We were the project engineer/architect for a large capital improvement project at Nordeck Apartments, a six-building, 343-unit complex near the Atlantic Ocean in Arverne, Queens, that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy. It was a $50 million project with a very wide-ranging scope of work – replacing bricks, windows, parapets, and roofs, an electrical upgrade, new...
As a LEED-accredited professional engineer and buildings expert working with RAND Engineering & Architecture, DPC in New York, I have the ability to shape urban life in a way most people don’t. I spend much of my energy maintaining and…
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 and Everett Ortner Park Slope Preservation Award. The award is given out by the Park Slope Civic Council for restoration projects and interventions that preserve and enhance Park Slope's historic character.
After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, comes #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving. Spearheaded by New York’s 92 Y in partnership with the United Nations Foundation, #GivingTuesday encourages global charities, families, businesses, community centers, students, and others to take collective action to improve…
75 Henry Street was in between Facade Inspection Safety Program (FISP) cycles, when its management company and the board noticed some cracks in a few of the 33-story co-op's balconies. Instead of putting it off until their next mandated inspection, they decided to investigate, and hired RAND to perform an evaluation of its balconies as a precaution.
As August draws to an end, children and their parents around the city are busy prepping for the new school year. Something that most of us take for granted is that every school child should have access to basic school…
Being proactive pays off when it comes to your building. RAND President Stephen Varone, AIA, discusses what you need to know to stay up-to-date with your building's systems to save you money and time in this month's issue of Habitat Magazine.
Last fall, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) issued a notice requiring documentation of the permitting status of balcony and greenhouse enclosures as part of the city’s Facade Inspection Safety Program (FISP), with owners of unpermitted enclosures being given until…
The Park Slope Civic Council has selected RAND’s exterior restoration of 153 Lincoln Place as a recipient of its 2017 Evelyn and Everett Ortner Preservation Award for excellence in exterior restoration. Inaugurated in 2014, the Ortner Awards recognize and encourage…
NYC BENCHMARKING LAW Since 2011, New York City’s Local Law 84/09 has required owners of large buildings — single buildings larger than 50,000 SF, or groups of buildings on a single lot larger than 100,000 SF — to annually measure their energy…
A building’s exterior walls protect the interior spaces from a constant barrage of the elements. Over time, however, exposure to wind, rain, snow, and sun; lack of maintenance; improper repairs; and/or poor design and construction can lead to leaks, cracks,…
The four-story Park Slope Historic District Romanesque Revival townhouse had a checkered past and a current leakage problem. 153 Lincoln Place was built in 1887 for Frank Babbott, a jute merchant, and his wife Lydia, daughter of Standard Oil magnate Charles…