JVS Building Services provides technical and management services to building owners and their restorations project managers.

JVSBS.com is a knowledge base, a sort of commercial building restorations Wiki, which supports all those engaged in the prosaic and vital task of preserving the value of productive buildings.

In this, the first edition of the envelope seal, the topics drawn from the site are about how restoration projects are accomplished, how to ensure a successful outcome, protecting and restoring glass, graffiti, and a new way to accurately determine the costs of restorations projects that streamlines the bidding process, sales and acquisitions and doesn't require the help of a contractor.

MANAGING RESTORATIONS PROJECTS - A to Z
Awareness of the need is first and that can come about a number of ways. It may simply be an element of the maintenance schedule. Water intrusion is another way managers and building engineers become aware of failures in the envelope. The actions that follow become a continuum; a series of projects within the project.

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PROVEN METHOD FOR ACCURATELY DETERMINING PROJECT COSTS

It’s not the usual way of doing business but owners and their project managers can know, to a high degree of accuracy, the cost of any project before soliciting bids and without the involvement of a contractor. With a CAD model of the building, in which all the building’s joints and surfaces are on “layers”, each category of work and the areas on the building where they’re to be completed can be isolated from each other and then combined in any manner. When unit costs for each lineal foot of sealant restoration or every square foot of coating or waterproofing are applied to these work elements definitive budget figures become instantly available. The model becomes an extremely powerful tool for the owner or project manager because it not only gives them a basis for budgeting envelope work it provides the information needed to negotiate with the contractors for the current job and for every project in the future. Another benefit is the potential for significantly streamlining the bidding process. Click here to read more about that.

"WHAT COULD GO WRONG?" and how to be sure it doesn't
It's a rather long list but utterly manageable. Stay in front of these areas: Safety, the quality of the work, the completeness of the work, interference with tenants and building operations, security, housekeeping, site and building protection, schedule, payments, project records and warranty requirements.

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GRAFFITI
Many of the pages on JVSBS.com are collections of links to manufacturers, associations and general information on the subject. These sources of products and information are the result of research by a restorations contractor's managers. This page on graffiti started with a job to remove "tags" from a building in Washington DC.

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GLASS PROTECTION AND RESTORATION
Glass may seem impervious but many things can damage it including alkalai attack, acids, pollutants, oxidized metals, chlorides, organic and inorganic material and vandals. Damage from all these conditions can be prevented and for almost all, damage that does occur can be repaired.

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