Vidaris Blog Update

Catherine Bobenhausen, CIH, CSP, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Industrial Hygienist at Vidaris, Inc., will be speaking at Living Future 2017 in Seattle, Washington on May 19th.  Known as the leading event for regenerative design, Catherine will be joining Susan Kaplan of HLW, Lisa Britton of Industrial Louvers and Joel Todd of HPDC in a session that discusses the hot topic of material health.  The below interview was crafted for/by Living Future 2017, and can be viewed here.

Vidaris knows planes, trains and automobiles – from airport terminals, bus depots, major subway stations and maintenance facilities - we’ve helped our clients overcome some pretty big challenges.  That’s why we’re super excited about the USGBC’s announcement of the LEED O&M – Transit pilot rating system. 

We are bringing you another Q&A session this time with Senior Associate on the Green/LEED team, Natalie Terrill.

We hope that you enjoy getting to know the people behind the various service offerings at Vidaris. 

1. What is FISP? 

FISP, previously named Local Law 11/98, stands for Facade Inspection Safety Program.

It requires all buildings over 6 stories tall to undergo a periodic inspection where a licensed professional engineer or registered architect looks at ALL exterior walls and appurtenances (appurtenances include, but are not limited to, exterior fixtures, flagpoles, signs, parapets, railings, copings, guard rails, window frames [including hardware and lights], balcony enclosures, window guards, window air conditioners, flower boxes and any equipment attached to or protruding from the façade.)

INFOGRAPHIC: 5 Exterior Facade Types 

As we close out the year we decided to take a moment and reflect on some of the major moments in Commerical Real Estate and the A/E/C industry. 

Continuing on with our blog series getting to know the people in Vidaris we looked to a Vidaris employee who spans both our technical side and the business development: Proposal, Estimating and Planning Manager Marissa Vaish. 

Check out these 5 Before & After restoration projects our team has provided services for, including restoration, historic preservation, overclad and reclad consulting. 

We previously updated you on the concrete core topping out on June 23rd, but today, Oct. 6th, the second topping out occurred - the final steel beam was raised to the top at 1,079 ft. 

I sat down with Director of Roofing and Waterproofing, Edward (Ed) Madocks, for our new blog series on getting to know the team at Vidaris.