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After graduating from Richmond Hill High School this spring, I was ready for a new start, a new environment, and new experiences this fall as I prepare for New York City College of Technology. Most high school grads no doubt...

A one-two punch to a building led to three times the charm for its chillers. At 135 Montgomery Street, a 21-story residential co-op along the waterfront in Jersey City, the last two major storms have tested the resolve of its...

Two weekends ago RAND coworkers, family, and friends got together for our annual summer outing, and the setting this year was both stunning and stately. Only 25 miles from Midtown Manhattan but far removed from the hurried pace of the...

After completing my second year at the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering, I was ready for a break. It was finally summer—that time of the year when students relax, take a break from the learning and the problem solving,...

Every architect remembers their first scaffold drop. I’ll remember mine for years to come. As luck would have it, my first voyage was not a warm-up on, say, a 10- or 15-story building, where I could get accustomed to carefully...

One reason I became an architect was to make a positive impact in my community. My current RAND assignment at the historic Rutgers Presbyterian Church, on West 73rd Street near Broadway, only a block from my home, presents an opportunity—and...

I recently had the good fortune to enjoy a heartfelt retirement dinner with my RAND colleagues after nearly 22 years at the company. Looking back, it’s been quite a ride. When I started at RAND in 1991, I was one...

Last Tuesday night after work six coworkers and I joined forces for our first foray in the Corporate Bowling Showdown at Frames, a bowling alley and lounge on the corner of 9th Avenue and 40th Street in Manhattan. With our...

On Monday night limbs went flying in our 11th-floor multipurpose space as a group of us participated in RAND's first kick boxing class. Under trainer Bryan Ruck's high-energy instruction, we jabbed, hooked, elbowed, and roundhoused our way through an intense...