IMI Webinar Series - Tips for Masonry Restoration Construction Management
Effective administration and construction management are essential to the success of any masonry restoration project, especially when navigating historic materials, aging building envelopes, and preservation requirements.
Join us to walk through key practices that support safe, durable, and well-coordinated restoration work, beginning with initial assessments and planning. You’ll learn tips for conducting detailed historic evaluations, developing realistic restoration plans, managing budgets and schedules, and coordinating skilled masonry restoration crews.
We’ll also discuss how material selection, integration with other trades, quality-control procedures, and clear communication among all stakeholders contribute to long-term performance and project success. By understanding both the administrative and site challenges, you’ll be equipped to manage restoration projects that protect building integrity, meet preservation guidelines, and support overall occupant safety and welfare.
Learning Objectives:
- Apply effective planning and scheduling strategies that support safe sequencing, risk reduction, and durable outcomes in masonry restoration projects.
- Identify methods for accurately estimating materials and evaluating complex repair needs for existing and historic masonry assemblies to support cost, quality, and performance goals.
- Describe how preservation standards, such as the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, inform project administration, material selection, and compliance responsibilities.
- Analyze quality-control practices that ensure historic masonry restoration work meets performance expectations for structural stability, moisture management, and long-term building envelope integrity.
About the Speaker:
Joe Healy, CSHM
Safety Director, Dugan Restoration
Joe began his career in masonry as an apprentice with Local 12 in Chester, Pennsylvania. After completing his apprenticeship, he became a journeyman bricklayer, then foreman. After spending 11 years “in the field” on various commercial projects in the Philadelphia region, he took a position as an estimator/project manager with a local masonry contractor. He spent the next 22 years working on several new construction and restoration projects in and around the Philadelphia area. He was the estimator and project manager for the masonry portion of the $42 million dollar restoration of Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The structure was the centerpiece of the 1876 World Fair. The project consisted of granite and marble restoration of a 76,000 SF building that is an early example of monumental Beaux-Arts architecture in the United States. He currently works for Dugan Restoration in Erdenheim, PA as the company’s safety director.