The Structure Tone Journal
Structure Tone regularly reports on the latest activities of each office through the Structure Tone Journal. Each issue focuses on the latest challenges Structure Tone has undertaken and how we are contributing to construction industry and world at large.
Q1 2013 Journal
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In the Press
As a leading construction services provider, staff from throughout the Structure Tone organization are frequent contributors to, either as authors or quoted experts, a wide variety of industry publications.
April 2013 - New York Real Estate Journal (NYREJ)
Joseph Chin Featured as Executive of the Month
After 30 years in the construction industry, 20 of them in healthcare in New York City, Joe Chin knows that collaboration is the fulcrum upon which successful project delivery balances. “To best meet the needs of the hospital, or other healthcare client,” notes Chin “requires the architect, the engineer, other consultants, the construction manager, and, of course, the client all working in tandem from the earliest possible stages.”
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April 2013 - Engineering News Record (ENR)
Joseph Chin Sees Changes in Healthcare Project Delivery
"Healthcare, like many industries, is under strong fiscal pressure," says Joe Chin senior vice president of healthcare for Structure Tone. Due to these strains, Chin sees several trends with real traction.
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April 2013 - CityBizList
Groundbreaking for New dressbarn HQ
On April 15, 2013, dressbarn and its team celebrated the groundbreaking for its new 195,000sf HQ in Mahwah, NJ. Structure Tone is construction manager for the retailer's new facility, which is targeting LEED Gold certification. Other members of the consultant team include Jones Lang LaSalle (project manager), Gensler (architect), Bohler Engineering (civil), Syska Hennessy (MEP) and Gilsanz Murray Steficek (structural).
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March 2013 - NJ Biz
Structure Tone Consolidates NJ Offices
....In an effort to centralize its location in the state, Structure Tone is combining its South Jersey and North Jersey offices into one Woodbridge location. “Being under one roof, there is one message,” said John White, senior vice president. “All of our managers will be together and marching to the same tune.”
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March 2013 - National Catholic Register
St. Patrick's Is Open
....Cardinal Dolan described the need for restoration in strong terms: "Now, we’re not talking about a nice idea, folks, or some cosmetic facelift. We’re talking about the very survival of our beloved cathedral. This cathedral, simply put, is cracking. The bricks are crumbling and falling; the renowned windows are rattling and splitting; the heat, the air and the plumbing is old; the outside, as you see, is crusted with grit; and the roof is leaking. We don’t really have a choice but to repair."
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March 2013 - NY Times
Columbia University, busily expanding into Harlem, has meanwhile opened the Campbell Sports Center, a $30 million athletic building in Inwood, the neighborhood at the northern tip of Manhattan.... At 48,000sf, the five-story project, which also has coaches offices, an auditorium and various meeting rooms, anchors the Baker Athletics Complex, Columbia's satellite campus of sports fields and boathouses.
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March 2013 - High Profile
Over an aggressive nine-month construction schedule, Structure Tone successfully completed the fit-out of MFS Investment Management's new LEED Silver-certified corporate headquarters.... For seven months the Structure Tone team provided extensive preconstruction services to develop a comprehensive approach to achieve MFS' move-in date. The multi-shift construction schedule accelerated the date by three months.
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February 2013 - Construction Today
Structure Tone Delivers Legacy Project for Pharma Giant Novo Nordisk
The 731,000sf HQ for pharmaceuticals market-leader Novo Nordisk is a crown jewel in the firm’s portfolio. It is a unique undertaking, simultaneously combining complete façade and infrastructure renovation with new interior construction. The $215 million redevelopment and construction program will transform an existing 731,000sf office building into the new headquarters for Novo Nordisk Inc.
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February 2013 - Construction Today
Lesson in Working Together: Temple's Newest Residence Hall is Being Built Through Cooperation
A two-year project is transforming the face of Philadelphia’s 128-year-old Temple University. In August 2011, the school embarked on a student residence project that creates a greater presence on the campus’ southern end, which faces the city center. The 1,285-bed facility consists of two 300,000-square-foot residences – a 27-story post-tension concrete structure and an eight-story L-shaped girder slab structure. Adjacent to the tower and mid-rise sits a three-story dining facility. In between all three buildings, there is an elevated landscaped terrace with parking and loading zones below.
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January 2013 - Rutgers Business School
As Construction Progresses on Rutgers Business School Building, Livingston Campus Gains Dramatic New Anchor
The $85 million, LEED Silver project is both an eye-catching sign of how this decades-old campus is evolving and an impressive reflection of Rutgers Business School’s growing stature and deepening significance to the broader university community. The project is a key part of the university’s ambitious plan to transform Livingston. This is one of three projects Structure Tone is providing owner representative services for at Rutgers. The other projects include two solar fields on the Livingston Campus and the recently completed new 500-bed dorm on the Busch Campus.
