Recover control of a project whose true requirements had overtaken its original assumptions.
The program began in 2021 with an initial budget of approximately $800,000. Over the following two years, the project experienced multiple changes in consultant personnel and a transition in condominium board leadership. As the extent of the required work became better understood, the projected budget had increased to approximately $8.5 million by the time RECON was retained.
The Master Condo Board represented retail, residential and commercial condominium interests. Execution required coordination among the Board, architect, contractor, residential unit owners and multiple property management companies while the building remained occupied.
The ultimate scope
- Significant structural façade replacements
- Custom-cast decorative concrete replacement sections
- Leak investigations and corrective waterproofing
- More than 100 unique scaffold drops
- Construction access through occupied residential terraces
- Strict Landmarks compliance
- World Trade Center security and access restrictions
RECON’s role
RECON served as Owner’s Representative for the Master Condo Board, providing a single point of leadership across the project’s technical, financial, regulatory and stakeholder demands. RECON reestablished direction, coordinated the work required for compliance, led investigations into long-standing water infiltration and managed the changing field conditions that emerged across the façade.
Private terraces were strategically transferred to the contractor, managed through active construction, inspected through a detailed punch-list process and returned to residents in a controlled sequence.
The outcome
At the conclusion of RECON’s involvement, the New York City Department of Buildings accepted the building’s Local Law 11 Safe filing. RECON’s investigation and corrective-work program also resolved all identified leaks, including conditions that had persisted for as long as five years.
The result was more than completion of a complex façade program. The Board regained control of an unstable project, satisfied a critical regulatory obligation and corrected long-standing building-envelope failures.
