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THE ARCHITECT'S ANGLE
February 25, 2015
Greetings!  

Timely infrastructure upgrades are a key in keeping your building functioning properly and in compliance with ever changing codes and regulations. This issue discusses two common projects; roof replacements and upgrades.  Share your experiences with projects at your facility. We would love to hear what you think. 
Keeping a Roof Over Your Head: 
Roof Replacements

 

Replacing a facility's roof system is a decision that is quite often put off for a "rainy day".   This is usually the case because a complete roof replacement is disruptive and has a collateral effect on other building systems, equipment and assemblies.  Cost is usually another factor, especially when you consider what the escalating price of crude oil has done to petroleum based building products such as roofing materials.

 

Most roof systems are warranted by their manufacturers for 10, 15 or 20 year periods.  When properly pitched and maintained, most roofs will have a useful life that reaches and sometimes exceeds their warranty period.  However, even a properly maintained roof may fail due to excessive degradation from ultraviolet radiation (UV) or damage to adjacent systems such as flashings, parapets and copings which allows water to get beneath the roof system.

  

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A Good First Impression: Curb Appeal

 

Today's competitive health care environment demands that facilities offer a state of the art physical plant with a variety of features and amenities.

 

The image that a facility portrays starts at the curb.  A visitor's first steps, from the curb to the reception desk, go a long way in leaving a lasting first impression which may or may not be favorable.

 

As the saying goes, you only have one chance to make a good first impression. To this end many of our clients have upgraded their public areas through major alterations and additions. The alteration work often extends to admissions and social service office areas as these are usually the first administrative areas seen by a prospective client and their family.

 

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We hope you enjoy this month's issue. Do you have questions or feedback about the information provided or regarding your facility that we can answer?  Contact us at info@jwbarch.com and we will be happy to provide you with any additional information you may need.  We want to continue to offer content that interests you, our readers. Please drop us a line and let us know what topics you might want to learn more about. As always, we love hearing from you.
  
Sincerely,

John Baumgarten
John W. Baumgarten Architect, P.C.
  
  

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John W. Baumgarten Architect, P.C., headquartered in New York, is a full-service, regional architectural firm serving proprietary and not-for-profit organizations in the healthcare, education, commercial, corporate and public arenas.  The firm has been recognized for its work with senior housing, urgent care centers, skilled nursing, dialysis, community centers and more.  This award winning firm provides architectural design services to clients in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Delaware and Florida.
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