Spotlights

2019 Women in Building Services: Jacqueline Falk, JJ Falk Design LLC

What trend(s) do you predict to dominate your industry in 2019? In the corporate interior design industry, the trend for 2019 continues to evolve around how to utilize real estate for open flexible multi-use workplace. Depending on the business sector, corporate interior design is rapidly adapting to a stream of artificial intelligence by integrating the boundaries of the public common space and private workplace.

2019 Women in Building Services: Carisima Koenig, CannonDesign

What trend(s) do you predict to dominate your industry in 2019? The design and construction industry will continue to evolve in positive ways regarding gender and opportunity equity and will also further increase focus on sustainability. As we learn and understand more about the current state of these issues in the industry, further action and positive change will come forward.

2019 Women in Building Services: Domenica Stasiak, Langan

What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months? My most recent achievement is helping grow the workload and number of employees in Langan’s waterfront engineering team.

2019 Women in Building Services: Danita Otruba, Danita Otruba Architect

What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months? Without a doubt my most notable project is the Girl Scouts of Nassau County Headquarters in Garden City. I was the architect in charge as well as the interior planner/designer. Everything was demolished down to the steel and made new with an addition and the latest up to date systems…

2019 Women in Building Services: Jessica Wade, SWBR

Which of your philanthropic endeavors are you most proud of? Community service has always been a huge passion of mine and something that I am extremely proud of. I volunteered for six years as part of the ACE Mentorship Program of Rochester which guides high school students in their career choice of architecture, construction or engineering. I currently volunteer at…

2019 Women in Building Services: Maryanne Wachter, LERA Consulting Engineers

What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months? I was on the design team for the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art currently under construction in Los Angeles. This is one of the largest and complex projects that our company currently has under construction, and I was able to…

2019 Women in Building Services: Linda Scainetti, Designworks LPS, LLC

Which of your philanthropic endeavors are you most proud of? Last year I was honored to be part of the Long Island Real Estate Committee hosting an Awards dinner honoring Jeff Supinsky of Valley East Building Management and benefiting the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation (LIAF). 

2019 Women in Building Services: Pamela Lucas Rew, KSS Architects

What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months? As a steward of campus architecture, I view each project as a continuum, leading a rich process of conversation and imagining, using drawing, observing and a shared descriptive vocabulary to build the common language necessary to work with a variety of users…

2019 Women in Building Services: Claudia Castro, Shawmut Design and Construction

What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?  Shifting from commercial to residential building and onto the largest project of my career—a renovation of a 1920’s mansion—as the lead project manager. I learned to adapt my methods and approach my client relations differently to provide…

2019 Women in Building Services: Traci Rivera, Traci’s Permits

What trend(s) do you predict to dominate your industry in 2019?  State and local government using technology to crack down on current property owners and taking advantage of technology to “correct” property issues that may have been existing for years. I want to show people that they don’t have to be a victim, and that I can…