How are old/historic buildings retrofitted with modern-day amenities such as plumbing, electricity, and air conditioning?

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How are old/historic buildings retrofitted with modern-day amenities such as plumbing, electricity, and air conditioning?

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I’ve worked on modernizing life safety systems in historic buildings converted into apartment buildings. It’s a lot of work designing systems that have little to no footprint so you don’t disturb the historic nature. We’d have to work closely with the architects to figure out where we were allowed to run wire and how best to disassemble and reassemble fixtures and hide wireless devices.