Comparative Analysis Report
Building Alteration and Renovation versus Demolition
We reviewed the current state of the Saint Paul’s School through visual inspections, minor material sampling, conversations with the Village administrators, and reviewing
of the current historical reports. The purpose of professional involvement was to provide a rough, but empirically thorough framework, from which a conceptual budget
could be derived.
The information obtained for the report was used to develop a budgetary cost estimate
for the three options requested by the Village of Garden City :
- Demolish the existing Saint Paul’s School
- Adaptive. Reuse the existing building,
- Facadism, which included salvaging the facade and constructing a new facility behind it.
We created a feasibility report that was presented to the Village in a public forum and select committees.
We reviewed the existing conditions through visual inspections and photographs, examined existing documents available through the Garden City website, and developed basic assumptions through experience and with consulting engineers and architects for the various options to demolish, facadism (salvage of south facade), or the adaptive re-use of the existing building.
Consultants:
- Westerman Construction
- Lehr Engineering
- Gregory Dietrich Preservation Consulting
- Fennell Engineering, PC
