2017 not only marks RAND Engineering & Architecture, DPC’s 30th anniversary, but this year RAND also honors and congratulates Principal Peter E. Varsalona, PE and Partner Steven Tingir for 25 years of dedicated service and outstanding leadership at the firm.…
On a crisp, clear night with a gorgeous view of the Empire State Building as a backdrop, RAND Engineering & Architecture, PC celebrated its 25th anniversary at the Rare Rooftop Bar in the Hilton Fashion District Hotel in Chelsea last Thursday. It was a wonderful evening spent with staff, clients, and friends looking back at how far RAND has come and gazing ahead at how far we still hope to go.
On October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, the largest one-day market crash in history at the time. The Dow lost 22.6% of its value that day, equal to approximately $500 billion, rattling the world’s economy…
In October 1987, a 16-year-old boy who loved to solve problems was beginning his junior year at St. Peter’s Preparatory School in Jersey City, NJ, studying math and science and planning on becoming an engineer—the ultimate problem-solving profession. At the…
Just as every team needs a good utility player, so does every company—especially a startup. When Rand was getting off the ground in 1987, it had Chris Walsh. The company had just moved into a barren office in Chelsea, and…
Our busy staff is constantly running from project to project, so once in a while it’s fun to run for a different reason. Last week a group of 34 Rand employees participated in the 36th annual J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge…
With a staff of more than 80 people, Rand has engineers and architects covering a full range of disciplines. In the firm’s early days, however, it was a shoestring staff with all hands on deck. “When a job came in,…
In October of 1987, a handful of RAND Engineering, PC employees (we hadn’t added the “& Architecture” part yet) set up shop on the 12th floor in a drab building in what was then a sketchy part of Chelsea, on…