Spotlights

Hoffmann Architects evaluates deicing options as winter approaches

As winter approaches, there are many deicing options that you should consider. Lower Supply, Higher Costs As winter approaches, building own...

Subcontractors know your contract & your rights! Contract start date delays and use of special equip.

What rights does a subcontractor have as to the timely start of the project? The courts were recently presented with such an issue in the co...

Cubellis and Nakheel Shopping Malls: Rethinking retail today for Dubai's tomorrow

Can a shopping mall change how customers relate to retail and to each other? Dubai may be about to find out, thanks to the dramatic plans cr...

Urban life is the most sustainable form of living and good transportation is what keeps it healthy

I can't recall the last time a presidential candidate had a well thought-out transportation platform position prior to candidate Barack Obam...

Five important questions to ask when managing a real estate portfolio during an economic downturn

Property owners, investors and commercial real estate portfolio managers are probably feeling glum these days as they watch incomes drop and...

Wexler Associates' use of BIM saves time in project delivery of The Crescent Club

The Crescent Club is an 18-story high-end residential building with 180,000 s/f of space, 119 apartments and is located north of the Queens ...

Gran Kriegel Assoc. receives Merit Award from AIA New York

Gran Kriegel Associates has received a Merit Award from the AIA New York State for its design of the new Lighthouse Charter School, as part ...

Operational reviews save distressed companies and provide a roadmap for success

Are your competitors outsourcing to other countries in order to lower their labor costs, overhead and tax burdens? In the past decade, milli...

B.R. Fries renovates 800 s/f P.S. 155 William Paca School library

Students, families and staff from P.S. 155 William Paca School on East 117th St. in Manhattan, along with The Heart of America Foundation an...

NYSSPE to host 2008 holiday party Dec. 10

The New York Chapter of the New York Society of Professional Engineers is hosting its 2008 Holiday Dinner Party on Wednesday, December 10, a...