During some of his construction visits, Mr. Hardy supervised six masons as they worked with bluestone from the Helderberg Mountains south of Albany, creating rustic walls "that look like they have always been here," he said.
Over the four years he, along with his partners, hired architects and interior decorators, supervised construction, visited Paris to acquire authentic Louis XVI art and furnishings and, most of all, used the contacts they had had made during 25 years in the restaurant business to recruit a professional staff and lure them to Patchogue.
For Pande and Misra's downtown loft project, they worked with a contractor who conducted a pre-construction visit just so he could inspect the door size of the small service elevator, the corridor width, distance from parking to elevator, and turning clearances to make sure everything brought into the building would fit.
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When it was under construction, he visited the site daily, both before and after his work at the fabric shop.
In 1853, two years into construction, Napoléon III visited the site and was appalled to discover the monumental masonry facade Baltard planned to erect.
