Boston, MA – Abbot recently completed a major restoration of the façade of a brick and limestone high-rise office building at 85 Devonshire Street downtown.
Phase 1 of the restoration involved the 12-story south, west, and east elevations where Abbot repaired various perimeter wall defects as indicated in a report by the engineering firm (D.M. Berg Consultants, Needham, MA) contracted by the building owner. The repairs consisted of pinning defective stones and sealing numerous cracks to bring the building in compliance with the City of Boston Façade Ordinance Code.
On the 5-story north elevation, the brick wall that corresponded with the elevator shaft was experiencing severe leakage likely attributed to the multiple dislodged bricks and deteriorated windows. The contract called for Abbot to repair the dislodged bricks, install new brick in place of all of the windows, repoint the entire brick wall and seal the wall with two coats of an elastomeric protective coating. The project was complicated by the need for Abbot to move its equipment over an abutter’s roof by crane, erect the equipment, and then remove the equipment by crane after the job was completed.