Stantec recognized for design of Albany Skyway by ACEC NY 2020 Engineering Excellence Awards

strong>Albany, NY Design firm Stantec has received a Diamond Award in the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) New York 2020 Engineering Excellence Awards for work on the Albany Skyway, a unique infrastructure renewal project poised to be

Question of the Month: How will smart technology be integrated into current construction tools? - by Peter Simon

The construction industry has had a reputation for being resistant to change and slow to integrate new technologies that are often more quickly adopted by other industries, but that is rapidly changing. The construction industry is gradually using

Executive of the Month: Charlie Avolio of Suffolk Const. leveraging technology with a hands-on approach

New York, NY The New York Real Estate Journal (NYREJ) sat down with Charlie Avolio, this month’s Design/Build Executive of the Month, for a question and answer session. Avolio is the president and general manager of Suffolk Construction’s New York office.

Magnusson Architecture and Planning completes 205-unit renovation of Selis Manor

Manhattan, NY Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP) has completed Selis Manor, a tenant-in-place renovation of a 205-unit special needs apartment building serving a population that is blind and physically disabled.

Vecchione joins Vocon as principal & global partner

New York, NY Tom Vecchione has joined the architecture and design firm, Vocon, as global firmwide partner and principal. Vecchione, a strategic design expert with over 30 years of experience in architecture and real estate

P.W. Grosser promotes Phillips and Usefof; hires Johnson, Livore and Ausili

Bohemia, NY To meet increasing demand for its services, P.W. Grosser Consulting, Inc. (PWGC) has hired Sam Johnson, Justin Livore and Rosemarie Ausili.

MDA and MADGI lead efforts to reposition Wall St. properties

New York, NY Although the Wall Street area’s commercial real estate has been changing its tenant base away from the financial industry since the 1990s, the repositioning of older properties has picked up pace in the recent years.

Ryan Soames Engineering delivers MEP services for Hutong Restaurant rehab

Manhattan, NY According to Ryan Soames Engineering, they have completed renovations for the Hutong Restaurant. Ryan Soames delivered comprehensive MEP engineering services on the 16,000 s/f space inside the Bloomberg Building at

Thornton Tomasetti shares Comprehensive Embodied Carbon Measurement Study

New York, NY Thornton Tomasetti has released results from its multi-year, project-based embodied carbon measurement study, identifying the type of structures, materials and components with the highest carbon emissions.

Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation unveils “Little Island;” design by Nielsen of MNLA

New York, NY The name of the city’s newest public park, now taking elevated shape in Hudson River Park by West 13^th St., was unveiled as Little Island by The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation.