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Occupying a Piece of History: Fiserv’s Irish HQ
September 18th, 2023Insights
Global fintech and payments firm, Fiserv, leased just under 70,000sf in Ten Hanover Quay—a historically significant and protected structure located in Dublin’s Docklands. Over the last year, the innovation focused company partnered with their trusted construction partner, Structure Tone Dublin, to transform the recently renovated building into Fiserv’s Irish headquarters.
read more >Modernizing the Iconic Williams Square Plaza
September 13th, 2023Insights
Forty years after its original construction, the City of Irving, Texas, invested in revitalizing a valued business hub and cultural center: Williams Square Plaza. Built in the 1980s and primarily comprised of pink granite pavers, the City’s vision for the renovated square included much more greenery, seating, and even an outdoor concert space—an inviting destination for tourists, residents, and employees alike.
read more >Meet Blane Stoddart, President & CEO of BFW Group
September 11th, 2023Insights
Meet Blane Stoddart, President and CEO of BFW Group. In our latest issue of STOBG insights, Blane talks about starting his own company, his trusted partnership with LF Driscoll, some of his proudest achievements to date, and his advice for others looking to help MWDBE-certified businesses.
read more >Construction Supply Chain Update – September 2023
September 6th, 2023Insights
The good news? Commercial leases are back on the rise, and the data center and industrial sectors are going strong. The not-as-good news? That means certain materials will continue to have long lead times. Learn more about the state of the global supply chain in our September Supply Chain report.
read more >Onward & Upward: IFD Technologies
September 6th, 2023Insights
When IFD Technologies Inc. sought to fit out their new space in the HOUSS development in Vancouver, Govan Brown was ready to partner with the team to bring their new workplace to life. The 13,000sf office spans two floors and incorporates industrial elements as well as flexible spaces. With a focus on customizing the space to suit IFD’s staff, demountable partitions were an important feature. The Govan Brown team conducted early site investigations to ensure floor leveling and made preordering this item a top priority.
read more >Building a Sustainable Future: L’Oréal’s Cutting-Edge Research & Innovation Center
August 24th, 2023Insights
Structure Tone New Jersey is diligently constructing L’Oréal’s new, state-of-the-art Research & Innovation (R&I) Center in Clark, NJ. With a $140 million development budget, this project marks the company’s most substantial investment in such a facility to date.
read more >Building a Bold, Sustainable Vision in London
August 22nd, 2023Insights
“The best air quality in the world.” “The world’s first National Park City.” “A zero carbon, zero waste city.” Those are just some of the bold goals London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced in 2018 as part of the city’s plan to make London a world leader in sustainability. As he put it at the time, “My aspiration is to help turn London into a zero carbon city by 2050. And I’m committed to working with national government, local boroughs, London’s businesses, NGOs, our European neighbours, and individual Londoners to achieve this goal.”
read more >Committing to Sustainability
August 15th, 2023Insights
Building green isn’t just a trend—it’s a responsibility. In 2021, several STOBG companies signed on to the Contractor’s Commitment, a pledge created by contractors for contractors, to set sustainability targets and measure their progress—divided into Good, Better, or Best tiers. Over the last two years, those early signatories were able to provide valuable input to make the Commitment even stronger and more impactful.
read more >WASHBOX: A Better Way To Manage Water Use During Construction
August 14th, 2023Insights
Construction sites are known for their excessive water usage and generation of liquid waste, both of which have a negative impact on the environment. Despite the importance of efficient water management, it is often overshadowed by the focus on carbon emissions reduction in construction. This is partly due to the fact that water-related issues tend to be more localized and may not have as immediate a global impact as climate change. Additionally, there may be a lack of awareness and understanding of the importance of efficient water management in the construction industry.
read more >Communicating To Weather The Storm
August 7th, 2023Insights
It’s Hurricane Season, and we know that the best time to prepare for a storm is before it’s even in the forecast. Marc Reeves, Ajax Building Company’s Florida-based director of safety and risk management, offers the following tips on keeping the flow of communication going if a storm is on the way.
read more >From Office To Exam Room: Converting Office Buildings To Healthcare Facilities
August 1st, 2023Insights
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the construction of outpatient healthcare facilities. Informed patients seek quality, choice, and convenience, and they are finding that outpatient specialty clinics can provide high quality care at lower prices than hospital care—often right in their own neighborhoods.
read more >Construction Cost Report – Corporate Interior Market Data July 2023
July 11th, 2023Insights
With positive trends emerging during 2023 in tenant interior projects across the nation and the supply chain slowly returning to pre-pandemic normalcy, predicting the median costs of a construction project remain a top priority. Our experts have analyzed real-time data from our own projects to help pinpoint trends in various markets and help look ahead at the future.
read more >Back in Business: Boston’s Office Towers
July 10th, 2023Insights
Those who have proclaimed the death of the office should take a closer look at Boston. The Structure Tone Boston team is working with several clients to fit out new office space in some of the city’s most notable new (or newly refurbished) towers—in many cases well before construction of the base building is even complete.
read more >Project Stryker Dublin: The Past and Future of Entertainment
July 5th, 2023Insights
As esports continues to rise in popularity across the globe, Los Angeles-based video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer, Riot Games, was ready to go bigger and bolder.
read more >Marking Success: AllianceBernstein’s New Office Headquarters
July 3rd, 2023Insights
In 2018, AllianceBernstein (AB) announced it would be moving its New York City headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee. The global investment management firm chose Layton Construction to complete the 205,000sf high-end build-out within Nashville’s newest mixed-use complex, Fifth & Broadway.
read more >The Jackie Robinson Museum: Honoring a Legend
June 30th, 2023Insights
Following years of planning, a museum dedicated to barrier-shattering baseball legend and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson is open in downtown Manhattan. In partnership with Zubatkin, Gensler, ME Engineering, and the Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF), Structure Tone New York transformed the ground floor of 75 Varick Street, a landmark building, into The Jackie Robinson Museum.
read more >Art in Unexpected Places
June 26th, 2023Insights
People tend to think of civic art as outdoor sculptures, but in Los Angeles there are unexpected ways to experience it. For example, civic art is a glowing fused glass partition in the local urgent care center; it’s the swerving ramp under the skateboarder’s wheels at the park; it’s the coloring book created for children whose parents are staying at a public hospital.
read more >Innolabs: A Vision Realized
June 19th, 2023Insights
King Street Properties’ life sciences complex in Long Island City, Innolabs, is coming to completion.
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