Dangerous conditions may have been created in buildings affected by yesterday's record-breaking rainfall and unprecedented flooding from Hurricane Ida. The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) has released a list of advisories that building owners and property managers should...

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...

The Brooklyn cooperative at 75 Henry Street, a 32-story, 356-unit building sits atop of a three-level underground garage comprised of 546 parking spaces. Its garage had compromised concrete which led to leaks and falling pieces of concrete and dust. As...

  Our transportation and distribution systems are continuing to evolve, and while the future is still uncertain, we are certainly recognizing the consequences of our model of growth at all costs in the present, categorized by rolling major disruptions and...

The community room known as the Round Room at 230 Central Park West, a 105-unit prewar co-op, can once again welcome its visitors year round without anyone breaking into a sweat. The Round Room, which has no windows, suffered from...

Since 2006, our RAND on the Run team has participated in a 5K charity run each year (including the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge and NYCRuns’ Building Brooklyn 5K). While the pandemic cancelled our annual run for the first time in...

*Update: The Benchmarking compliance deadline for the 2020 calendar year for buildings 25,000 SF and larger has been extended to June 1, 2021 per a service notice from the NYC Department of Buildings.  The DOB has released its 2021 Covered Buildings...

  Our RAND Gives Back volunteers have been busy the last couple of months. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, RAND has remained committed to our goal of volunteering and donating 1% of our gross billing to charitable organizations that are important to...

  In the last couple of years, New York City has passed two new local laws restricting the issuance of new permits, and in some cases revoking active permits, to properties with excessive violations and to those who owe the...