UPDATING AN ICON: 1735 Market Street
July 14th, 2020Insights
With 54 stories conveniently located in Philly’s central business district, Silverstein Properties’ 1735 Market Street is the perfect home for any high-end corporate office—and in the last eight years, Structure Tone Philadelphia has fit out quite a few. From 12,000sf showrooms to 100,000sf office spaces, Structure Tone’s Philly team has transformed 19 floors within this popular high-rise.
read more >A Lifetime of Quality Care
March 17th, 2020Insights
One of LF Driscoll’s long-term clients is Penn Medicine, which oversees a system of six acute hospitals and hundreds of outpatient centers across the greater Philadelphia region. Decades of experience working on their facilities has allowed LFD and Penn Medicine to forge a trusting partnership that helps them achieve their goals.
read more >ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHODS: Which One Is Right for Your Project?
December 31st, 2019Insights
For the most part, the traditional “design-bid-build” model for the construction process has been a practical, straightforward means for delivering a construction project. The architect designs, a contractor is hired through the bid process, and the contractor builds.
read more >Homerun for the Phillies: Renovations at Citizens Bank Park
December 30th, 2019Insights
After completing a series of renovations during the 2018 offseason, the Philadelphia Phillies kept the ball rolling in 2019 with a complete overhaul of Citizens Bank Park’s third-base entry plaza. The Phillies again partnered with LF Driscoll to transform the existing McFadden’s Restaurant & Saloon into a brand-new fan area called Pass and Stow—all within six months.
read more >It’s All About the Fans: Reshaping Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center
December 13th, 2019Insights
In the world of sports, competition is everything. And not just for the players—sports arenas, too, must constantly up their game to remain in tune with spectator expectations and needs.
read more >Flexibility and Adaptability: What’s Next for Workplace Design
October 15th, 2019Insights
Collaboration. Connection. Choice. Those have been the operative words in office design over the last few years, particularly as the open-plan concept has taken hold. How are those ideas changing the workplace, and where are we headed next? We spoke with three workplace design experts to get their take on the workplace then, now and in the future.
read more >WATERFRONT REVIVAL: American Water HQ
July 9th, 2019Insights
For decades, the Delaware River waterfront in Camden, New Jersey was a hub of industrial activity. But as manufacturing declined across the US, Camden suffered. Many factories closed and, over time, the waterfront was largely abandoned.
read more >Coworking and Collaborating at the Free Library of Philadelphia
June 6th, 2019Insights
The library as we know it is changing—and has been for years. Rather than simply housing books and other materials, today’s library is becoming a go-to public destination for all types of resources, including collaboration and coworking facilities.
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 >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 >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 >Remaking History: American Bible Society
February 14th, 2017Insights
American Bible Society is nearly as old as America itself. Established in 1816, the organization has been working to make the Bible available to everyone, everywhere, no matter the language they speak. For 199 years, they based their work out of New York City, most recently near Columbus Circle, where what was once a neighborhood of low-rise buildings and autobody shops has given way to ultra-luxury condo high-rises.
read more >Keeping the University of Pennsylvania Cool
October 21st, 2016Insights
The University of Pennsylvania has grown in enrollment; it's expanded its West Philadelphia campus to more than 200 buildings over 300 acres. Click to read more about how LF Driscoll worked on this case.
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