Design / Build

06-23-2014 - PWC to hold 22nd Annual Golf Outing

PWC will hold their 22nd­ Annual Golf Outing on June 23rd. Time: Breakfast at 10 to 11 a.m., tee-off at 11:30 a.m., and cocktails/dinner a...

AIA New York's advocacy efforts are ramping up

By Lance Jay Brown, FAIA April for the AIA New York chapter involved lobbying in Albany and some exciting meetings with new appointments in...

05-14-2014 - PWC to present "Hotels, Resorts...and More" - Speakers: Jaeger, Becker, Ruddy, Cadman and White

On Wednesday, May 14th, Professional Women in Construction (PWC) will present "Hotels, Resorts...and More," a hospitality forum updating mem...

Environmental Contractors Association launches infection control program for healthcare construction

The Environmental Contractors Association (ECA) will partner with Philders Group International Inc./The Linders Health Institute to launch a...

Thinking about starting your own A/E firm? A top 10 list of considerations

As the building industry not only recovers from the Great Recession, but begins to thrive, now is the time for those participants feeling th...

Menck Windows: German window engineering now available in America

This year, the U.S. will import over $150 million worth of windows to meet the increasing demand for energy-efficient building products. Bec...

Community redevelopment draws New York City businesses to Lehigh Valley, PA area

No one would argue that Lehigh Valley endured an economic downturn after Bethlehem Steel, the nation's most powerful industrial manufacturer...

Removal of "no damage for delay" clause spells change on the contractual landscape

Reversing more than 30 years of rigid insistence that the "no damage for delay" provisions of its standard construction contract should prec...

The new age of building monitoring: The strict inspection guidelines of TPPN 10/88

Adjacent property monitoring, anyone in construction or development knows of it and that it is a New York City Building code requirement, bu...

Beyond compliance - creating spaces that are welcoming to the hearing impaired public

Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is often viewed as a set of tedious requirements one must get past in a big projec...