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2015 Year in Review - Carrie Villani

Carrie Villani, Leslie E. Robertson Associates Carrie Villani, Leslie E. Robertson Associates
What was your most notable project, deal, transaction or professional achievement in 2015? LERA was pleased to be awarded the first phase of The Women’s Building, an adaptive reuse project in New York City with the Goren Group that will be entirely designed and built by women. I have successfully certified LERA as an MBE with the National Minority Supplier Development Council which is active across the country. LERA is a proud WMBE certified structural engineering firm and we have a great team of women engineers and historic preservation experts evaluating the building and preparing the developer for the design phase which we hope to be involved in as well. I have also successfully certified LERA as an MBE with the National Minority Supplier Development Council which is active across the country.
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