Design / Build

Building your deal pipeline: Identifying three opportunity sources that are available to everyone

As an information provider for the commercial real estate investment and financing industry, I have the opportunity to speak to many people ...

Understanding sinkholes and their solutions: Most can be mitigated and stabilized

In March 2013 a catastrophic sinkhole collapse swallowed a central Florida bedroom killing the occupant without notice. The home was a total...

Property Condition Assessments (PCA): Different scopes for different folks

A quick look at the racks at your favorite clothing store will confirm that one size does not fit all. The same is true when it comes to the...

Making your building's bottom line a top priority: Running a building is running a business

It never occurred to a new client that individual owners might be benefiting from improper wiring and that the building was paying for their...

A contractor expeditor to coordinate and obtain contractor signoffs for TCO has become necessary

Nothing is more frustrating to an owner, CM, or GC during the TCO process than to diligently pursue the TCO process over a six-month period ...

Understanding the Scaffold Law in New York: Be proactive rather than reactive

The Scaffold Law holds contractors and/or owners responsible for elevation-related accidents even if they were not responsible in any way fo...

Protection of neighboring property during construction: Living by The Golden Rule

The Golden Rule—to love one's neighbor as oneself— applies directly in construction. Whether building new or renovating, the l...

Webb of Skanska honored by Ronald McDonald House

Ronald McDonald House of New York, a non-profit organization that lends an affordable and safe home to families with sick or hospitalized ch...

Tishman Construction celebrates installation of One World Trade Center spire; Worked with Port authority of N.Y. and N.J. to place 408-foot spire

On May 10th, Tishman Construction, an AECOM company, worked with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to install the final two sect...

MKDA designs 31,250 s/f office for MakerBot Industries at One MetroTech Center in Brooklyn

MakerBot Industries, has a new highly branded office by corporate interiors firm MKDA. Founded in 2009 in the Boerum Hill area, MakerBot ma...