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Building Together: Q & A with Linda Foggie of Wells Fargo
February 12th, 2019Insights
image A seasoned architect, mentor and design and construction lead, Linda Foggie, is the vice president of project management for Wells Fargo’s Northeast markets. Structure Tone is working with Foggie and her team to build Wells Fargo’s 500,000sf New York headquarters at 30 Hudson Yards.
read more >Structure Tone Philadelphia: Expanded and Enhanced
November 20th, 2018Insights
Since the birth of the nation, Philadelphia has been an anchor of US culture and economy, particularly on the East Coast. That’s why, in 2006, Structure Tone officially opened an office in the City of Brotherly Love, establishing a local team for the firm’s expanding client base. And expand it did.
read more >Speed, Communication and Consistency: 3D Modeling in the Cloud
November 18th, 2018Insights
By now, nearly everyone in the world of design and construction is using some form of building information modeling, from architects and engineers to general contractors and their subs. But because each of these players has different programs, different tools and different capabilities, working a project through the BIM process can sometimes get clunky.
read more >Scheduling in the Digital Age: Q&A with Paul Gabriel of Aegis
November 14th, 2018Insights
Technology has long played a key role for project controls and scheduling consultants like Aegis. But when the company joined the team building Penn Medicine’s new pavilion project, the need to innovate and collaborate through technology became that much more important.
read more >VIRTUAL MASTER: THE EVOLVING ROLE OF VDC
November 7th, 2018Insights
In the early days of virtual design and construction (VDC), it was seen as a differentiator, an edge for firms like Pavarini McGovern (PMG), who were pushing the limits of technology and innovation. But times have changed. Today’s clients have come to expect VDC in every stage of the project.
read more >ADVANCED METRICS: Unilever’s High-Tech Ultra-Sustainable HQ
November 5th, 2018Insights
“Together we can change how the world does business.” That’s the big, bold message greeting visitors to Unilever’s website. In their newly renovated US headquarters, the global consumer goods company is quite visibly working toward that goal.
read more >3D PRINTING FOR PROBLEM SOLVING
October 24th, 2018Insights
As 3D printing technology has evolved, the continued applications for design and construction have evolved along with it. What has been primarily used as a presentation tool—essentially an easier and faster version of the traditional architectural model—has become something more.
read more >Digital Transformation: How Technology Is Changing the Industry
October 21st, 2018Insights
In the fast-paced world of construction technology, staying ahead of the curve is the only way to stay in the game. Structure Tone’s vice president of information technology, Terry Robbins, gathered four of the sharpest minds in construction tech to share their insights at Structure Tone’s annual board retreat: Zach Aarons, cofounder and partner at MetaProp, Allen Emerick, digital advisor and architect at Microsoft, Joseph Joseph, head of the design technology studio at Gensler and Robert Otani, chief technology officer at Thornton Tomasetti Inc. The discussion centered on the digitization of the AEC industry and how technology is reframing the way the industry serves its clients. Here are some highlights.
read more >Tech on Display: Red Hat Boston
October 11th, 2018Insights
“It’s all about being open and collaborative.” So said Jan Mark Holzer, senior consulting engineer at technology firm Red Hat, while giving a tour of the company’s new Boston offices. While his comment referred to the office design, he may as well have been talking about Red Hat’s business itself.
read more >A Global Mission for Xylem, Inc.
July 19th, 2018Insights
As a water technology provider, Xylem understands the importance of sustaining our planet’s natural resources. The company’s name, in fact, comes from the vascular tissue in plants that transports water from the roots to the leaves.
read more >WELL Done: Delos’ New York Headquarters
May 5th, 2018Insights
In just a few short years, Delos has established itself as a pioneer in creating indoor spaces that promote human health and wellness. Most notably, the company helped develop the WELL Building Standard, the first rating system to focus attention on the health of the people who live or work inside a building.
read more >Recruited: iCIMS Anchors New Jersey’s Bell Works Metroburb
March 27th, 2018Insights
Last November, recruiting software firm iCIMS opened its doors as the anchor tenant at Bell Works, the reinvention of the historic Bell Labs in Holmdel, New Jersey. This “metroburb” complex is bringing all the amenities of an urban office to a suburban location—and for iCIMS CEO Colin Day, that idea was appealing.
read more >Standard Practice: Maintaining Consistency at MFS
March 22nd, 2018Insights
MFS Investment Management got its start in Boston, Massachusetts nearly a century ago, introducing the country’s first mutual fund. Since then, the firm has grown in leaps and bounds, expanding to hundreds of employees in nine offices across the globe. As the firm has evolved, so has its real estate needs.
read more >UNLOCKING LIFE’S POSSIBLITIES: Intarcia Therapeutics
February 8th, 2018Insights
“Everything you do as a company—everything you say, how you express yourself—counts. Everything.
read more >Big Data Making a Big Difference to Sustainability
October 24th, 2017Insights
Businesses are doing more and more to make their work environment as healthy, productive and sustainable as possible. Yet meeting an increasingly higher bar can be a challenge, especially for organizations with expansive buildings and campuses. One company in New Jersey is helping to show how combinations of sustainable approaches and modern data management technologies can make a big difference.
read more >FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT
October 11th, 2017Insights
Today’s open-plan, light and bright workplace trends can be a challenge for companies who deal in highly confidential projects. With its new San Antonio offices, however, a large management consulting and technology firm faced that challenge head on, embracing a modern, open office without sacrificing discretion.
read more >BOUNCING BACK IN BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK
October 11th, 2017Insights
It’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.
read more >A DOSE OF “VITAMIN N” AT TAUCK TOURS’ NEW HQ
October 11th, 2017Insights
The year was 1925, when entrepreneur Arthur Tauck took a group of friends on a tour of the back roads of New England. More than 90 years later and his commitment to helping people experience the outdoors continues, both through Tauck Tours’ business and now its new corporate headquarters.
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