Reilly founds Intelligent Building Solutions (IBS)

Edward Reilly, LEED AP, IEEE, a veteran of the international mission critical facility construction and design industry, has established Intelligent Building Solutions, LLC (IBS). Reilly will serve as the firm's president and founder. The firm will assist commercial real estate, finance, banking, telecommunications, media, and manufacturing clients with a complete suite of mission critical facility development and construction services, including master planning, project management, design/build, owner's representation, feasibility studies, energy audits, and consulting. IBS is currently performing engineering and consulting services for several real estate organizations. These include manufacturing-to-data-center property conversions for a real estate owner/developer based in the northeast, and an on-call technology and integrated utilities consultation for a major international real estate investment fund based in N.Y.C. The experience of IBS' team of engineering, construction, and design professionals encompasses more than 10 million s/f of mission critical projects in the U.S. and Europe. These include data centers, securities trading floors, back office facilities, telecommunications and collocation sites, integrated utilities and UPS systems, mechanical/electrical/plumbing and HVAC systems, and a variety of other commercial, financial, and manufacturing facilities. Reilly founded the firm following 25 years of construction and engineering experience with leading U.S. organizations. Prior to establishing IBS, he had served as VP of N.Y.C.-based Concept Technologies and Concept Construction Services, where he managed $200 million worth of technology projects in the U.S. and overseas. He also served for 15 years as electrical director and chief electrical estimator at Tishman Realty & Construction Co., Inc., an international real estate development and construction organization headquartered in N.Y.C. While at Tishman, Reilly provided technology expertise to projects valued in excess of $10 billion. Reilly's selected project experience includes the new 1.7-million s/f 7 World Trade Center tower in Downtown Manhattan; the 1.1-million s/f Morgan Stanley Dean Witter World Headquarters in N.Y.C., including trading floors, a technology hub, 3600KW UPS back-up, and 5250KW 2(n + 1) EPS environment; Digital Realty Trust's 280,000 s/f 3 Corporate Place and 270,000 s/f 365 South Randolphville Rd. data centers in Piscataway, N.J.; the 38-story Reuters Headquarters at 3 Times Sq. in Manhattan; the 900,000 s/f Pulawska Financial Center and Bank PKO BP Headquarters in Warsaw, Poland; the $1-billion Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J.; worldwide digital switch sites for MCI/WorldCom; and multiple collocation and switch facilities for AboveNet Communications and Level 3 Communications.