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January 2013 - Battery SeaGlass Carousel
Battery Carousel Rises Above Sandy
Battery Park in lower Manhattan took the full force of Superstorm Sandy. But thanks to some fortuitous thinking by the park’s staff, the foundation for the new SeaGlass Carousel, being constructed by Pavarini McGovern, scheduled to open this summer, was unharmed.
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December 2012 - NY Post
Workers Remove Doors at St. Patrick's Cathedral for Restoration
Over two nights workers removed the bronze doors of St. Patrick's Cathedral, each weighing almost 9,000lbs, for restoration and cleaning. This is one step in the five-year, multi-phased full interior and exterior renovation managed by Structure Tone.
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November 2012 - Environment Design + Construction (EDC)
Artful Sustainability
The relocation of the historic Barnes Foundation puts sustainability and American hardwoods on display at the new Barnes Philadelphia Campus. When the Barnes Foundation and its board of trustees made the decision to relocate to Center City Philadelphia, they knew they wanted a building with a modern architectural design that emphasized the foundation's environmental mission.
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November 2012 - Hotel Business News
Sheraton New York Turns 50 and Enters Final Phase of Renovation
In September the Sheraton New York celebrated its 50th Anniversary, at the same time it embarked on the final phase of a multi-phase renovation. Structure Tone is proud to serving as the construction manager for the full hotel renovation totalling almost 1.2M sf. The project included the renovation of guestrooms and suites, public spaces, infrastructure and—the last phase—the hotel's ballrooms and meeting facilities.
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November 2012 - Site Selection
Data Centers: Site Selection 101
In today’s data center conversation there is considerable discussion of ideal topology, clean power, cost per MW, network connectivity (latency) and a myriad of ‘flavor of the month’ issues. The dialog is wide ranging because data center facilities are complex, technology changes rapidly and owners/operators have disparate needs. Site selection is also a highlight in discussion of data center drivers today. Strategic siting is integral to determining the total cost of ownership (TCO) and, to a significant degree, life span of a data center.
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October 2012 - NJBIZ
Data Centers 2012 - Structure Tone Mission Critical
The computing environment is becoming very dense, with smaller form-factor server farms in small spaces. At the same time, the mission-critical facility owner and/or operator is focusing more and more on the need to maximize power-, water- and carbon-use effectiveness-generally referred to as PUE, WUE and CUE, respectively. Structure Tone is meeting these data center construction needs with dedicated mission-critical traveling teams.
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September 2012 - Commerce Magazine
Understanding the Security Requirements for Offsite Data Storage: Identifying Best Practices
Terence Deneny, vice president of Structure Tone Mission Critical, discusses outsourcing data center operations while ensuring access to and security of data. He examines key elements of the terms of service and facility that one should examine and evaluate when selecting a service provider or facility operator.
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Summer 2012 - Commerce Magazine
Commerce Magazine's 2012 Best Practices Guide - Honoring New Jersey's Top Thought Leaders
Terence Deneny, vice president of Structure Tone Mission Critical, discusses cutting edge cooling techniques for data centers and the benefits of these methods.
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August 2012 - The Wagnerian
The Return of Main Hall
Structure Tone completed the historic renovation and repair of Main Hall, the face of Wagner College, for the beginning of the Fall semester. The project entailed the installation of new windows, re-pointing brick-work, a new roof and the re-fabrication of ornamental works on the building including the tower dome, gargoyles and the bow window of the facade.
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July 2012 - ENR New York
Top Contractors Expect More of Same in the Year Ahead
"Unlike many of the bigger industry firms, our mix of work has been in steadily doing projects of a million dollars or less—every day," says Robert Mullen, CEO of Structure Tone. Structure Tone has about 300 projects of this size or smaller.
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June 2012 - ENR New England Supplement
Blending History & Cutting-Edge Technology
"It [the New Balance store] was a collaborative effort between the designers, the creative staff, the store staff, the subcontractors that led to the opportunity for us to follow an organic path to creating the store," stated Jennifer Taranto, LEED AP, project manager for Structure Tone. "It was not a linear project that went from A to Z. It morphed over time and had a fantastic outcome."
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June 2012 - ENR Mid-Atlantic Supplement
New Hershey Children's Hospital Rises 15ft from Existing Facility
"The proximity of construction activity adjacent to two sides of the functioning medical center presented numerous challenges...," says Dick Aradine, director of design and construction for the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. "The L.F. Driscoll team...successfully completed the required work with minimal disruption to ongoing operations while maintaining the planned construction schedule."
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May/June 2012 - The Leader
MasterCard Technology: Workplace Transformation in Ireland
"The project [MasterCard's new global offices in Dublin] has had its challenges, chief amongst them being the coordination of client-related third parties, sometimes on different continents, and ensuring that the client's very specific needs and design intent have been interpreted and accommodated," said John Atkinson, project manager at Structure Tone.
