Facade Inspection in Manhattan

Manhattan is where the Facade Inspection Safety Program matters most and where the stakes are highest. The borough is dense with buildings over six stories, from prewar masonry co-ops and office towers to modern glass and metal high-rises, and almost every one of them sits over a busy sidewalk where a piece of falling facade is not a hypothetical risk. That density is exactly why Local Law 11 exists, and why Manhattan owners face the most scrutiny.

We cover facade inspection across all of Manhattan, from Harlem and Washington Heights in the north, through the Upper East Side, Upper West Side, and Midtown, down to Chelsea, Greenwich Village, SoHo, and the Financial District. Harlem’s prewar brownstones and apartment houses and the towers of Midtown and Lower Manhattan all fall under FISP once they pass six stories, and each is inspected against the same Cycle 10 standard.

Prewar Manhattan buildings bring their own facade challenges: aging brick and terra cotta, ornate cornices and projecting ornament, and the rusting lintels and shelf angles that drive so many masonry failures. Newer towers bring curtain wall joints, sealants, and anchorage to inspect. A Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector examines all of it hands-on, at least every sixty feet, and files the result through DOB NOW: Safety within your Cycle 10 window.

We confirm your sub-cycle from your tax block, arrange the QEWI critical examination, manage the filing, and provide the progress inspections that keep any repairs an Unsafe finding requires on code. In a borough where landmark approvals and pedestrian traffic complicate every facade project, having the engineer of record hold the process together keeps your building compliant without the chaos.