Not-for-profits and Faith Communities

Not-for-profit groups and faith communities are often the owners and caretakers of significant historic buildings.  Limited budgets require smart and efficient use of resources that provide long-lasting solutions.  Conservation-based engineering emphasizes increased investigation at the beginning of a project to understand root causes of deterioration and minimize construction.  This approach maintains the value of a building while decreasing overall costs.  Not-for-profit groups often come to us feeling overwhelmed and discouraged; we provide clarity for owners to approach their building project in a systematic, minimal, and practical way.  The services we most often provide to not-for-profit groups include:

• condition assessments
• engineering design
• project management during construction
• maintenance plans
• master plans
• building use planning based on:
  • values of the community
  • needs of the community
  • structure of the building