Tag: commercial building

April 20, 2022

There is more to providing architectural services to a client than just design. There is value in managing a client’s assets and helping them get the most bang for their buck long-term. That is part of what we do at […]

April 6, 2022

Minority and women-owned business participation on construction projects has become a hot-button topic. Many government-funded projects set participation goals for underrepresented groups, while the industry has tried to change its White-guys-only image with diversity and inclusion initiatives. Hal Goldsmith, assistant […]

April 5, 2022

Officials in North Miami Beach, Fla., evacuated a five-story apartment building April 4 after an engineering survey revealed excessive deflection in multiple floor slabs. The owners of Bayview 60 Homes, a 60-unit structure alongside a canal in the city’s Eastern […]

March 10, 2022

The objective of the memo is to create good-paying jobs, with the choice to join a union, for workers in traditionally underserved communities, according to a joint statement from DOL and DOT released this week. But it also said it […]

March 7, 2022

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently released a report to Congress showing the agency’s efforts to widely implement a Complete Streets design model across the country. According to a news release from FHWA, the goal of the Complete Streets design […]

November 30, 2021

Across the country, developers are placing big bets on mixed-use projects, many of them with budgets into the billions or hundreds of millions. In the Urban Land Institute’s 2022 Emerging Trends in Real Estate report, expectations for the performance of […]

November 5, 2021

As COVID-19 continues to impact the construction industry, New York City faces an uncertain near-term economic future, according to the report. Delays in the federal infrastructure bill are also not sparking much optimism, it said. But Carlo Scissura, president and […]

November 4, 2021

Other factors explaining why investment in nonresidential structures dropped during seven of the past eight quarters include pandemic-induced behavior changes. In other words, the pandemic has “undermined” several commercial real estate segments, such as reduced business travel and office space […]

September 28, 2021

Large construction projects primarily involve design-build work, where a design firm and contractor join forces, either through a joint venture or in a prime contractor/subcontractor relationship, to design and construct the project. The design-build team owns the design and the […]

August 30, 2021

From the pyramids to the Burj Khalifa, for centuries the ability to create sophisticated structures has been the yardstick by which civilizations have been measured. Just as our capacity to build has evolved over time, so too have the methods […]