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Project Spotlight: Replacing a Heating Plant When Ten Buildings Depend on It
Replacing a heating plant serving ten occupied buildings required planning for both construction and long-term operation. At NYCHA’s Johnson Houses, RAND provided MEP and structural engineering…
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Project Spotlight: Behind the Exterior Restoration of Copley Plaza at 41 Eastern Parkway
At 41 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, a coordinated FISP repair, roof replacement, and water tank tower structural program grew as concealed conditions were uncovered. RAND’s work…
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Professional Women in Construction Names Valerie Landriscina, RA 20 Under 40 Outstanding Women in Construction 2021
RAND is proud to announce Project Architect Valerie Landriscina, RA has been named Professional Women in Construction 2021 20 Under 40 Outstanding Women in Construction award…
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Dealing With The Unexpected During a Storm Riser Collapse
Built in the 1920s, 33 Fifth Avenue is classic prewar construction. It has some old cast-iron stormwater drainage pipes that run through the building. They collect…
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RAND Wins Ortner Preservation Award for Park Slope Jewish Center Project
RAND is proud to announce our exterior and roof repair project at Park Slope Jewish Center in Park Slope Historic District has won a 2018 Evelyn…
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Ask the Engineer: To Bond, or Not to Bond?
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…
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RAND Project Spotlight: Midboro Management Office Build-out
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…
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An Evening Celebrating Preservation
Last Thursday night my RAND colleagues and I joined more than 500 people to celebrate the beauty and grandeur of historic restoration at the 25th annual…
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Third Time’s the Charm
I’ve always wondered if the saying “Third time’s the charm” were true. Does it always take three tries before you hit your stride? Does something happen…
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Former Factory Gets Its Beauty Back
As an architectural student in Istanbul and Europe, I had the opportunity to study some inspiring buildings. I was reminded of those buildings when I was…
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Co-op Puts Skin in the Game to Stop Leaks
Beauty, they say, is more than skin deep. At 33 Fifth Avenue, a luxury co-op in Greenwich Village, the board had to go more than skin…
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How Much Should Your Building Have in Reserves?
Planning for a rainy day—and the leaks that follow—is a common concern for many co-op and condo boards. Owners and managers know they need to prepare…
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Making It Ship-Shape
Some projects have the dual benefit of looking good and doing good at the same time. We recently completed a project that transformed a formerly bleak,…
