Contact

Aleksandr BARMAS

Professional Licenses

Professional Engineer (PE) LEED Accredited Professional Registered Architect (RA)

Expertise

Commercial Cultural & Entertainment Education Government Healthcare Hospitality Mixed Use Residential Transportation Architectural Engineering Building Insulation Cladding Design Defects Fenestration Glass/Glazing Roofing & Waterproofing Sealants & Coatings Forensic Architecture Forensic Engineering Below Grade Bid-Prep Curtain Wall & Window Wall Green Roof Metal Panel Precast Stucco Unitized / Pre-Fabricated Building Assemblies Dewpoint Analyses Energy Code Compliance (through modeling, COMcheck & REScheck) Materials and Vapor Barrier Selection Thermal Bridge Mitigation U-value Calcs via Two-dimensional and Three-dimensional Modeling Architectural Engineering Construction Materials Testing Feasibility Studies Mock-Ups Shop Monitoring Site Monitoring Special Inspection / Threshold Inspections LEED Passive House Sustainability Guidelines Air Barrier / Water-resistive Barrier Drainage (Foundation and Roof) Flood Test Leak Detection / Moisture Intrusion / Investigation
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Services

Façade Refurbishment Reclad/Overclad Window Replacement Architectural & Engineering Design Consulting Envelope Consulting Expert Witness/Diligence/Consulting Failure Investigations OPM Roofing, Waterproofing & Below Grade Site Monitoring Testing Thermal & Condensation Analysis Structural Analysis Passive House
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About Aleksandr BARMAS

Mr. Barmas brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and perspective to his projects. His unique qualifications and experience as design architect, professional engineer and sustainability consultant for the façade industry serve SOCOTEC’s clients well.

Mr. Barmas has served as a façade consultant and represented an international manufacturer on exemplary projects in New York City and around the world in Spain, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Qatar. His expertise lies in architectural geometry, building physics, thermal performance, structural analysis and façade system detailing.

In addition, he has developed project bids, performed system design, and conducted research and development work, including for a fully unitized fire resistive curtainwall system.

Professional Experience

5+ YEARS WITH FIRM | 15+ YEARS IN INDUSTRY 

 

Aleksandr BARMAS is a Principal at SOCOTEC and has held several other positions within the organization. Mr. BARMAS was previously employed at Desimone Consulting Engineers, Enclos Corp, and Arup.

Qualifications

Education

  • Master of Architecture – Princeton University – 2008
  • Bachelor of Engineering – Cooper Union – 2005

Practice Areas

  • New Construction 
  • Existing Building: Reclad, Repositioning
  • Investigation

Registration

  • Professional Engineer in: NY
  • Registered Architect in: HI, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, TX
  • LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)

Professional Affiliations

  • American Institute of Architects
  • National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
  • USGBC
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University, GSAPP

Representative Projects

 

  • 10 World Trade Center, Boston, MA

New 17-story Class A office building in Boston’s Seaport District with primarily office space along with community event/performance space.

  • ​​​​2 Harbor Street, Boston, MA

New 10-story, 381,000 SF lab, research and office building with a below-grade parking garage.

  • 5 Middlesex Avenue – XMBLY, Somerville, MA

Mixed-use, multiple building project featuring 487,000 SF of lab / office space across 14 floors and an 8-story precast concrete garage with ground floor retail space and a 14,000 SF fire station.

  • 115 Winthrop Square, Boston, MA

Named largest Passive House office building in the world, the new, LEED Platinum, 28-story, mixed use tower features 812,000 SF of Class A office space alongside an additional 510,000 SF of luxury residences, as well as an underground parking garage.

  • 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

Storefront replacement consulting and monitoring services for this 45-story 1973 commercial building of approximately 2.0M SF undergoing street plaza repositioning and partial recladding of the lowest three floors.

  • 1 Vanderbilt, New York, NY

77-story, 1.7M SF Class-A office tower is an iconic addition to midtown Manhattan. Completed under budget and ahead of schedule, this terra cotta and glass tower soars just over 1400 feet tall, the second tallest office tower in NYC at time of completion, and features 4 tapering blocks that interlock and end at different heights and a retail podium at the base. It is pursuing LEED Platinum v3, LEED Gold v4 and WELL Gold certification.

 

Contact

Aleksandr BARMAS

Professional Licenses

Professional Engineer (PE) LEED Accredited Professional Registered Architect (RA)

Expertise

Commercial Cultural & Entertainment Education Government Healthcare Hospitality Mixed Use Residential Transportation Architectural Engineering Building Insulation Cladding Design Defects Fenestration Glass/Glazing Roofing & Waterproofing Sealants & Coatings Forensic Architecture Forensic Engineering Below Grade Bid-Prep Curtain Wall & Window Wall Green Roof Metal Panel Precast Stucco Unitized / Pre-Fabricated Building Assemblies Dewpoint Analyses Energy Code Compliance (through modeling, COMcheck & REScheck) Materials and Vapor Barrier Selection Thermal Bridge Mitigation U-value Calcs via Two-dimensional and Three-dimensional Modeling Architectural Engineering Construction Materials Testing Feasibility Studies Mock-Ups Shop Monitoring Site Monitoring Special Inspection / Threshold Inspections LEED Passive House Sustainability Guidelines Air Barrier / Water-resistive Barrier Drainage (Foundation and Roof) Flood Test Leak Detection / Moisture Intrusion / Investigation
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Services

Façade Refurbishment Reclad/Overclad Window Replacement Architectural & Engineering Design Consulting Envelope Consulting Expert Witness/Diligence/Consulting Failure Investigations OPM Roofing, Waterproofing & Below Grade Site Monitoring Testing Thermal & Condensation Analysis Structural Analysis Passive House
+ See more