Albany, New York
Restoration
Sheet Metal Contractor
Greenwood Industries, Inc.Worcester, Massachusetts
Listed on the National Historic Register of Historic Places and covering 5.5 acres, the New York State Capitol represents one of the last great monumental structures in the U.S. built entirely of masonry. The building features a central open-air courtyard with a passage and restaurant infill roofed and clad in architectural copper. For this project, architects Bell & Spina led restoration of the courtyard and Hawk Street passageway into a public space as originally intended in the 1865 Fuller masterplan.
The scope included waterproofing and restoring copper cladding systems in accordance with extensive design renderings and technical designs developed in consultation with the NYS OGS Capitol Architect, NYS State Parks Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and the Capitol Commissioners.
To accomplish this result, the team developed extensive details and set installer qualification requirements for fabrication of the custom ornamental copper architectural wall panels, standing-seam panels, and flat-seam copper panels on the project. The restoration work was completed by Greenwood Industries and VMJR Companies and included complete removal and replacement of the roof, as well as structural reinforcement and insulation. The team also carefully restored and/or recreated all copper elements including flat-seam and standing-seam roofing, wall cladding, downspouts, intricate rosettes, egg-and-dart trim, and ornamental scrollwork integrated into the wall panels and new windows. They designed all elements to match the original profiles, while in some cases improving the design to allow for superior performance.
