Long Island

Criteria to guide your general contractor selection: Experience, reliability, bonding, due diligence

While the economic downturn has affected construction, many commercial/industrial projects are being built. The U.S. Census Bureau reported ...

BBS Architects & Engineers completes 22,400 s/f welcoming and information center

BBS Architects & Engineers (BBS) completed the 22,400 s/f St. Charles Resurrection Cemetery welcoming and information center. The building i...

Company of the Month: As a leading service provider, Varsity Plumbing and Heating, Inc. is earning your trust every day

When Bobby Bellini's father started Varsity Plumbing and Heating, Inc. nearly 50 years ago, he did so with one very important—but ver...

T.M. Bier & Associates launches www.tmba.com

T.M. Bier & Associates, Inc. (TMBA), one of the New York area's leading independent controls systems engineering companies, has launched a n...

Ants are social insects: Understanding ant biology and behavior is the key to treating infestations

Ants are social insects. This means that ants live in highly organized groups commonly called colonies. Depending on the species, ant coloni...

Public Private Partnerships are a cost-effective and efficient approach

For over two years, we've been waiting for federal reauthorization of the Federal Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation ...

LEED certified building designs should be well balanced between efficiency and how they are used

There has always been tremendous discussion relating to green building and energy efficiency. Reduction of energy usage is an important econ...

Gehringer of H2M elected Construction Specifications Institute Northeast region president

Ken Gehringer has been elected Northeast region president of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). He was elected by the CSI boar...

Broker of the Month: Tom Attivissimo of Greiner-Maltz of Long Island gets the job done by being diligent and resourceful

After Photo Circuits closed its doors, nine buildings totaling 475,000 s/f on 24 acres were vacant. Tom Attivissimo, CCIM of Greiner-Maltz o...

Monthly Q&A with David Hunt of Hunt Corporate Services

Q: We are in the process of hiring an exclusive broker to represent us leasing office space for a new corporate headquarters. He mentioned t...