windows as necessary, and applying two coats of

75 Kneeland St. Conpro Lastic waterproof elastomeric coating to the bottom two precast stone floors formulated to match the existing color.

Among the major challenges that Abbot faced were the unknowns involved in determining how best to work within the system in light of the COVID pandemic. The project was delayed from its outset in March until the City of Boston allowed work to resume at the beginning of June. Enforcing all COVID-related rules provided a further impediment beyond the normal jobsite safety protocols.

Cambridge, MA – Lee Kennedy Company recently completed the full restoration and renovation of the historic Harvard student residence, Claverly Hall, concluding the first phase of the threephase Adams House Renewal project. Lee Kennedy is also putting the final touches on Apthorp House, a residence built before the American Revolution that is also undergoing a historic renovation.

Claverly Hall was constructed in 1892 and had not seen any significant upgrades since it was first built. The architecture and design firm, Beyer Blinder Belle (BBB), which previously partnered with Lee Kennedy on the renovation of the historic Standish Hall in the Winthrop House on the Harvard campus, was responsible for the renovation-design that preserves Claverly’s history and character, improves its functionality, and provides ADA accessibility for visitors and residents.

Lee Kennedy performed a complete gut renovation of Claverly, strengthening the structure with new footings, structural steel, and resilient wood framing. A new entrance was created, opening into a redesigned lounge that leads to new, multipurpose spaces for student meetings and social interaction.

Photo by Peter Vanderwarker for Lee Kennedy Company

The company worked closely with the Cambridge Historical Society to ensure compliance with the stringent historic requirements for materials, windows, and paint colors. Claverly is on track to receive LEED Gold certification. Students will return to the dormitory in August.

The full renovation of the Adams House, which once housed future luminaries Franklin D. Roosevelt, William Randolph Hearst, Sr., Henry Kissinger, and former Massachusetts Governor William Weld, is the latest development in Harvard’s House Renewal Initiative, begun in 2012. Adams House is part of the Harvard Houses National Register Historic District and the Harvard Square Conservation District.

Historic preservation renovation work will soon begin on phase two of the project, the adjacent Randolph House.

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