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PROCESS

How we run a façade project

One team owns the job until the shed comes down and the sidewalk is restored.

A Banu project runs in five steps. We read the report and the building, scope each condition line by line, and plan protection and access. Then we make the repairs, with photo updates at key milestones, and close out the permits with DOB and the documentation with your QEWI. Who we are →

  1. 1. Read the report and the building

    We start at the desk: your FISP report, your DOB filing history, any open violations and whatever repair records the building has kept. Then we go up and walk it, on the roof and, where it's needed, from a scaffold drop. A hidden problem we find now becomes a line in the scope. Found in month three, it becomes a delay.

    You get: A short summary of what we found, including anything that doesn't match the report.

  2. 2. Scope it line by line

    Each condition in the report becomes its own line, numbered the way your QEWI numbered it. Conditions nobody can measure yet get lines too, with the unit we'll count them in. Then we build the schedule backward from your filing window, any 90-day Unsafe deadline and any shed milestones.

    You get: A proposal you can read in one sitting. It sets out the scope line by line and how hidden conditions will be counted and documented, and it puts your deadlines on page one.

    A typical proposal outline

    1. Your deadlines (filing window, Unsafe correction date, shed milestones)
    2. Scope by elevation, keyed to the report
    3. Repair method and materials for each line
    4. How hidden conditions are counted and documented
    5. Access and protection plan
    6. Permits and approvals (DOB, LPC if landmarked, DOT if needed)
    7. Schedule, including when protection comes down
    8. Exclusions and assumptions, in plain English

  3. 3. Protect and access

    Before any repair starts, the public is protected and the paperwork is filed. That covers the shed or netting, plus the rigging plans and suspended scaffold, which we handle under our own Special Rigger license. It also covers site safety plans where they're required, DOB, DOT and LPC permits, neighbor access agreements, and notices for residents and tenants.

    You get: A start date tied to your permits, and notices ready to forward to residents.

  4. 4. Restore

    Our crews build the repairs to your engineer's details. If the wall shows us something the scope didn't cover, we stop, photograph it, show your QEWI and talk the change through with you before we go on.

    You get: Photo updates at key milestones (what got done, what's next, anything that needs a decision) and the weekly work log the 2026 shed rules call for.

  5. 5. Sign off and take it down

    We walk the finished work with your QEWI, close out the punch list and hand over photo documentation keyed to the report, ready for the amended filing. Once DOB accepts it, the shed comes down and we restore the sidewalk.

    You get: A close-out package for your records, and a head start on your next cycle.

How we keep you informed

  • A project lead you can reach from the first walk-through to close-out.
  • Photo updates at key milestones.
  • Changes in scope talked through and agreed with you before added work goes ahead.
  • Your QEWI kept in the loop.

Questions about our process

Why do proposals for the same report look so different?

Usually because each contractor read the report differently. One may scope every condition while another covers half and plans to add the rest as changes, or assumes less hidden damage. Ask every contractor to scope the report line by line, using the report's own numbering, and to spell out how they'll handle conditions nobody can measure until the wall is open. Then you're comparing the same job.

What happens when you open the wall and find more damage?

It's expected, and the scope plans for it. Hidden conditions get their own lines, counted in units anyone can check: bricks replaced, linear feet of lintel, square feet of stone patch. When we find more, we document it, show your QEWI and agree on the change with you before the added work goes on.

Who will we actually talk to during the job?

A project lead assigned to your building. You can reach them directly while the work is going on.

What's in the close-out package?

A record of the repairs, marked on the elevations and keyed to your QEWI's report, plus before-and-after photos, permit sign-offs, warranties where they apply and maintenance notes for the next cycle.

Let's talk about your building

Start with step one

Send us your FISP report, or just tell us about the building.

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