The Andrusko Group studio has been actively engaged in installation and site work from the very beginning – primarily, through Specialty Masonry Contractors, Inc. the original business identity founded in 1990.

There were a number of early projects performed with Architectural Reproductions and then a bit later with some of the design team members from A/R, namely: David Bales, Anne Stores and Patrick Gracewood. Those projects that were particularly interesting involved 1% for Art projects.

These included: The Benson Hotel restoration, the restoration of parts of the exterior ornament for a repurposed Masonic Hall Bldg. in Salem, Oregon; The installation of the Chinese Scholar’s Studio exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum; the intricate, decorative cast stone plaza at the old Sears building that was repurposed as the METRO Headquarters; and some beautiful cast stone panels at the McKinstry Library Addition at the University of Oregon Campus in Eugene, Oregon.

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Other work has been performed with local masonry companies and often for General Contractors looking for assistance with special problems that require a broad-based skill set and generally someone with detail-oriented, focused attention.

A recent project at the Portland Airport is a great example of this: a series of rare, glass tiles needed to be removed carefully, cleaned up and replaced in Concourse E to allow for some electrical additions and access behind the wall along with some chip repairs. A perfect fit of skill set and need.

Now-a-days, it seems like most of the installation work involves special problems or involves placement of unique artwork produced by the Andrusko Group, although. more and more I am trying to design projects that can be installed by others.