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In Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza stand two imposing figures, Victory and Family, 24-foot-tall limestone sculptures flanking a memorial honoring the Brooklynites who lost their lives during the Second World War. Dedicated in 1951, the memorial is one of five WWII tributes...

Financial risk is always associated with construction projects, which often involve significant investment and a high level of coordination of several parties for successful completion. As a measure of financial protection, property owners can purchase performance bonds and labor and materials...

*Update! (May 3, 2016) Because of various delays outside the City's control, the official 2016 reporting deadline for benchmarking under Local Law 84 of 2009 has been extended from May 1 to May 31, 2016. As a reminder, New York City's benchmarking...

It's been nearly one year since the 8th Cycle of New York City's Facade Inspection Safety Program (FISP, formerly called Local Law 11/98) began, and buildings with block numbers ending in 4, 5, 6, or 9 (Subcycle 8A) now have one...

One of RAND's recent projects was supposed to be a routine roofing replacement job, until contractors discovered sand where there should have been concrete. Village House, a 75-unit, 14-story Greenwich Village condominium located at 60 West 13th street and built...

After digging out from last month's blizzard, there's no better time than now to think of those in need of a warm coat. As part of our charitable RAND Gives Back program, RAND held its annual winter coat drive in...

When property management firm Midboro Management moved their offices to 333 Seventh Avenue in Chelsea, they turned to RAND to design the build-out and administer the construction for the project. The newly configured 5,000-square-foot space entailed architectural, HVAC, electrical, and lighting...

The Second Avenue Subway project has affected many properties along its path, and a number of owners have had to make permanent alterations to their building systems as a result. Even with the first phase of the new subway line planning...

It started off as a night at the (wax) museum. RAND's annual holiday party began with a scavenger hunt at Madame Tussauds in Times Square where coworkers, family members, and friends made their way through the museum's five floors of life-like (some eerily...