Category: Engineers


RAND Intern Andrew Miller on site observing the 7th floor steel framing of a new residential development under construction.

Celebrating RAND Interns, Current and Former, on National Intern Day

July 29th, 2021 by

RAND’s summer internship program returned to the office this year, and in recognition of National Intern Day, held on the last Thursday of July each year, we’re treating our interns to lunch to celebrate their hard work and contributions to...

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Visual Inspection by Jimmy Vignola, PE

ENR Names RAND’s James Vignola, PE Top 20 Under 40 Professional

January 21st, 2021 by

  RAND is proud to announce Structural Team Leader and Director of Technical Design Jimmy Vignola, PE has been named one of Engineering News-Record's 2021 Top 20 Under 40 Young Professionals in New York. ENR's 20 Under 40 winners are...

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Gas piping must be inspected every four years in New York City.

Local Law 152 Gas Piping System Inspection Deadline Extended

January 6th, 2021 by

The deadline for the first ever cycle filing window for New York City Local Law 152 of 2016, which requires the inspection of gas piping systems at least once every four years, has been extended per a Service Notice issued...

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RAND FISP 9 Cycle Webinar 2020 details

Webinar: Everything You Need to Know About Facade Inspection Safety Program (FISP) 9th Cycle

November 13th, 2020 by

Facade Inspection Safety Program (FISP) compliance continues during the COVID-19 pandemic with new requirements for the 9th Cycle, which began this past February. In light of a pedestrian's tragic death almost one year ago from falling masonry, and also taking...

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Local Law 152 Gas Piping System Inspection Deadline is Approaching. Heavy Fines for Non-Compliance.

November 6th, 2020 by

The first ever cycle filing window for New York City Local Law 152 of 2016, which requires the inspection of gas piping systems at least once every four years, is coming to a close next month. Owners of buildings in...

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RAND Director of Technical Design and SEAoNY President Jimmy Vignola, PE speaks with a delegation of civil engineers from Tianjin, China.

RAND Structural Engineer and SEAoNY President Hosts Tianjin Delegation of Civil Engineers

November 26th, 2019 by

On November 6th, I hosted a delegation of Chinese civil engineers at RAND's office in Chelsea, Manhattan. The delegation, which included ten senior engineers from the Tianjin Municipal Engineering Design and Research Institute, a private engineering company in China, had...

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RAND Summer Intern Alex Saglamer at work.

My RAND Summer Internship: A Hands-On Experience

August 15th, 2019 by

Going into a summer internship after completing only my sophomore year of college, it was hard to know what to expect from an internship at RAND. On my very first day, I was already out and about going on site...

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RAND's Senior Structural Engineer Christine Hobson on the Late Show

RAND Takes on “The Wall” with Stephen Colbert

March 14th, 2017 by

Last Friday night RAND was proud and excited to see one of our very own structural engineers Christine Hobson, PE appear on CBS’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert to discuss what it would take to build a “big, beautiful” wall...

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Backflow prevention device

Ask the Engineer: Backflow Prevention

January 18th, 2017 by

One billion gallons of clean drinking water are distributed to the taps of nearly nine million New Yorkers each day. The city's potable water supply, however, can be contaminated via back pressure or back-siphonage from buildings. The solution: properly installed...

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