ICRI Metro NY Chapter Technical Presentation
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
5:00 – 8:00PM

Club 101
101 Park Ave
New York, NY 10178

Registration:
ICRI Members – $90
Non-members: $110

Event Booth Sponsor – $500 (4 Available)
Includes tabletop display space for sponsoring company and up to 2 attendees

ICRI Technical Presentation:
Shortening the Long Tail of Preservation Projects: Digital Documentation and Modeling Technologies in Architectural Terra Cotta Restoration

For a variety of reasons, preservation and restoration projects can represent a very long timeline. One of these bottlenecks is the procurement of replacement materials such as terra cotta, cast and carved stone and polymer-based substitutes, often resulting in protracted delivery deadlines. While architects and engineers are often the parties responsible for collecting and analyzing data from a building or structure at a project’s onset, contractors and manufacturers require more detailed material information at increased levels of resolution and clarity. In the terra cotta industry, the acquisition of this information typically begins post-contract award, when the project clock starts ticking, but prior to permitting, bonding and installation of swing-stage, pipe, or other scaffold systems.

Contractors are then often required to verify conditions and quantities in the field. The point of engagement of this work is often toward the end of a project timeline, prior to the arduous and time-consuming manufacturing tasks of additional site surveys and model, mold or die creation, glaze matching, and the fabrication of replacement units.

Our Presenter:

Michael Fritz
VA4D Leader
Vertical Access

As VA4D Leader for Vertical Access, Michael Fritz brings nearly twenty years of experience in balancing traditional and digital arts in architectural restoration. His passion for exploring the interplay between art, architecture, and digital workflows has guided an inventive career in 3D-modeling, photogrammetry, digital documentation, site survey, and digital sculpture. Currently, Mike is leading the firm’s VA4D initiative, a technology that digitally captures and models heritage structures for designers, contractors, and manufacturers. Mike holds a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art, and an MFA from the University at Buffalo.