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It IS Easy Being Green
July 14th, 2022Insights
As one of the largest industries in the world, construction has a direct impact on our environment. It is a pivotal time in history as our industry is now focusing in on addressing this global challenge. It is a crisis that requires innovation. At STO Building Group, we are driven to meet our clients’ needs, which are increasingly including environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals. One of the tools we use to help clients work toward those goals is Green Badger, a cloud-based software platform designed to streamline and automate green construction compliance—everything from jobsite ESG tracking through LEED certification.
read more >Under construction | Orlando Utilities Commission
July 5th, 2022Insights
Totaling approximately 77,605sf, construction on a new joint use facility for the Orlando Utilities Commission is well underway. Managed by Ajax Building Company, the new operations and maintenance facility will better serve Orlando and parts of both Orange and Osceola counties by creating one central location.
read more >Need a Vacation? Consider These STOBG Project Destinations
June 28th, 2022Insights
Inspiration for your Summer Vacation Travels.
read more >THE POSSIBILITIES OF SMART BUILDINGS
June 24th, 2022Insights
After building an award-winning smart building system together more than two years ago, former project partners Doug Kruser, Structure Tone project manager and mechanical specialist, John Hester, owner and chief consultant at Hester Consulting, and Michael Krall, executive director of smart buildings at JPMorgan Chase, reconnected to reflect on their experience and how the world of smart buildings has advanced since then.
read more >Signify: Unlocking the Extraordinary Potential of Light
June 20th, 2022Insights
Lighting is not just a product or a simple on/off function for illumination—it can support one’s health and well-being, help achieve a unique vision for a space, and do so much more. No one knows that better than Signify, the world leader in lighting. So when the time came to relocate its North American headquarters in New Jersey, the company seized the opportunity to create an experience that would convey this extraordinary potential of light for anyone who visits and uses the space, from its employees to its customers.
read more >LOCAL LAW 154: NYC Building Electrification Explained
June 17th, 2022Insights
Buildings are the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in New York City. To reduce manmade greenhouse gas emissions, NYC City Council has banned the burning of fossil fuels in any new building or any building undergoing a major renovation, starting in 2024.
read more >The Art of Building Repositioning
June 6th, 2022Insights
It has been a difficult few years for owners of office buildings, especially in cities like New York City. Challenging market conditions during the COVID era, competition from new Class A properties, and changing workplace requirements have all had an adverse impact on commercial real estate. As a result, many of NYC’s Class B office buildings are struggling. Faced with increased vacancies and dwindling rent roles, building owners are faced with a choice: do nothing and hope for the best, or implement a repositioning program to transform their underperforming building into one with a renewed market presence and increased value.
read more >Construction Supply Chain Challenges June Market Update
June 3rd, 2022Insights
As the summer shapes up to be a busy season for construction, the supply chain remains a persistent global challenge. Our June Supply Chain Market Update analyzes the most recent supply chain developments from our purchasing and procurement experts, including "bid" pricing of material costs to labor fluctuations and the logistics challenges we're seeing across our markets.
read more >RAISING HISTORY in Times Square | Lifting the Palace Theatre
May 31st, 2022Insights
A new tower is rising at the corner of 47th Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. The most heavily trafficked corner in the Western Hemisphere will soon feature TSX Broadway, a 46-story combination retail, hotel, and performance experience center unlike anything else in Times Square.
read more >WELL Certification: What to Consider When It’s Time to Recertify
May 27th, 2022Insights
In the modern era of sustainable building, human health and well-being continue to be at the forefront. The WELL Building Standard remains the leading tool for upgrading the physical environment of a building through improvements to air, water, light, acoustics, and other factors. Now more than ever, companies are looking to the design and construction industry to help enhance the occupant experience, whether pursuing the WELL Building Standard for the first time or preparing to recertify their space.
read more >THE EVOLUTION OF STO MISSION CRITICAL
May 25th, 2022Insights
1986: THE BEGINNING STO Mission Critical has played a growing, innovating role in this evolution of data-driven technology since the beginning.Our team of experts built their first data center in 1986 scaled at 2MW in a 70,000sf existing building
read more >Mental Health and Safety: Be Present, Be Focused, Be Safe
May 25th, 2022Insights
Although mental health awareness is at an all-time high, it continues to be referred to as “the silent epidemic” within the construction industry. And while this is certainly concerning from an employee health and wellness perspective, it is also inextricably tied to safety on the jobsite. Here, Structure Tone Dublin environmental health and safety director Fiona O’Reilly explains the deep connections between mental health and safety and how she and the STOBG Mental Health & Well-Being Committee have raised awareness and taken action to prioritize mental health.
read more >THE SCOTT C. KELLER BUILDING: Utah Valley University’s Modern and Collaborative House of Learning
May 13th, 2022Insights
Anyone in the greater Philadelphia region who follows building construction knows that LF Driscoll is a leading builder of large-scale projects, from Citizens Bank Park to Penn Medicine’s new Pavilion.
read more >WHY INNOVATE? Q&A with Rick Khan, STO Building Group’s Chief Innovation Officer
May 5th, 2022Insights
Innovation is a driving force behind how STO Building Group operates. To help harness the exploration of new ideas and technologies across the organization—and foster more of this culture of innovation—the company has added a new member of the team: Rick Khan, STOBG’s Chief Innovation Officer. Here Rick shares why innovation is important to the AEC community as a whole and what firms like STOBG can do to help drive it.
read more >Thinking Outside “the Box” in Ireland
May 3rd, 2022Insights
When you think of an industrial building, you probably envision a simple, steel box with basic infrastructure. That general image may be true of the exterior—but the interiors are increasingly being repurposed for some surprising uses.
read more >Creating Space in Construction
April 26th, 2022Insights
At STO Building Group, we understand the importance of a collaborative team and are committed to building a more diverse and inclusive workforce in our offices, on our jobs, and in our partnerships. Over the last year, STOBG’s Diversity & Inclusion Steering Committee (DISC) has continued to drive this change within our company through corporate initiatives, while individual STOBG business units developed local approaches to D&I, focused on fostering strong relationships with minority, women, and disability owned businesses in our field.
read more >Under Construction
April 18th, 2022Insights
The projects covered in these pages represent just a fraction of the work STO Building Group is leading across the globe. This Under Construction section highlights some of the more complex and interesting projects currently in the works. Stay tuned for the full story and amazing photography of these projects as they are completed.
read more >Supply Chain Market Update Bulletin: April 2022
April 4th, 2022Insights
The supply chain continues to be a global challenge, and our team is following it closely. Check out this April's Supply Chain Market Update from our purchasing and procurement experts for the latest on how delays are affecting the construction industry.
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