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May 21, 2012 - Time Magazine
Raising the Barnes. A serene new home for a contested collection.
Williams and Tsien [architects] have made a new Barnes that contains the old one but frames it in ways that are both subtle and spectacular.
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Spring 2012 - Construction Today
Women in Design & Construction
Five women from L.F. Driscoll were featured in the first yearbook of women in design and construction. These women represent the great depth and breadth of involvement women have in the AEC communities. Through their profiles they share their unique perspectives and beliefs in our industry and what is in store for the region over the next few years.
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April 2012 - Green Building & Design (gb&d)
Breaking Traditions
Structure Tone gave a 100-year-old Flat Iron District building a modern makeover. Today it's the oldest LEED-CS Gold-certified building in the city and one of the hottest properties in Manhattan.
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March 2012 - ENR New York
USGBC Drafting Standards for Data-Center Sector
"This is a sector (data centers) looking for some direction in terms of sustainability," stated Terence Deneny, Structure Tone's vice president of Structure Tone Mission Critical. "I don't think there is a way to reduce the energy required to power a data center, but there is a way to design and operate a facility where you make the most effective use of that energy."
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March 2012 - ENR New England Supplement
Structure Tone Delivers Green for its Clients Across the Northeast
The firm has a strong reputation for interior construction, where the major challenge is managing the work flow of a client's staff, not dirt or snow. Fitting our a 170,000sf technology office in 1990s-vintage office buildings and achieving LEED Silver standards is not small feat, but the firm did so for Akamai Technology.
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March 2012 - ENR Mid-Atlantic Supplement
An Alum Helps Bring New Residential Complex to Life at Temple University
For Jim Gallagher, building the new $215M residential complex for Temple University is like coming home. Gallagher graduated from the engineering school at Temple and is not the project manager for the complex's construction manager, LF Driscoll, a Philadelphia-based Structure Tone organization company.
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March 2012 - Commerce Magazine
Building Data Centers for Today's Business Needs and for the Future
"Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is a key driver in mission critical data center planning and construction today. Our customers are asking for energy-efficient, less grid-dependent options including self generating energy solutions," noted Terence Deneny, vice president and Peter McCabe, LEED AP, senior project manager, both with Structure Tone Mission Critical.
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March 2012 - Site Selection
Not Every Corporate Real Estate Construction Services Provider is Created Equal
There are key service areas that differentiate highly effective corporate construction service professionals and provide significant value to owners/tenants. Corporate real estate projects are not simply about erecting walls or installing sheet metal. Successful corporate real estate construction firms embrace the responsibility to both uphold the integrity of your hard-earned brand and maximize shareholder and constituency value.
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February 2012 - Construction Executive
Data Center Clients Challenge Contractors to Deliver More Power While Using Less Energy
“The overall footprint of white space is getting smaller, but the overall requirements to power the servers and IT
equipment is growing—in some cases, exponentially,” says Terence Deneny, Structure Tone’s vice president of mission critical construction.
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February 2012 - High-Profile Blog
Structure Tone CM on Higher Education Resto Project
Structure Tone is currently managing the restoration of 70,000sf in the Tufts University's Administration Building. The two year project is being completed in several phases in an occupied building. Communication with all building occupants throughout the process has been critical to this project.
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January 2012 - World Interior Design Network
Expansion and Fit-out for Thomson Reuters on the River Thames in London, UK
Structure Tone served as the main contractor for the Thomson Reuters new offices located on the third level of Vintners’ Place. It now features cellular and open plan spaces, meeting rooms, a project room, as well as informal collaboration areas.
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December 2011 - ENR Texas & Louisiana
2011 Best Projects
"A fast-track project, this [Denbury Resources] is a great example of repositioning an older building in to a new headquarters for an oil and gas company consolidating operations," says Dan Busch, Structure Tone Southwest president.
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December 2011 - ENR Texas & Louisiana
2011 Best Projects
"Despite challenges, we realized a clean safety record, delivered a LEED building on time and on budget and created a tribute to a renowned American architect," says Joseph Cribbin, Structure Tone Southwest senior vice president about the new Cathedral of Hope Interfaith Peach Chapel in Dallas.
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November 2011 - Commerce Magazine
Current Trends in Energy Efficient Data Centers
"With energy demands forecasted to outpace supply over the next decade, owners seek to develop mission-critical assets with self generating energy solutions."
Ron Bowman, Jr., executive vice president, Structure Tone Mission Critical
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November 2011 - New Jersey Business
Top Contractors Look for Job Growth
"Without job creation, New Jersey's construction market will never fully recover. What is happening in the marketplace today is either a function of consolidation or the need to create more efficient and productive workspaces."
