Company Profile
Olek, Inc.
Company Overview
OLEK, INC. | COMPANY OVERVIEW
Olek, Inc. is a leader in historic restoration, fabrication, and preservation of architectural woodwork, ornamental metal, windows and monumental doors, stained glass, decorative finishes, and both antique and mid-century modern furniture conservation. We work using both conventional and non-invasive methods, and we also create custom craftworks.
Specializing in landmark building restoration, Olek is committed to preserving historically significant structures and their components for future generations. Our expertise spans high-profile government buildings, museums, transportation hubs, religious institutions, colleges, and landmark commercial properties — in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Preservation, and our own, higher standards (no epoxy fillers).
Our team consists of master craftsmen with decades of experience, many of whom have been with Olek full-time for decades. Projects are completed on-site or at our fully equipped 20,000 sq. ft. facility in Orange, NJ. Our shop includes dedicated areas for metalwork, woodworking, casting, metal machining, welding, blacksmithing, stained glass, antique furniture restoration, and decorative finishing. But our greatest asset is our people — the best in the trade across every discipline.
Olek handles projects of all sizes, primarily across the East Coast and as far west as the Missouri River — and beyond. Founded in 1950 and incorporated in 2005, Olek, Inc. currently employs more than 25 full-time craftsmen. We are licensed in multiple states and secure additional licensing as needed. Olek, Inc. is proud to be HUBZONE Certified.
Company History
Company History
Olek was founded in 1950 by Olek Lejbzon, a Polish concentration camp survivor. Since 1987, the company has been led by Peter Triestman, the son of Olek’s partner Harold. Peter, admitted to Yale before his 16th birthday, was an avid summer/winter mountaineer and climber, majored in Economics, and minored in Physics and Math, graduating 1979 with a B.A. He welcomes challenges and relishes finding optimal solutions. Mr. Triestman has been a member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) since 1993.
In its early years, Olek focused primarily on antique and mid-century modern furniture conservation, restoration, and reupholstery. Under Peter Triestman’s leadership, the company expanded into public works projects, restoring and conserving elements of iconic buildings such as Grand Central Terminal, the New Jersey State Capitol, the Missouri State Capitol, the Nashville War Memorial Building, Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book Library, the United Nations General Assembly Building, as well as numerous courthouses and landmark structures.
Olek is now poised for continued growth, working extensively beyond the New York metropolitan area, with a strategic focus on expanding operations across the Southern United States.
Notable Clients
NPS, NYC, NJ, DOD, MO, TN, Court Houses, GSA, OGS, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Pratt College, NY Univ. , Riverside Church, Trinity Church, MTA, Port Authority of NY/NJ, Essex County, Hamiltion County, OH
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Notable Accomplishments
• Repaired and rebuilt and refinished 26” H x 14’ W Bronze Entrance Door with 8,000 lb. bifold door leaves for Missouri’s State Capitol
• Restored 300 steel, wood, and stained-glass windows for a landmark ca. 1895 residential building at 44 W. 77 th St., NYC
• Restored conference room and lobby furniture for the United Nations General Assembly, replicating MCM pieces as needed
• Restored all cast iron train gates and destination cabinets, fabricated new cast iron store and elevator facades, cleaned the Sirshasana sculpture by Donald Lipski at Grand Central Terminal in New York City
• Restoring all bronze entrance doors at the Nashville War Memorial Building in Tennessee
• Restored architectural woodwork, windows, and doors for various museums in NY & NJ
• Restored President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s birthplace architectural woodwork, Windows, Doors and replicated rotten collapsed paneled Curved Staircase
• Performed restoration work at various Vanderbilt mansions, for NPS in Hyde Park, and for other owners
• Restored all wood and wrought iron exterior doors at Riverside Church in New York City
• Replicated exact hand-carved neoclassical figural furniture in the Baroque style https://photos.app.goo.gl/UqJViHp9qjqLnC8v8
• Replicated, repaired, and restored monumental stained and leaded glass windows
Notable Clients
• Columbia University, Millbank Chapel
• Essex County Court House, New Jersey
• Fordham College, Dwayne Hall
• Hamilton County Court House, Ohio
• Metropolitan Transportation Authority & Metro-North
• National Park Service
• New Jersey Capitol, various Counties
• New York City
• New York State Office of General Services
• New York University- MBA Conf. Rm.
• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Holland Tunnel
• Pratt Institute- Caroline Ladd Pratt House
• Princeton University- Prospect House, McCosh Hall
• Riverside Church (New York City)- All Entrance Doors
• State of Missouri Capitol
• State of Tennessee- War Memorial Building
• Trinity Church (New York City) St. Paul’s Windows
• United States Department of Defense- NAVFAC
• United States General Services Administration-
• Yale University- Beinecke Rare Book Library, Dwight Hall