This Historic limestone clad structure, the headquarters of R J Reynolds Tobacco Company built in Winston-Salem, NC, was completed in 1929 and was a model for the Empire State Building in New York City. A comprehensive investigation included evaluation of masonry displacement and cracking, limestone movement, corrosion of structural steel shelf angles, water leakage around windows, deteriorated sealant, and moisture penetration through brick masonry. SKA later prepared contract documents to address remediation needs including limestone cleaning, repair of chipped and cracked stones, shelf angle and flashing replacement, tuckpointing of mortar joints, sealant replacement, window replacement, and removal and resetting of individual coping stones as large as 3000 lbs. in order to install through-wall flashing.

SKA was selected to provide electrical engineering services for the renovation of the former Reynolds American, Inc. headquarters in downtown Winston-Salem. The iconic building was purchased in June for $7.8 million by PMC Property Group of Hartford, Conn. PMC spent $60 million to convert the building into a mixed-use facility that includes a boutique hotel and restaurant, managed by the Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group of Philadelphia, on the bottom six floors. The seventh through twentieth floors were converted to 120 luxury rental apartments. SKA produced the engineering drawings for the entire electrical system, including new fire alarm, power and data communication lines throughout the building, as well as separate meters for the hotel, restaurant and each apartment. SKA also completed arc flash coordination among the overcurrent protective devices to limit the effects of an overcurrent fault to the smallest area and to protect equipment and personnel from short circuit faults.