Heritage Restoration, Inc. is an historic building restoration, maintenance and preservation contractor. HRI specializes in design, project planning, general contracting, milling, reproduction, and window & door restoration.
Why historic buildings? Historic buildings require expertise, not a headless hand. Traditional building techniques are a challenge requiring specific, diverse craft skills. HRI is experienced in old buildings; sustainability; energy efficiency; systems retrofit; troubleshooting; general maintenance.
Sustainability IS Green
Heritage Restoration, Inc. is all about sustainable building practices. The goal of sustainable building is to develop a symbiosis of methodology, design and building practice, maximizing the life expectancy of each building component. Sustainability considers environmental consequences, such as water, use and wear. The consideration of the entire building, from foundation, to systems to roof, in coordination of best building practices and quality materials, maintains the sustainability of an historic building. Coupled with responsible manufacturing methods and sustainable resource materials, historic preservation becomes inherently green. Our methodology also respects"embodied energy", which represents the initial energy expended for construction , as well as a lower recurring energy for maintenance. Sustainable historic building practices help maintain the past for the future. Energy efficiency, building performance and architectural integrity are a science, and our practice.
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How Heritage predicts the unpredictable
Experience. Trust. Good client to contractor communication. Accurate scope, budget and cost tracking.
Historic buildings are an evolution of layers. Buildings evolve through cultural whims, differed maintenance and physical alterations. Heritage Restoration, Inc. seeks to understand the building through pre-contract investigations and assessments, on-going project analysis and most importantly, listening and understanding the desires of the client. The key is balancing need versus want, intent versus budget. Balancing the owner's intent with the building's needs requires good communication and an even better, flexible project plan.
Discovery, Planning, Intent & Budgets
Every project starts with a good plan. Historic preservation is not inherently expensive, but a poor plan, bad execution, poor workmanship, and a lack of consideration of the entire building is extremely costly. The balance of the client's intent and the building's need are essential. Historic building preservation, restoration and maintenance presents several challenges for the contractor and the client. Restraint in consideration of the budet is key, since historic buildings deserve (and often need) good quality, well thought, sustainable work. HRI investigates a building's need through discovery, observation and documentation, develops a thorough scope of work and creates realistic project budgets. Looking out for the building, the client and the budget takes good communication, time, flexibility and even better coordination. Heritage Restoration specializes in having the right craftsperson for the job, from a complicated retrofit to a challenging repair.
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We understand old buildings. From interpretation, to sympathetic design, to construction. Heritage Restoration, Inc. has the experience your project deserves. Don't take it from us, just look at our previous projects or ask our past clients.
Hog Wash! They are not!
HRI respects materials and craftsmanship that lasts for decades or centuries. The right combination of quality materials and craftsmanship are the ingredients to sustainable, cost efficient building ownership. There are many reasons old buildings are still around, but it is certainly not from cheap materials, shoddy craftsmanship or neglect.
Historic buildings have proven their longevity, sustainability and quality. Historic buildings deserve a qualified assessment, competent workmanship and materials. HRI specializes in the analysis, manipulation and retrofitting of new into a historic building.