It’s the joy of six. RAND Engineering & Architecture, DPC has made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in the United States for the sixth time since 2007. RAND, ranked 4,949, recorded $11.7 million in revenue in…
Often what you can’t see in building can be more telling than what you can see. That’s the idea behind infrared thermography, a diagnostic tool used to monitor building conditions that can’t be identified in a visual-only survey. In RAND’s…
The roof is one of the most critical elements of a building in preventing leaks. Many property owners and managers will at some point find it necessary to replace the roof of their building to keep it watertight. In RAND’s…
Last Thursday night RAND employees, along with their family and friends, gathered at RAND’s office in Chelsea to celebrate becoming proud owners of the company—the first time since RAND’s founding in 1987 that shares of the company have been offered…
Split air conditioning systems get their name from the fact that their two main units are separated from one another, with an air-cooled condenser unit typically installed outside the building, and an air handling unit installed within the space being…
To gain a better understanding of your building’s needs and how to best allocate short- and long-term expenditures, a physical condition survey is an invaluable tool. A survey report provides property owners with a comprehensive description of their building systems…
In the midst of a rainy week, the skies cleared on Wednesday, June 3, as 26 RAND employees ran, jogged, walked, and strolled through the heart of Central Park in the 39th annual J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge. It was RAND’s…
Even with the recent drop in oil prices, many co-op and condo boards are considering converting their building’s heating plant from an oil-burning system to one that burns gas, or to a dual-fuel system, which burns gas most of the…
If there’s a construction site next to your building, you know firsthand the potential problems: Not only are there noise and dust, but you may also be facing facade cracks, shifted walls, deflected floors, foundation settling, and structural instability. In…
Last Thursday night my RAND colleagues and I joined more than 500 people to celebrate the beauty and grandeur of historic restoration at the 25th annual Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards. We’re proud to say that a RAND project was…
We’re happy to announce that Jeffrey Stein, former Senior Director of Advertising Sales and Marketing for Habitat magazine, has joined RAND as Business Development Manager. Jeff has more than 20 years of experience in the New York and New Jersey…
Those of us in the engineering and architecture industry in New York City are fully familiar with the Facade Inspection and Safety Program (FISP), formerly known as Local Law 11/98 and in its original form, Local Law 10 But while…