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RAND Mentors and Mentees Ring Nasdaq’s Opening Bell!
As part of our RAND Gives Back initiative of charitable giving, RAND partners with Mentoring USA‘s Corporate Employee Mentoring Program to mentor students from City Polytechnic High School of…
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Ask the Engineer: Backflow Prevention
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,…
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RAND Continues to Be A Best Place to Work In NYC
RAND’s still got it. For the 6th time, RAND Engineering & Architecture, DPC has been recognized as one of Crain’s Best Places to Work in New…
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RAND Teams Up with Red Cross for 4th Annual Blood Drive
RAND’s 4th annual blood drive in partnership with the American Red Cross was another success! A total of 17 donors made up of RAND staff and friends stopped…
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RAND Gives Back Upcoming Events, Holiday Edition
With this past week’s #GivingTuesday kick off to the charitable season, our RAND Gives Back program is in full swing with several opportunities to make a…
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FISP Filing Seminar, Dec. 8
In September, the NYC Department of Buildings rolled out a new electronic filing system called DOB NOW, which requires building owners and representatives to register with the…
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Ask the Engineer: Finding–and Fixing–Construction Defects
Leaks, drafty windows, cracked balconies, loose floorboards, and mold are not things you would expect to see in a newly constructed or newly converted building. Unfortunately,…
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The Chelsea Explosion: Surveying the Aftermath
The terrorist blast that rocked Chelsea on Saturday night and set New Yorkers’ nerves on edge was especially frightening to the residents and workers on West…
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RAND Welcomes New Shareholders
RAND welcomed eight new shareholders and honored all current shareholders last Thursday with a gathering of employees, family, and friends at RAND’s office in Chelsea. As…
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My RAND Summer Internship: Getting a Few Steps Ahead of the Game
Before I started at RAND as an intern on the Facade & Roofing Team this summer, I had no idea what a FISP was, or for…
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Restoring Historic Details in Sunset Park
Over the years, various boards of directors at Parkside Assocation, located at 549 41st Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, resolved to replace the leaky roof of the…
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Cool Fun in the Summertime
To temporarily escape the grip of an extended heatwave, RAND coworkers, family, and friends fled the steamy city last Saturday for the air-conditioned facilities of Chelsea…
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What Lies Beneath (A Co-op’s Gut Reno Horror Story)
A moldy basement, leaking roofs, and oatmeal-like mortar are scary things no one should ever encounter in a newly renovated building. Unfortunately for one cooperative in…
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The Floating Hospital: 150 Years of Care
In 1866, New York City’s first charity pediatric clinic began as a ship docked in lower Manhattan. It was the start of a series of vessels…
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RAND Selected for Brooklyn War Memorial Project
In Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza stand two imposing figures, Victory and Family, 24-foot-tall limestone sculptures flanking a memorial honoring the Brooklynites who lost their lives during the…
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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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Facade Inspection Safety Program: Calling Your Block Number
It’s been nearly one year since the 8th Cycle of New York City’s Facade Inspection Safety Program (FISP, formerly called Local Law 11/98) began, and buildings with…
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Greenwich Village Condo Digs Its Way Out of a Leak
One of RAND’s recent projects was supposed to be a routine roofing replacement job, until contractors discovered sand where there should have been concrete. Village House,…
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RAND’s Winter Coat Drive Shares the Warmth
After digging out from last month’s blizzard, there’s no better time than now to think of those in need of a warm coat. As part of…
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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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Second Avenue Subway Construction Concerns
The Second Avenue Subway project has affected many properties along its path, and a number of owners have had to make permanent alterations to their building systems…
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A RAND Family-Style Holiday Celebration
It started off as a night at the (wax) museum. RAND’s annual holiday party began with a scavenger hunt at Madame Tussauds in Times Square where coworkers,…
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Singapore Teams With New York on Facade Safety
Last month, my colleagues from the Buildings and Construction Authority of Singapore (BCA) and I visited New York City to learn more about the city’s Facade…
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A Bloody Good Day at RAND
Last week RAND held its third annual blood drive in partnership with the American Red Cross. For five hours, our Central Meeting Space transformed into a fully operational…