At Valcourt, we specialize in various building services, including window washing and facade repair. This work requires our teams to traverse over 13,000 building facades yearly, and it's not a...
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Fissures and cracks are whispers from your building’s façade, warning you it’s time to take action. Those whispers can quickly turn into roars if not addressed appropriately. What is your...
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Your building's façade conveys the first impression of aesthetics and serves as your first line of defense against environmental factors. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires you, as...
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For the tenth year in a row, fall protection citations lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) list of most frequent violations. Despite the high human and financial costs...
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Adding pressure washing to your routine building maintenance strategy is a simple yet effective way to achieve a clean and attractive facade. In spite of its simplicity, pressure washing is...
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The Challenge Valcourt Safety Systems (VSS) was hired by our client to install tent anchor tiebacks on their rooftop. After numerous delays due to client revisions of the design, the...
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What is the key to building longevity? For the Romans, with structures still standing 2,000 years later, it was self-healing concrete. In the U.S., where the average age of commercial...
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Predicting the weather has never been an exact science. Mother Nature is making weather forecasting even more unpredictable with a series of odd weather events, including one of the wettest...
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The Challenge Located in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington DC, this former media museum was acquired by our client in 2019. Soon after, the owners embarked on a massive,...
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The Challenge Located on the National Mall in Washington DC, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture is the only museum dedicated to the documentation of African...
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