Specialty Consulting, Inc. provided numerous structural and architectural engineering services at the West Point Plaza apartment building. The 20-story building consists of a reinforced concrete framing system and aluminum framed single hung windows with single pane glass. The exterior walls of the building include exposed concrete columns as well as brick masonry cavity walls supported by steel shelf angles.
The documents were developed to install new state-of-the-art energy efficient windows. The new windows incorporated insulating glass, thermal breaks, and have high resistance to air and water infiltration and condensation. The renovation program also included installation of 200 new air-conditioning units and insulated panels.