Met Life Tower, New York NY

We provided job site cleaning recommendations and laboratory consolidation treatment testing on the white Tuckahoe marble of 5 Madison Avenue (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower), New York City, NY. This building, built around 1909, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also designated as a National Historic Landmark and New York City Landmark. Laboratory work on the marble included investigative tests to determine if the marble was a good candidate for consolidation treatment as well as testing those treatments to determine the most beneficial treatment for the marble. The work was conducted from July through October 2013. [AMT Labs report number 1307-11.]