Koret Foundation
When renovation of 607 Front Street was completed in late 2013, the Koret Foundation moved into new headquarters located in the Financial District, just two blocks west of the Embarcadero waterfront.
The project scope of work spanning architects, general contractor, and Giampolini Courtney as first subcontractor focused on the renovation and seismic upgrade of a two-story brick building with a basement built in 1906. The project included 100% demolition of the interior, adding a new elevator, new electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and fire sprinkler system.
We were tasked with repairing and restoring the interior historic brick walls that would be left exposed as final architectural finish. There were a variety of problems that needed to be addressed to render an acceptable and attractive historic brick finish including: previous applied unsightly epoxy injection topical seals, mismatching infills and patches installed over the last 100 years, abandoned holes and openings, cracked and missing brick, shifted brick, open mortar joints, and many painted walls.
We also worked on many high-end finishes, including exposed original historic brick, glass-walled offices, sound masking, solid-wood flooring imported from Italy, marble accent walls and fireplaces.
The majority of our work was completed just after demolition and before any other finish construction started. The project achieved LEED Silver.