John White, Jr., senior regional vice president, Structure Tone
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November 2011 - ENR New York
2011 Best Projects Take Center Stage
Structure Tone earned a Best of 2011 Award for Interior Design/Tenant Improvement for its success in delivering HOK's new 34,000sf LEED Platinum office in New York City. HOK partnered with Structure Tone on the new integrated project delivery (IPD) method, designed and built the project using building information modeling (BIM).
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November 2011 - Marble Collegiate Church Update
One Spirit, Many Gifts in Action—Construction Update
“It’s amazing and fascinating to go back in time and you see how people built things... You see people’s names from 1853 that they’ve carved into the timbers.”
Ron Pennella, project manager, Structure Tone
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October 2011 - Interior Design
Uncommon Law - Proskauer, reimagined by Gensler, isn't your average New York legal firm
Proskauer's interiors are dressed up, Julia Simet, studio principal at Gensler explains, to rival a luxury hotel. However, Mark Morton Gensler design principal adds, "they have to stand the test of time." Together with Gensler, Structure Tone built Proskauer's new offices, bringing their high-end vision to reality.
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October 2011 - Construction News
Construction News, Bringing Them Together
“From start to finish, this was a collaborative effort...working together to develop solutions allowed us to both keep pace with the aggressive schedule and achieve Denbury’s vision.”
Steve Gosling, senior project manager, Structure Tone Southwest
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September 2011 - NJBIZ
Data Centers, An Overview of the Industry in New Jersey
"The goal for all data centers will be to develop centers that are built more efficiently and that operate and run more efficiently."
Terence Deneny, vice president and Ron Bowman, Jr., executive vice president, Structure Tone Mission Critical
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September 2011 - NJBIZ
NJ Hospital Directory, Infrastructure Projects Aim at Efficiency
"Certified and silver [LEED certification] are the norm [for hospitals]."
Chris Mills, account executive, Structure Tone
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August 2011 - ENR Texas & Louisiana
Top Contractors, Recession Realities
“Efforts to maintain a steady backlog of work have been challenging…but we see signs of improvement.”
Dan Busch, president, Structure Tone Southwest
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April 2011 - ENR Mid-Atlantic
Alignment: The Structure Tone-L.F. Driscoll Merger
"Structure Tone is focused on being a healthy, sustainable business. One of the ways we pursue that is through diversification."
Robert Mullen, CEO Structure Tone
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February 2011 - ENR New York
Six Companies to Watch
"In the New York metropolitan area we are ...projecting growth of around 10% to 15%..."
Robert Mullen, chief executive officer, Structure Tone
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February 2011 - ENR New York
Renovation Salvation
"Owners and landlords are...trying to retain or recruit new tenants."
Karl Anoushian, senior vice president, Structure Tone
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January 2011 - Commercial Interiors
Space to Meet 21st Century Style - Andaz Hotel
"This was achieved thanks to a very collaborative approach between the
hotel and all members of the team."
Mark Ballantine, project executive, hospitality, Structure Tone UK
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January 2011 - Dallas Business Journal
Optimism Wins Clients Over Again
"In today's market you compete for everything."
David Snyder, executive vice president, Structure Tone Southwest
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December 2010 - Shell Report to the Community
Construction of Modern Lab Completed
"I would like to acknowledge...general contractor Structure Tone for the safety success and coordination of this complex project."
Young Yim, staff project engineer, Shell
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November 2010 - NY Construction
Serious But Stable - The NYC Healthcare Sector
"...in today's facilities there is just not enough room to handle another 40 million patients..."
Jerry Guillorn, vice president, Structure Tone
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November 2010 - NJ Business
New Jersey's Top Contractors
"Property owners are very focused on the stability and surety of prime and subcontractors..."
John White, senior regional vice president, Structure Tone
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October 2010 - NY Construction
Deal Builders: The Structure Tone-LF Driscoll Merger One Year Later
"Our focus has always been to be the best...and to be a sustainable healthy business....LF Driscoll was a strategic strengthening of that position..."
James Donaghy, chairman, Structure Tone
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May 2010 - NY Construction
Sustainable Building has Become an Industry Standard
“…. now, every client says the project will be LEED or they want some component of sustainability…”
Robert Leon, LEED AP, vice president, Structure Tone
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April 2010 - NY Construction
Fit for Survival
“You can’t over-react in a difficult market….”
Robert Mullen, chief executive officer, Structure Tone
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April 2010 - NY Construction
Data Center Sector Continues to Grow
“…. at the end of 2010 to the beginning of 2011 you are going to see a release of the pent up demand…”
Terence Deneny, vice president, Structure Tone Mission Critical
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April 2010 - NY Construction
New Yahoo! Data Center Buffalo, NY
“….Yahoo! is out to prove that you can have better, faster, cheaper (and more Green) at the same time…”
Terence Deneny, vice president, Structure Tone Mission Critical
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