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SARA/NY Reveals Design Winners
The 2008 Professional Design Awards winners have been released. Also, DASNY has new leadership.
Design Awards Announced
The Society of American Registered Architects/New York has recently released the 2008 Professional Design Award winners.
The Medallion of Honor went to Susan Szenasy editor in chief of Metropolis Magazine. The Firm of The Year is Kevin Hom+Andrew Goldman Architects. The Project of The Year award was secured by Brooklyn Children’s Museum, designed by Raphael Vinoly Architects. Percy Griffin of New York Institute of Technology has been named Educator of the Year.
SARA/NY also distributed numerous Awards of Excellence. The winners were Wendy Evans Joseph of Wendy Evans Joseph Architecture, Lyn Rice of Lyn Rice Architects, Stephen Yablon of Stephen Yablon Architect, PLLC, Bruce Fowle of FXFOWLE Architects and Hao Lam of the Pratt Institute.
The Awards of Merit went to Handel Architects, LLP, Robert Scarano of Scarano Architect PLLC, Ward White of Wank Adams Slavin Associates LLP, Carmen Trudell and Jennifer Broutin of Fluxxlab, Andrew Blaydon of Penn State University Department of Architecture and Goy Zhenru of the National University of Singapore.
The Awards of Honor went to Robert Scarano of Scarano Architect PLLC, Abigail Carlen of Perkins + Will, Handel Architects, LLP, Sudhir Jambhekar of FXFOWLE Architects, Audrey Matlock of Audrey Matlock Architects, Joe Brancato of Gensler, Julie Ju-Youn Kim of construcTWO, LLC, Ward White of Wank Adams Slavin Associates LLP, Karen Fairbanks of Marble Fairbanks, Tarnawa Bartosz of New York City College of Technology.
Lastly, the Special Recognition Award went to John Risch of Hafele America.
New Appointment at DASNY
The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York has recently appointed Paul Williams, Jr. as its new executive director.
“The Dormitory Authority Board extends a very warm welcome to Paul Williams as our new Executive Director,” said Dormitory Authority Chairwoman Gail Gordon. “Paul comes to us with a stellar reputation, an exceptional skill set that matches up so well with our Authority’s mission, and a deep commitment to help our clients realize their finance and construction goals.”
Williams, an attorney, investment banker and civic leader, comes to DASNY from the law firm Nixon Peabody LLP and was appointed out of a pool of people after he emerged as the strongest candidate, said a spokesperson for DANSY.
Williams succeeds former Executive Director David Brown, IV who served from April 2007 through May 2008 and left to pursue other career interests.
The Authority currently has 685 projects statewide in its construction book valued at $6.3 billion including hospitals, courthouses, residence halls, research facilities, nursing homes, psychiatric centers and public libraries, according to DASNY.
“The Dormitory Authority is a respected institution that enjoys a well-earned reputation on Wall Street and in the construction industry,” said Williams. DASNY reported “nothing immediate” is currently on his plate in the construction management industry and he has not yet articulated a specific agenda.
BCANJ Coordinates Career Day
The Building Contractors Association of New Jersey recently rallied numerous construction industry groups to collaboratively hold the Seventh Annual Construction Industry Career Day at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, New Jersey.
The two day event included participants from Bergen County Technical Schools; Electricians, Locals #400 and #456; Elevator Constructors, Local #5; Insulators, Local #32; Monmouth County Vocational School District; New Jersey Institute of Technology; New Jersey State Association of Pipe Trades; Operating Engineers, Local #825; Pennsylvania College of Technology; Rutgers, the State University; Sheet Metal Workers, Locals #22 and #27; the US Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship and OSHA.
More than 1,000 high school juniors and educators attended the half-day introduction to careers in the construction industry. The second day’s event was open to the public and educated 400 students, parents, educators and career-seekers about the industry.
The Career Day is designed to increase awareness that construction is a safe, creative and productive career that offers the opportunity for growth, fulfillment and economic success, said a spokesperson for BCANJ.
New Officers at STA
The Subcontractors Trade Association in New York recently announced its new cabinet.
The new president of STA is Robert Samela of A.C. Associates, Gary Segal of Five Star Electric will serve as first vice president, W. Scott Rives of Woodworks Construction will be second vice president, Jerry Liss of A. Liss and Co. has been elected treasurer and Robert Ansbro of The New York Roofing Company will serve as secretary.
Samela replaces Fred Levinson as president and aims to continue to work to enhance the environment for subcontractors and help them to find success and grow in an expanding market, said STA.
Additionally, the new officers will be supported by the recently elected board members: Raquel Nuñez of Nuñez Electric, Michael Checchi of OMC Sheet Metal, Peter Cafiero of Island Painting and John Rapaport of Component Assembly Systems. The new board members join the current board of 12.
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