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Collaborator in Chief: Q&A with Time Warner’s Joel Brenner
March 20th, 2018Designer. Listener. Interpreter. Collaborator. Those are a just a few of the roles Joel Brenner brings to the table as the vice president of global project management for Time Warner. Structure Tone is working with Brenner and his team to build Time Warner’s 1.
read more >GIVING BACK: The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
October 20th, 2017There’s nothing like a shared cause to bring people together in ways they might not have expected. That’s certainly Structure Tone’s experience when it comes to supporting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
read more >BOUNCING BACK IN BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK
October 11th, 2017It’s not often that a company known for building high rises gets to work on a piece of public infrastructure. But that was exactly the case when Pavarini McGovern joined the team working to modify Brooklyn’s Squibb Park Bridge. © Julienne Schaer Squibb Park Bridge first opened in March 2013 and was an instant hit with the surrounding neighborhood.
read more >GAME CHANGER: Technology in the Field
September 15th, 2017By Terrence Robbins, vice president, information technology, Structure Tone In the modern age of building construction, the process has always been fairly linear. The client expresses their requirements. The architect designs the building. The engineer designs the infrastructure. The construction manager leads construction with the assistance of specialized subcontractors.
read more >Canadian Construction Management Firm Govan Brown Joins the Structure Tone Organization
September 12th, 2017The move expands Structure Tone’s footprint into Canada Today Structure Tone and Govan Brown announced that the Canadian construction management firm will join the Structure Tone family of companies, expanding Structure Tone’s geographic reach into Canada. “Structure Tone and Govan Brown have tremendous synergies and perfectly complement each other’s businesses and client rosters,” says Structure Tone CEO Robert Mullen.
read more >Hudson Yards: A New City Rising
September 8th, 2017“The new heart of New York.” That’s the bold expectation set out on the website of Hudson Yards, the massive mixed-use development under way along New York City’s far West Side. Now with more than half of the 28-acre site well into redevelopment, that vision is getting closer and closer to becoming reality.
read more >Amping Up the Collision Coefficient at BCG’s New York Offices
September 7th, 2017“Unlock insight.” “Challenge established thinking.” “Drive transformation.” Reading through the mission of global firm Boston Consulting Group, it’s no secret that encouraging innovation is in their DNA. It’s only fitting then that when the company looked to relocate their New York City offices, they targeted a location like no other: the first tower built in Hudson Yards.
read more >Sign of the Times: 719 Seventh Avenue
August 9th, 2017Sometimes called the Crossroads of the World, Times Square has certainly earned its place as the most famous retail and entertainment hub in the country—even the world. So when SL Green Realty Corporation had the opportunity to redevelop an underused property in the center of the action, they jumped at the chance.
read more >Making Connections: How to Build a Feature Staircase
August 8th, 2017As the trend for more open, collaborative workplaces has gained steam, the feature staircase has become one of, if not the, signature statements of the modern office. These open, striking staircases not only “wow” visitors with their high-end finishes and bold design, but have also become a central gathering space.
read more >Docking Station: Bringing High-Tech Infrastructure to a Historic Waterfront
August 7th, 2017Thomson Reuters has just completed a major construction and critical engineering project in London’s Docklands, delivered by Structure Tone Mission Critical. We asked the Director of Critical Services Engineering, Jay Ahmed, for his thoughts on the project—one of the highest-risk projects Thomson Reuters has undertaken to its global portfolio.
read more >Power to the People
August 4th, 2017Southwest Airlines is clear about one thing: they put people first. In fact, the company’s stated purpose is to “connect people to what is important in their lives.” That purpose extends to their employees too. So when the company wanted to refresh its 3,500-person corporate headquarters in Dallas, Texas, they went straight to their people for inspiration.
read more >Taking a Break for Safety
August 3rd, 2017By John P. Fuente, senior project manager, LF Driscoll On a construction job site, safety always comes first. As construction managers, part of our job is to reinforce that message across the entire site, day in and day out. But sometimes—especially on large jobs—that message can become so routine that the crew starts to tune it out.
read more >The Efficient Workplace: Have We Peaked?
August 1st, 2017With the rise of the open-plan workplace, companies have seemingly embraced a new way of working and of using space.
read more >Keith Haselman Joins Structure Tone as New Head of Safety
July 31st, 2017Industry veteran Keith Haselman has joined Structure Tone as our new Senior Vice President of Safety, Health and Environment. Keith takes the reins from Gary Di Paolo, who recently retired after developing and leading our safety programs over the last decade.
read more >Northern Exposure
April 25th, 2017Last summer, Structure Tone expanded its geographic reach into northern New England, establishing a base in New Hampshire and tackling over a dozen projects throughout the region in just a few months. These projects ranged from the restoration of 200-year-old buildings on some of America’s oldest academic campuses to renovations to corporate office headquarters.
read more >A Tale of Two Cities—With a Common Goal
April 18th, 2017As construction professionals, Structure Tone has built some of the most modern, collaborative and inspiring workplaces for companies of all shapes and sizes. But as trends and working styles evolved over time, some of our own offices weren't necessarily keeping up.
read more >Big-Picture Building
April 13th, 2017Toothpaste. Deodorant. Soap. Pet food. Colgate-Palmolive makes them all. Such a big company has big needs when it comes to space. So when Colgate decided to enhance their Global Technology Center in Piscataway, New Jersey, and consolidate some operations from other facilities, they knew expansion would require some long-term vision.
read more >Structure Tone Southwest Named a Certified “Tilt-Up” Company
April 7th, 2017Structure Tone Southwest is now one of only a handful of contractors across the country to become a Certified Tilt-Up Company. Led by the Tilt-Up Concrete Association, this certification focuses on safety and quality control in using the “tilt-up” construction method, which involves casting and erecting concrete wall panels on site and then “tilting” them up into position.
read more >IWBI ANNOUNCES FIRST WELL CERTIFIED™ PROJECT IN NYC
March 28th, 2017Structure Tone’s new office in Manhattan achieves WELL Certification at the Silver Level; Marks first WELL Certified™ Project in New York.
read more >Should We Stay Or Should We Go? What It Means to Restack
March 28th, 2017When a company’s office lease is coming to an end, it’s time to answer a tricky question: should we re-up and stay, or should we go? Both will inevitably involve some disruption and, likely, some costs, particularly if staying means making some improvements.
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