Construction Management
Altius CM provides construction management for facade, roofing and building envelope projects, layered on top of our own trade work when a project’s scale or complexity calls for it. On those jobs a dedicated construction manager and a full-time on-site safety coordinator control scope, schedule and safety from mobilization to closeout. The owner, board or managing agent deals with one accountable team instead of a patchwork of separately managed contracts.
When does a project need construction management?
A single-building repair with a defined scope usually runs fine as a direct contract. Construction management earns its place when the job gets bigger or more tangled:
- Multi-building programs. Several structures being restored under one program, with crews and scaffolds moving between buildings.
- Multi-trade scopes. Facade work combined with roofing, waterproofing, windows or parking structure repair, where the trades meet at the same details.
- Occupied buildings. Residents and tenants stay in place, so access, protection and noise have to be planned around them.
- Compliance deadlines. Work driven by a FISP or Local Law 126 report, where the schedule has to fit DOB’s correction windows and sidewalk shed permit milestones.
What does Altius CM manage?
- RFI tracking and submittal review, so questions get answered and materials get approved before they hold up the field
- Change management, so newly discovered conditions are documented, priced and approved before the work proceeds
- Owner, architect and engineer coordination, including the architect or engineer who wrote the inspection report and has to sign off the repairs
- Site safety: a full-time safety coordinator on the jobs that need one, plus site safety plans and roof protection
- Tenant Protection Plans where residents stay in place during the work
- Schedule and sequencing of scaffolds, sheds, hoists and crews across buildings and elevations
How does a construction-managed job run?
- Set-up. Confirm the scope against the inspection report and drawings, the permit path and the access plan.
- Mobilization. Public protection, scaffolds and site safety measures go up, and the safety coordinator takes over the site.
- Execution. Trades are sequenced building by building and elevation by elevation, with RFIs, submittals and discovered conditions tracked as they come up.
- Closeout. The licensed professional’s re-inspection and filings, permit sign-offs, and demobilization.
What rules shape the schedule?
Most of the programs we manage are driven by a FISP report under 1 RCNY §103-04: an Unsafe condition has to be corrected within 90 days of the report being filed, unless DOB grants an extension. For sheds first permitted on or after January 12, 2026, Local Law 51 adds milestones at 5 months, 8 months and 2 years, and Local Law 48 puts shed permits on a 90-day renewal cycle with progress reporting. A construction manager keeps all of those clocks visible on one schedule.
Our work in this area
- Peter Cooper Village: a 21-structure facade program with up to 168 suspended scaffolds operating at once, 546 in total, and a full-time on-site safety coordinator.
- Kips Bay Complex: an 8-structure program with 48 simultaneous suspended scaffolds, 144 in total, slab edge, balcony and sealant work, and a full-time on-site safety coordinator.
- 150 West 56th Street: exterior envelope restoration with a sidewalk shed, a Tenant Protection Plan, and site safety covering roof protection.
- 1 Rector Park: FISP Cycle 10A facade repairs with general conditions, a site safety plan and a sidewalk shed.
Read more on our multi-building facade programs page, and in our guide to budgeting a facade restoration, which covers when a job needs a construction manager rather than a direct contract.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is construction management a separate firm from the contractor? No. Altius CM performs the facade, roofing and access work itself and adds construction management on the projects that need it, so the team running the job also knows the trade.
Do we need construction management for a single building? Usually not, unless the scope combines several trades or the building has complicated access or occupancy. We’ll tell you if a direct contract is enough.
Who signs off the repairs on a FISP job? The licensed architect or engineer (the QEWI) re-inspects and files the amended report. We coordinate the work and the paperwork with them.
